Second language teacher education

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This text provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. The paperback edition provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. It offers valuable ideas on the observation and supervision of classrooms, on self-evaluation by teachers, and on teaching itself. Its emphasis reflects the shift in orientation from teacher training to teacher education, in which teachers are involved in developing their own theories of teaching, understanding the nature of teacher decision making, and developing strategies for critical self-evaluation. The book is aimed at teachers, teacher educators, and workshop facilitators involved both in pre-service and in-service education of teachers of second and foreign languages.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface
• Part I Issues and Approaches in Teacher Educaton
• 1 The dilemma of teacher education in second language teaching
• 2 Beyond prescription: the student teacher as investigator
• 3 Activities and procedures for teacher preparation Rod Ellis; Questions and tasks
• Part II Investigating Teachers and Learners in the Classroom
• 4 Teacher observation in second language teacher education
• 5 Action research in the language classroom
• 6 Understanding classroom role relationships
• Part III The Practicum
• 7 Intervening in practice teaching
• 8 Interaction in a teaching practicum
• 9 A professional development focus for the language teaching practicum
• Part IV Supervision
• 10 odels of supervision: choices
• 11 linical supervision of language teaching: the supervisor as trainer and educator
• 12 Let's see': contrasting conversations about teaching
• Part V Self-Observation in Teacher Development
• 13 Teacher development through reflective teaching
• 14 The use of diary studies in teacher education programs
• 15 An ongoing dialogue: learning logs for teacher preparation
• Part VI Case Studies
• 16 A blueprint for a teacher development program
• 17 Developing teachers' language resources
• 18 An ethnographic approach to inservice preparation: the Hungary file
• 19 Observing classroom behaviours and learning outcomes in different second language programs
• Questions and tasks
• References
• Index