@inbook{746d515f6e874141b3c1409580352c00,
title = "It Is Not a Bad Idea for Me to Be a Language Teacher!",
abstract = "In this chapter, we report on an inquiry exploring experiences of ten elite mainland Chinese student teachers of English as to understand why they came to Hong Kong for the teacher education programme. The study revealed that these students were largely attracted to teaching in Hong Kong because of its extrinsic benefits such as professional stability, the prestige associated with the English language teaching profession, and the opportunities to acquire valued skills transferable to other professions including English competence. Facing challenges as non-local students, they were also uncertain of becoming teachers in the new context. This raises questions as to how these talented non-local teachers can be retained in Hong Kong{\textquoteright}s schools.",
keywords = "Mainland Chinese student teachers, Motivation, Retention",
author = "John Trent and Xuesong Gao and Mingyue Gu",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1007/978-94-007-7392-9\_2",
language = "English",
series = "Multilingual Education",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",
pages = "17--33",
booktitle = "Multilingual Education",
address = "Germany",
}