Early Language Learning and Teacher Education

International Research and Practice

Edited by Subhan Zein, Dr. Sue Garton

Publication date:

26 February 2019

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781788922654

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.

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

This volume is a very welcome addition to research in a much-neglected area: early language teacher education. As well as taking a truly international perspective, it includes chapters on bilingual education, TESOL, Modern Foreign Languages – areas of early language teacher education which are rarely found together, despite the synergies between them. Presenting thoughtful and innovative discussions of a range of key topics in the field, it is set to become essential reading for anyone involved in early language teacher education.