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Book SynopsisReaching out into the rural English teaching and learning environment led to compiling these chapters that exemplify the possibilities and achievements of teachers worldwide. Often with overly large classes, isolation, and few resources, English instruction leads to extrinsic success for their students with future educational, professional, and economic outcomes. In other instances, the fruits of teachers’ labor become intrinsic motivators for learners who value learning and critical thinking. English in the international curriculum has perceived value for developing human and social capital, as indicated in these authors’ personal and professional journeys. This volume was originally begun by Paul Chamness Iida, who sadly passed away in June 2021. The editors have done their best to complete this project as he envisioned and share this work in his honor. Contributors are: Mary Frances Agnello, Md. Al Amin, Naoko Araki, Monica A. Baker, Xingtan Cao, Mary Coady, Florent Domenach, Lee E. Friederich, Arely Romero García, Maribel Villegas Greene, Janinka Greenwood, Dongni Guo, Paul Chamness Iida (deceased), Irham Irham, Munchuree Kaosayapandhu, Wuri P. Kusumastuti, Di Liang, Carla Meskill, Erin Mikulec, Piotr Romanowski, Leticia Araceli Salas Serrano, Fang Wang, Emilia Wąsikiewicz-Firlej, Jing Yixuan, Jing Zhiyuan and Dai Chang Zhi.
Table of ContentsForeword Maria Coady Preface Erin Mikulec In Memoriam: Paul Chamness Iida—Scholar and Renaissance Man Mary Frances Agnello About the Cover List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Erin Mikulec and Mary Frances Agnello 1 Training for Bilingual Programs: An Examination of Teachers’ Perceived Needs in Rural Poland Piotr Romanowski and Emilia Wąsikiewicz-Firlej 2 Rural Primary English Education in Thailand: Policy, Structure, Practice, and Prospects for Reform Munchuree Kaosayapandhu 3 Voices of Multilingual Immigrant Women in a Rural New York Community Monica A. Baker 4 A Day in the Life of an English Teacher: Narratives from English Language Teachers in a Rural Primary School in China Di Liang and Xingtan Cao 5 First-Generation Somali Student Success in a Rural Two-Year College in the Upper Midwest of the United States Lee E. Friederich 6 The Reality of English Language Teaching and Learning at Rural Telesecundarias in Mexico Arely Romero García and Leticia Araceli Salas Serrano 7 Preparing English Language Teachers for Rural Education: Pedagogically Creative Responses to Online Language Teaching in China and Indonesia Carla Meskill, Wuri P. Kusumastuti, Dongni Guo and Fang Wang 8 The Imposition of Silence: An Examination of the Impact of the Urban-Rural Divide in English Language Teaching in Bangladesh Md. Al Amin and Janinka Greenwood 9 Georgia’s Bilingual Education and Impact on Rural Latino Dual Language Learners Maribel Villegas Greene 10 “They Never Had a School Trip”: English Education at a Rural Secondary School in Northwestern China Jing Yixuan, Dai Changzhi and Jing Zhiyuan 11 English Language Teaching in Bilingual Pesantren in Indonesia: From Native Speakerisms to Transformative Mediocrity Irham Irham 12 Disrupting Discipline Based Learning: Integrating English and Programming Education Florent Domenach, Naoko Araki and Mary Frances Agnello Index
