Professional Encounters in Tesol: Discourses of Teachers in Teaching (Palgrave Studies in Professional and Organizational Discourse)

✍ Scribed by Sue Garton, Keith Richards

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 291
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Professional Encounters in TESOL investigates the developing discourses of English Language teachers in a variety of international contexts. By analysing how professional development takes place through participation in professional discourse, the chapters shed light on what teachers do and why they do it. The book is organised in four sections, reflecting the stages in an English language teacher's career: 'Starting Out' focuses on initial teacher training, 'Becoming Experienced' looks inside their classroom, 'New Horizons' shifts the perspective to the professional development of experienced teachers, and 'Passing on Knowledge' investigates the discourses of experienced teachers as they contribute to the professional development of their peers. Each section is followed by reflections on the chapters written by a teacher from an international context at the particular stage in their professional development reflected in the section. The book should have particular appeal to all those working in the area of teacher development and will also be of interest to practising teachers.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 9
Transcription Conventions......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Part I: Starting Out......Page 30
1 Deconstructing the Discourse: Understanding the Feedback Event......Page 34
2 The Design of Post-Observation Feedback and Its Impact on Student Teachers......Page 53
3 Learning to Talk the Talk: Conversation Analysis as a Tool for Induction of Trainee Teachers......Page 71
Reflections on Starting Out......Page 87
Part II: Becoming Experienced......Page 92
4 Teacher Beliefs and Interaction in the Language Classroom......Page 96
5 Teachers Being Observed: Coming to Terms with Classroom Appraisal......Page 116
6 Going Outside the Classroom......Page 134
Reflections on Becoming Experienced......Page 152
Part III: New Horizons......Page 160
7 Supporting Teacher Development on the Web......Page 164
8 ‘Metaphors keep cropping up’: Dialogic Features of Metaphor in Exploratory Research Talk......Page 180
9 Making the Break: Establishing a New School......Page 202
Reflections on New Horizons......Page 221
Part IV: Passing on the Knowledge......Page 226
10 Developing as a Professional in Cameroon: Challenges and Visions......Page 232
11 Becoming a Writer: Community Membership and Discursive Literacy......Page 247
12 Discourses in Search of Coherence: An Autobiographical Perspective......Page 261
Reflections on Passing on the Knowledge......Page 277
C......Page 286
E......Page 287
I......Page 288
P......Page 289
T......Page 290
W......Page 291