Observing English as a foreign language classes in universities in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, Forman analyzes the teachers' use of their native language. He looks at what teachers actually do and what they say about it, at how second language users perform a foreign tongue and what this means for their sense of identity, and at global English as a foreign language in textbooks and the distinctive nature of English as a foreign language domain. Among his topics are a case study in Thailand, bilingual teacher talk, 10 principles of first language use, identity and alterity, and teachers' views of first and second language performance. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)