Professional Encounters in TESOL: Discourses of Teachers in Teaching [Hardcover]

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.Notes On Contributors Introduction: S.Garton & K.Richards PART 1: STARTING OUT Deconstructing the Discourse: Understanding the Trainer's Talk; F.Copland The Design of Post-Observation Feedback; N.K.Hooton Learning to Talk the Talk: Conversation Analysis as a Tool for Induction of Trainee Teachers; P.Seedhouse Reflections on Starting Out; Wei Liu PART 2: BECOMING EXPERIENCED Teacher Beliefs and Interaction in the Language Classroom; S.Garton Teachers Being Observed: Coming to Terms with Classroom Appraisal; A.Howard Going Outside the Classroom; M.Morris-Adams Reflections on Becoming Experienced; M.Tarnpichprasert PART 3: NEW HORIZONS Supporting Teacher Development on the Web; P.Quirke Dialogic Features of Exploratory Research Talk; S.Mann Making the Break: Establishing a New School; K.Richards Reflections on New Horizons; J.Talandis Jr. PART 4: PASSING ON THE KNOWLEDGE Developing as a Professional in Cameroon: Challenges and Visions; K.Kuchah Becoming a Writer: Community Membership and Discursive Literacy; S.Wharton Discourses in Search of Coherence: A TESOL Autobiography; J.Edge Reflections on Passing on the Knowledge; F.V. Kuloheri IndexFIONA COPLAND, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UKJULIAN EDGE, School of Education, University of Manchester, UKAMANDA HOWARD, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UKKUCHAH KUCHAH, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UKNUR KURTUGLOU HOOTON, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UKWEI LIU, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UKSTlSk