Teaching during Times of Change: On Being a Georgian TESOL Educator in Cairo

Authors

  • Lori Fredricks The American University in Cairo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52242/gatesol.23

Keywords:

applied linguistics, esl

Abstract

This reflective article describes ESL teacher training in Cairo, Egypt during the past five years. The author details her experiences with her MA students during the revolution and the military coup. She further explores how this journey has been influenced by her prior work in Tajikistan and Atlanta, Georgia and the parallels that exists across these contexts. 

Author Biography

  • Lori Fredricks, The American University in Cairo
    Lori Fredricks has a Ph.D. in Language and Literacy Education from Georgia State University. Dr. Fredricks has been an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at the American University in Cairo since 2009. She has worked as an ESL/EFL teacher, teacher trainer, and researcher in the US, Tajikistan and Egypt. As a former English Language Fellow and a Fulbright grantee, her work has focused on developing culturally relevant curricula, supporting literacy in multicultural and multilingual contexts, and exploring teacher discourse in online and face-to-face interactions.

References

Benkharafa, M. (2013). The present situation of the Arabic language and the Arab world commitment to Arabization. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 3(2), 201-208.

Egypt. UNdata. (2014). Retrieved September 13, 2014. http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=egypt

Lennon, J. (2014). Assembling a revolution: Graffiti, Cairo and the Arab spring. Cultural Studies Review, 20(1), 237.
GATESOL in Action (Fall 2014, Volume 24, Issue 2)

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Published

01/11/2015

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2: Fall 2014

Section

From the Trenches Outside of Georgia

How to Cite

Teaching during Times of Change: On Being a Georgian TESOL Educator in Cairo. (2015). GATESOL Journal, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.52242/gatesol.23