Full Description
Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruction, yet research into teacher education for early language teachers remains relatively sparse. This volume responds to this gap by compiling studies with diverse methodological tenets from a wide range of geographical and educational contexts around the world. The volume aims to enhance understanding of early language teacher education as well as to address the need to prepare early language teachers and assist them in their professional development. The chapters focus on the complexity of teacher learning, innovations in mentoring and teacher supervision, strategies in programme development and perceptions, and knowledge and assessment in early language learning teacher education. The volume offers comprehensive coverage of the field by addressing various aspects of teacher education in different languages. The contributions highlight examples of research into current practice in the professional enhancement of early language learning teachers, but with an emphasis on the implications for practitioners.
Contents
Chapter 1. Subhan Zein: Introduction to Early Language Learning and Teacher Education: International Research and Practice
Chapter 2. Yuko Goto Butler: How Teachers of Young Learners of English are Educated in East and Southeast Asia: Research-Based Lessons
PART ONE: THE COMPLEXITY OF TEACHER LEARNING
Chapter 3. Le Van Canh: Unpacking the Complexities of Learning to Teach English to Young Learners: A Narrative Inquiry
Chapter 4. Subhan Zein: Imagining One's Self as a Child and Speech Modification: Implications for Teacher Education
Chapter 5. Yuefeng Zhang: Learning to Teach: Pre-service English Language Teachers' Experience of Learning Study in Hong Kong
Chapter 6. Gee Macrory: New Orthographies in the Primary Languages Classroom: A Challenge for Teacher Education
PART TWO: INNOVATIONS IN MENTORING AND SUPERVISION
Chapter 7. Chiou-Hui Chou: Prospective EYL Teachers and Teacher Education: A Study of Teacher Supervision
Chapter 8. Yasemin Kirkgöz: Mentoring Young Learner English Teachers Working on Collaborative Action Research: Implications for Professional Development Programs
Chapter 9. Nettie Boivin: Collaboration, Construction, Reflection: 21st Century EYL Teacher Professional Development
PART THREE: STRATEGIES IN PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 10. Valentina Carbonara: Teaching Italian Language in Bilingual Kindergarten: A Framework for Teacher Training
Chapter 11. Junko Matsuzaki Carreira and Tomoko Shigyo: Developing and Evaluating a Syllabus for Pre-service Teacher Education for Japanese Primary English Teachers: Introducing Cross-Curricular Projects
PART FOUR: PERCEPTIONS, KNOWLEDGE AND ASSESSMENT
Chapter 12. Larissa Jenkins, Elisabeth Duursma and Catherine Neilsen-Hewett: Perceptions and Knowledge of Bilingualism and Bilingual Children among Early Childhood Educators in Australia: Implications for Teacher Education
Chapter 13. Katherine M. Griffin, Alison L. Bailey and Rashmita S. Mistry: What Educators of Young Dual Language Immersion Students Learn from a Bilingual Approach to Assessment
CONCLUSION
Chapter 14. Sue Garton: Early Language Learning Teacher Education: Present and Future
