Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher Education
by Edited by Anne Burns , Jack C. RichardsEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-03-23
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
This collection provides an overview of current issues, debates, and approaches in Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE) presented by internationally prominent researchers, educators, and emerging scholars. Chapters address such issues as distance education, non-native English-speaking educators, technology, assessment, standards, and the changing contexts of contemporary language teaching and teacher education.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| The landscape of second language teacher education | |
| Introduction | |
| The scope of second language teacher education | |
| Trends in second language teacher education | |
| Critical language teacher education | |
| Social and cultural perspectives | |
| Professionalism and the language teaching profession | |
| Introduction | |
| Second language teacher professionalism Constant | |
| Certification and professional qualifications | |
| Standards and second language teacher education | |
| Assessment in second language teacher education | |
| Teacher preparation and non-native English-speaking educators | |
| 'Trainer development': Professional development for language teacher educators | |
| Pedagogical knowledge in second language teacher education | |
| Introduction | |
| The curriculum of second language teacher education | |
| Knowledge about language | |
| SLA and teacher education | |
| Acquiring knowledge of discourse conventions in teacher education | |
| Identity, cognition and experience in teacher learning | |
| Introduction | |
| Personal practical knowledge in L2 teacher education | |
| Language teacher cognition | |
| Teacher identity | |
| The novice teacher experience | |
| Teaching expertise: Approaches, perspectives and characterisations | |
| Contexts for second language teacher education | |
| Introduction | |
| Teaching and learning in the course room | |
| School-based experience | |
| Language-teacher eduction by distance | |
| Technology and second language teacher education | |
| Second language teacher education through collaboration | |
| Introduction | |
| Collaborative teacher development | |
| The practicum | |
| Mentoring | |
| Language teacher supervision | |
| Second language teacher development through research and practice | |
| Introduction | |
| Second language classroom research | |
| Action research and second language teacher education | |
| Reflective practice | |
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