Editor's Introduction

Conlan, Chris

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Authors

Conlan, Chris

Date

2004

Type

Book Chapter

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Citation

Conlan, Chris. 2004. Editor's Introduction. In Conlan, Chris (ed), Teaching English Language in Australia: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Issues, pp vii-xii. Perth: API Network.

Source Title

Teaching English Language in Australia: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Issues

Source Conference

HERDSA 2003 Conference

ISBN

9781920845070

Faculty

Humanities

School

Department of Languages & Intercultural Education

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24283

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

As practising (or about-to-practise) ESL teachers, we clearly have a comprehensive working knowledge of our subject matter; and it is as a direct result of this knowledge (when yoked to our practical understandings of the construction of Australian social reality) that we are able to make sense of such diverse (but quite authentic) examples of language usage.