ABSTRACT
Bringing together a comprehensive range of extended research-based chapters, English Language Teacher Preparation in Asia provides comprehensive insight into policy, research, and practical aspects of teacher preparation for English teachers at pre-service level across multiple contexts in Asia.
Written by local and international scholars specialising in TESOL Teacher education, and acknowledging the increasingly complex demands made on teachers of English in view of globalisation, the book explores the multiple factors which are key to effective professional learning. Chapters consider how pre-service teachers are best prepared for the diverse contexts in which English is learnt and taught in settings throughout Asia and draw on in-depth research studies to provide rich, fully contextualised coverage of aspects of teacher preparation including curriculum design, programme development, policy, professional learning communities, assessment education, and teaching practicum.
A timely contribution to the field of teacher preparation, this text will be an invaluable resource for teacher educators, pre-service teachers and academics involved in the preparation of English teachers in Asia.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|28 pages
Setting the Scene
chapter 2|26 pages
Current trends and future directions in pre-service teacher training programmes for English Language in ASEAN Plus Three
part II|70 pages
Innovations in teacher preparation
chapter 3|16 pages
Translanguaging in the EYL classroom as a metadiscursive practice
chapter 4|18 pages
Advancing achievement through value-added measures
chapter 5|17 pages
Professional development through practicum
chapter 6|17 pages
‘Native-Speakerism … I Think We Need to Change Our Perception’
part III|108 pages
Teacher preparation, development and evaluation
chapter 7|21 pages
English teacher preparation in Brunei Darussalam
chapter 8|19 pages
Meeting the needs of an international student population
chapter 9|21 pages
Assessment education of pre-service English teachers in the Philippines
part IV|55 pages
Teacher preparation and policy
chapter 12|19 pages
Teaching renovation and efficiency
chapter 13|17 pages
English language teacher preparation in Myanmar
chapter 14|17 pages
The “Practising Adaptive Expert”
part |19 pages
Conclusion