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Professional Encounters in TESOL

Discourses of Teachers in Teaching

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations (PSPOD)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Back Matter

    Pages 58-61
  3. Becoming Experienced

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-65
    2. Going Outside the Classroom

      • Muna Morris-Adams
      Pages 105-122
    3. Reflections on Becoming Experienced

      • Maneerat Tarnpichprasert
      Pages 123-129
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 123-129
  5. New Horizons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-133
    2. Supporting Teacher Development on the Web

      • Phil Quirke
      Pages 135-150
    3. Making the Break: Establishing a New School

      • Keith Richards
      Pages 173-191
    4. Reflections on New Horizons

      • Jerry Talandis Jr.
      Pages 192-196
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 192-196
  7. Passing on the Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-202

About this book

An investigation of the developing discourses of English Language teachers in teaching and training. Showing how teachers are shaped by the discourses they participate in and how they shape these discourses. By analyzing professional development through professional discourse the book sheds light on what teachers do and why they do it.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Aston University, UK

    Sue Garton

  • University of Warwick, UK

    Keith Richards

About the editors

FIONA COPLAND, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK JULIAN EDGE, School of Education, University of Manchester, UK AMANDA HOWARD, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK KUCHAH KUCHAH, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK NUR KURTUGLOU HOOTON, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK WEI LIU, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK STEVE MANN, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK MUNA MOORIS-ADAMS, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK PHIL QUIRKE, Higher Colleges of Technology , Madinat Zayed, United Arab Emirates PAUL SEEDHOUSE. School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK JERRY TALANDIS JR., Toyama College of Foreign Languages, Japan MANEERAT TARNPICHPRASERT, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK FOTINI VASSILIKI KULOHERI, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK SUE WHARTON, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK

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