Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2008

Keywords

Nonnative Speakers, Teaching

Abstract

I am a nontraditional ESL director. There is no denying that I am a foreigner. No matter how many times I've dyed my hair and tried to adopt an American name to appear more "native," I am just too Asian; an invincible accent, a hard-to-pronounce three-syllable name, dark brown eyes, a body the size of an eighth grader's - all these reveal the invconvenient truth that I am not from "here." At just over 5 feet tall, I am almost indistinguishable from my ESL students.

Journal Title

Essential Teacher

Volume

5

Issue

2

First Page

19

Last Page

21

First Department

English

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