Confronting Challenges in English Language Teacher Education

This edited volume presents an inter- and multidisciplinary approach towards language teacher education, confronting the issues that have continued to pervade the field for the last two decades. Featuring contributions from researchers and teacher educators located within a truly international spread of countries - Mexico, Palestine, Tunisia, Cyprus, and Kuwait to name a few - chapters adopt an ecologically glocalised approach to understand how English language teaching is theorised and practised in different educational contexts across the world. Research gathered from interviews, meta-analysis, and international case studies is showcased as chapters consider both pedagogical and online issues within, as well as critical approaches to, language teacher education. Professional development and evaluation programmes across different educational contexts are discussed in-depth along with guidance and insights for the future of the field. The book will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students working in the fields of English language teacher education, TESOL, applied linguistics, continuing professional development.

Salah Troudi is Professor in TESOL and Language Education at the University of Exeter, UK. Omid Mazandarani is Assistant Professor in TESOL and Language Education at Islamic Azad University, Iran.

Chapter 1 Current Issues in Language Teacher Education: An Introduction Part I Issues of Professional Development Chapter 2 The Need to Warrant Attention to Chilean English Language Teacher Educators' Professional Development and Learning Chapter 3 Between Theory and Practice: The Challenges and the Professional Development Needs of In-service English Language Teachers in Palestine Chapter 4 Towards a Reflective Practice in Adult English Teaching as a Foreign Language in Mexico Chapter 5 Language Teacher Innovation in Times of Change: A Roadmap for the Future in UAE Higher Education Part II Critical Approaches to Language Teacher Education Chapter 6 Advancing Gender Equity in University Level Foreign Language Learning in the US: The Role of the Instructor Chapter 7 The Other Language Policy in Limbo and Being the Other Language Teacher in the Post-Conflict School Environment in Divided Cyprus Chapter 8 Raising In-service Teachers' Ethical Awareness Through Action Research Interventions at Kuwait Public Primary Schools Chapter 9 A Reflexive Practice Model for Continuous Critical Professional Development in Lebanon Part III Pedagogical Issues in Language Teacher Education Chapter 10 Exploring EFL Tunisian Teachers' Beliefs about Written Corrective Feedback (WCF) to Inform Teachers' Education Programs Chapter 11 Critical Pedagogy in Saudi EFL Writing Classrooms: From Dreariness to Independence Chapter 12 Differences in Emotional Vocabulary Due to the Level of Proficiency and the Age of Acquisition of the Foreign Language in Spanish Students Chapter 13 Critical Thinking in Academic Writing: Perspectives of Pakistani University Teachers and Students Part IV Online issues in Language Teacher Education Chapter 14 The Significance of Online Training Courses on the Professional Development of Teachers: A Critical Study in the UAE Chapter 15 English Language Teacher Identity in Online Teaching in Saudi Arabia Chapter 16 Supporting EFL Teachers' Transition to Synchronous Online Teaching: The Roles of Data Literacy Chapter 17 An Abrupt Paradigm Shift in Higher Education in Tunisia due to COVID 19 Chapter 18 COVID-19 and Language Teacher Education in Oman: Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities Epilogue Chapter 19 Language Teacher Education: A Way Forward