Date:
May 1998
Page No.:
49
Writer(s):
Bernard Susser, Doshisha Women's Junior College
This survey of two aspects of ESUEFL (English as a second/foreign language)
literature-advice to foreign teachers in Japan and research on cross-cultural
learning styles-found many instances of what Edward W. Said called the
discourse of "Orientalism." The argument is made that because of its Orientalism,
the literature surveyed presents a distorted account of Japanese learners and
classrooms.
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