NNEST of the Month: An Interview with Guofang Li

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NNEST of the Month: An Interview with Guofang Li


United States: Dr. Guofang Li is an associate professor of second language and literacy education in the Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University. In this interview, conducted by the TESOL Nonnative English Speaking Teachers (NNEST) Interest Section, she discusses her experiences as a female minority scholar working in the U.S. higher education system.

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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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Response By: Abdelmonem Saad Ahmed

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Abdelmonem Saad Ahmed

Greetings,

Many untrained native English speaking ESL teachers confuse language learning difficulties with low cognitive learning abilities. If the ESL teachers are not professionally prepared to identify their ELLs' needs and challenges and address them, they will be frustrated themselves for not being effective with their ELLs. NNESLT have gone throughout the process of leaning a second language as a second language learners. Therefore they experienced the feelings and challenges that face the second language learns.


Thank you.

Abdelmonem Saad Ahmed