Training Foreign Language Teachers

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Training Foreign Language Teachers/ ^
'A reflective approach ' Vv:;;- ^
Training Foreign Language Teachers is aimed at anyone in the area of foreign language teaching who is engaged in designing, running or taking part in teacher education programmes.
The book begins by examining some current models of teacher education. It goes on to describe the notion of the teacher as 'reflective practitioner' - someone who reflects on the practice of their profession as a way of developing their expertise in it The book shows how the notion of 'reflective practitioner' can pro\âde a coherent framework which links theory and practice.
Training Foreign Language Teachers explores ways in which a reflective approach can be applied to many areas of the teacher education programme, including:
• classroom observation
• microteaching
• design and assessment of teacher education programmes.
Each chapter includes 'Personal review' sections designed to help the reader to think about... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Training Foreign Language Teachers/ ^
'A reflective approach ' Vv:;;- ^
Training Foreign Language Teachers is aimed at anyone in the area of foreign language teaching who is engaged in designing, running or taking part in teacher education programmes.
The book begins by examining some current models of teacher education. It goes on to describe the notion of the teacher as 'reflective practitioner' - someone who reflects on the practice of their profession as a way of developing their expertise in it The book shows how the notion of 'reflective practitioner' can pro\âde a coherent framework which links theory and practice.
Training Foreign Language Teachers explores ways in which a reflective approach can be applied to many areas of the teacher education programme, including:
• classroom observation
• microteaching
• design and assessment of teacher education programmes.
Each chapter includes 'Personal review' sections designed to help the reader to think about the issues that have been raised and to help them to personalise what they have read by relating it to their own experience. The book contains many suggestions for practical work and discussion, and numerous applications to actual situations, including an extended case-study.
This book will be of interest to anyone in the area of foreign language teaching who is involved in thinking about the processes by which professional competence is developed and improved.
Michael J Wallace has worked in ELT teacher education fór over twenty years. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Scottish Centre for Education Overseas at Moray House College in Edinburgh. Vissza