Professional Development for Language Teachers:
Strategies for Teacher Learning
This book provides a survey of current approaches to professional
development for language teachers, particularly for those new to teaching
or those who seek opportunities for in-service teacher education. A
wide variety of approaches are presented and ways of implementing them
illustrated, drawing on the authors’ experiences of developing and
conducting in-service teacher programs in many parts of the world.
Throughout the book, personal accounts by the authors and by teachers
who have experience using activities such as journal writing, peer
observation, and teaching portfolios provide compelling examples of how
and when such activities can be useful and their advantages and
limitations.
This book will therefore serve as a useful source book for teachers, teacher-educators, supervisors, teaching mentors, and others who are interested in carrying out teacher-development activities in their own settings.
This book will therefore serve as a useful source book for teachers, teacher-educators, supervisors, teaching mentors, and others who are interested in carrying out teacher-development activities in their own settings.
