Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher Education

by Edited by Anne Burns , Jack C. Richards

• ISBN13: 9780521756846
• ISBN10: 0521756847
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-23
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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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