Professionalising English Language Teaching
Concepts and Reflections for Action in Teacher Education

Promoting the professionalisation of English Language Teaching, this book provides an up-to-date model for language teacher competences.

Andrzej Cirocki (Author), Wolfgang Hallet (Author)

9781009350242, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 November 2024

296 pages
23.5 x 15.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.56 kg

'This insightful book explores strategies and frameworks for elevating the quality of English language teaching. It delves into effective practices, reflective approaches, and continuous professional development, empowering language educators to further enhance their teaching skills.' Willy A. Renandya, Principal Lecturer, National Institute of Education, Singapore

The issue of professionalisation of English Language Teaching (ELT) remains underexplored in academic discourse. Written by experienced teacher educators, this book presents a timely guide to professional teacher development in ELT, showing how teacher educators and classroom practitioners can develop their practice. It scrutinises key topic areas for teacher education, detailing the specific competences that professional teachers need to demonstrate in the 21st century, including transforming English language classrooms, engaging in ongoing debates that examine theory, research and practice, responding to managerial and policy discourses on English language instruction, and playing a leading role in regulating the entire teaching profession. It highlights how meaningful, impactful, transformative, and sustainable language education requires high-quality teachers who are lifelong learners, classroom ethnographers, and educational leaders. It is essential reading for pre- and in-service teachers, teacher educators and professional development providers, educational researchers, as well as policy makers in the field of ELT.

List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
1. English Language Teaching in the 21st Century: A Systematic Approach to the Profession
2. Conceptualising Teacher Professionalism in ELT
3. Teacher Education and Professional Competences
4. Reflective Practice and Teacher-Led Research: The Path to Teacher Professionalism
5. Teacher Autonomy: The Professional Independence of Teachers
6. Materials Development and Task Design: A Professional Challenge
7. Teaching English in the Digital Age: Professional and Cultural Intricacies
8. Teacher Leadership: Reinforcing Professional Practice in Schools
Building Professional ELT Development Communities
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]