Doing English in Asia

Patricia Haseltine is retired professor of English from Providence University. Sheng-mei Ma is professor of English at Michigan State University.

In this day and age when English remains the global lingua franca, it is important for us—even incumbent on us—to think through the cultural, political, and social implications of how English is taught and learned in different parts of the world. Doing English in Asia offers informative and thought-provoking perspectives on what's happening on the ground. The intellectual inquiries and pedagogic strategies presented in this book reflect the considerable breadth and depth of this issue. A must-read for anyone interested in the theoretical and practical aspects of translingual, cross-cultural relations.

• Part I: Language Politics across Asia1.“Exophony in the Midst of a Mother Tongue: Resources between LanguagesKazuhito Matsumoto2. Unfinished English: Stories from the Other OtherWill P. Ortiz3. Using Chopsticks to Read Knife ‘n’ Fork English: Teaching American Literature in Taiwan E-chou Wu Part II: Culture and Language Study in Taiwan4. Teaching Early British Literature in Southern Taiwan Elyssa Y. Cheng5. Teaching English Language and Literature in the Asia-Pacific Region: Environmental and Ecocritical Contexts Iris Ralph6. Interacting with “Other” Places in Modern Poetry through HypermediaEmerald C. L. Ku and Patricia Haseltine Part III: Drama and Ethos beyond Borders7. Shakespeare’s Cymbeline in the College English Classroom during the Sunflower Student MovementI-Chun Wang8. MOOC Global/Local Shakespeare: New Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare in Taiwan and BeyondYilin Chen9. Modern Renaissance Education in Taiwan’s Departments of Foreign LanguagesBernard Montoneri