China Learns English. Language Teaching and Social Change in the People's Republic.
New Haven: Yale University Press. 1993. Stock ID #167307 "Like schools everywhere, secondary schools in China have become an arena for mediating their society's most deeply rooted and sensitive contradictions. In this book Heidi Ross, draws upon her experience teaching English at an elite foreign-language secondary school in Shanghai to provide an intimate account of the day-to-day lives of students and teachers. Ross uses her study not only as a metaphor for China's volatile relationship with "foreign things" throughout its history but also to articulate critical social, political, and cultural concerns in China today." - Dustjacket blurb. When referring to this item please quote stockid 167307.
Black and white illustration, x + 280pp, index, bibliography, appendices, slight markings on cloth covers, otherwise very good hardback copy in dustjacket.
Price: $40.00 AU