Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher

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.

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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Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher Education

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