The Multilingual Instructor : What foreign language teachers say about their experience and why it matters

Claire Kramsch and Lihua Zhang use an ecological approach and a complexity thought model to examine the identities, experiences, and practices of foreign language teachers as native or non-native speakers, multilingual instructors, and professional educators.What is their sense of legitimacy? How do they bridge the historical and cultural gaps between them and their students?What stories do they share in the classroom? Which do they not share? How do they view their ethical responsibility?