In recent years language teaching models have shifted§to an §interpretive perspective that recognizes the value of§teachers'' beliefs §and experiences. Little work, however, has been done§on the beliefs §and experiences of language teachers beyond the West.§This study, §based on e-mail and spoken interviews and classroom§observations, §examines the beliefs and experiences of six Armenian§English §foreign language teachers. It looks at various§influences on their §beliefs and practices, including their Soviet§schooling and §pedagogical training; their more recent acquaintance§with Western §methods; their personal attitudes towards language,§education, and §society; and the continuing impact of political,§economic, social, and §cultural changes in independent Armenia brought about§by the §demise of the Soviet Union. This book should be of§interest to §language teacher educators and language teachers,§particularly §those interested in the growing spread of the English§language and §Western language teaching practices.