EFL Writing Teacher Education and Professional Development : Voices from under-Represented Contexts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ene, Estela.

Contributor:

Gilliland, Betsy.

Henderson Lee, Sarah.

Saenkhum, Tanita.

Seloni, Lisya.

Series:

New Perspectives on Language and Education Series

New Perspectives on Language and Education Series ; v.118

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language--Writing.

English teachers--Training of.

English teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Multilingual Matters, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores how EFL writing teacher education is shaped, given teachers' unique local contexts and circumstances. The chapters prioritize local voices and materials in order to help build a more comprehensive picture of L2 writing globally, enabling the book as a whole to both document and further shape pedagogical approaches to L2 writing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: Voices from the Field

1 Land of a Thousand Hills: English Writing Education and Teacher Professional Development

2 Transformation in Progress: Challenges and Promises in China’s High School English Writing Instruction

3 EFL Writing Teacher Education to Prepare for Post-COVID-19 Education: Voices from Teacher Educators

4 Navigating Anti-Plagiarism Software in Kazakhstan: A Duoethnographic Reflection

5 EFL Writing Teacher Education and Professional Development in Türkiye

6 Teaching Writing from an Argentine TEFL Stance

7 The Journey in Teaching Writing

8 On Becoming an EFL Writing Specialist in the Japanese Context

Part 2: Resources and Materials for Writing Teacher Preparation and Development

9 A Local and Collaborative Writing Activity: An Example from Chile

10 Discovering New Landscapes: Investigating How Writing Instruction in Non-English L2 Languages Can Enrich EFL Writing Teacher Education

11 Creating Your Own Island: Preservice Teacher Engagement through Collaborative Writing

12 Integrating Genre-Based Writing and Critical Thinking in Developing Writing Skills of Pre-service Language Teachers

13 Leveraging Open Accessible Summaries in Language Studies (OASIS) for EFL Writing Teacher Professional Development Workshops

14 Beyond Test-Based Writing Prompts: A Mediated Approach to Developing Student Writers

15 Transdisciplinary Writing Teacher Development in a Sino-US Joint-Venture University in China

16 Negotiating a Syllabus between Student Needs and Program Requirements

Part 3: State of the Field of EFL Writing Teacher Education

17 What Is a Writing Teacher, and How Do We Make One? Writing Teacher Training in Romania

18 ‘How Can I Teach Them More Effectively?’: Examining Four EFL Teachers’ Writing Instruction to Ethnic Minority Students

19 Within the Waves of Instability: EFL Writing and Teacher Training in Iran

20 In-Service Teacher Training, Agency and Teaching Writing in English at a Bangladeshi University: A Critical Perspective

21 EFL Writing in the Shadow: Challenges and Opportunities for Teachers in Taiwan’s Private Tutoring Institutions

22 Challenges and Opportunities of Developing an EFL Writing Course in Algeria: A Collaborative Auto-Ethnographic Study

23 Preparing EFL Teachers to Teach Writing in Poland: The Case of an English Department

Afterword

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781800415140

1800415141

9781800415157

180041515X

OCLC:

1408965980