Experiences of Second Language Teacher Education [electronic resource] /
Wright, T.editor.
Beaumont, M.editor.
This book brings together the voices of teacher educators working in different national and educational settings. It Covers themes such as change in teacher education practices, the influences of context on practice, and of interculturality, to provide rich insights into the processes and effects of second language teacher education.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Thanks; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Student Teachers' Changing Beliefs on a Pre- service Teacher Education Course in Hong Kong; 2 Modern Languages Initial Teacher Education in England: The Impact of School- based Training; 3 Practical Theories of Teaching in Peripheral Contexts: Messages from Schools in Swaziland; 4 Learning to Teach Many Languages: A Multilingual Teacher Education Programme Offered by the Wiener Volkshochschulen
5 'Inviting Eve to Taste the Apple': Some Metaphors for the Issue of Theory in In- service Second Language Teacher Education Courses in Greece6 Reframing 'Public Lessons' to Support English Teachers for Curriculum Change in China; 7 Exploring Continuing Professional Development: English Teachers' Clubs in Central India; 8 Teacher Learning through Participation in Course Evaluation: An Indian Experience; 9 New Technologies in SLTE: A Virtual Teacher Development Experience in Tocantins, Brazil
10 Bringing Information and Reflection Together: A Distance Mentoring and Teacher Development Experience in South Korea11 Experiencing a Change Process in ELT in West Bengal; 12 Becoming a Trainer: The Experience of Philippine English Teachers in the Primary Innovations Project; Postscript; Author Index; Subject Index
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
This book brings together the voices of teacher educators working in different national and educational settings. It Covers themes such as change in teacher education practices, the influences of context on practice, and of interculturality, to provide rich insights into the processes and effects of second language teacher education.
Teaching.
Language and languages-Study and teaching.
Linguistics.
English language.
Teaching and Teacher Education.
Language Teaching.
Linguistics, general.
English.