Page No.:
79
Writer(s):
Paul Stapleton, Hokkaido University
Bernard Susser (1998) argues that EFL researchers are gUilty of
Orientalism in their depiction of Japanese students. For the
framework of his critique, Susser uses Said's concept of
Orientalism, which outlines various ways in which Western researchers,
in their attempt to explain the Orient, have instead, dominated and
restructured it. Susser claims that much research on Japanese learners
of English falls into the same genre and he identifies four characteristics
of Orientalism to illustrate his point: essentializing, stereotyping,
representing, and othering.
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