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Moving TESOL Beyond the Comfort Zone Exploring Criticality in TESOL


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English | ISBN: 1631170341 | 2014 | 220 pages | PDF | 2 MB
There is an urgent need to examine how the emergence of globalisation is influencing the ways the English language is perceived, learned, and taught across multiple disciplines as multilingual students and their multilingual identities become the norm. This urgency goes beyond the walls of TESOL since working with multilingual students becomes interdisciplinary work of language education, teacher education, composition, and writing centre education.

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The Language of TESOL and Bilingual Education An Expanded Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts


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English | ISBN: 900469207X | 2024 | 104 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Language of TESOL and Bilingual Education: Key Terms and Concepts provides definitions and context for key terms and concepts related to English language teaching and bilingual education with implications for practice and teacher preparation.

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Building a Culture of Research in TESOL Collaborations and Communities


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English | ISBN: 3031621417 | 2024 | 239 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 5 MB
This volume focuses on real-world examples of teacher-researcher collaborations in TESOL in a variety of contexts. The book begins with a review of conceptual foundations and cultural factors that facilitate or hinder TESOL educators’ engagement in and with research. The chapters that follow contain diverse geographic representations, topics, and author voices engaged in research collaborations, illustrating approaches to ethical and cross-cultural challenges of such engagement, as well as successes. The proliferation of a neo-liberal agenda in education that has an impact on local TESOL classrooms has generated a sense of urgency for teacher-researcher collaborations that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in TESOL, to which this volume responds. The chapters document how a range of TESOL educators including teachers, teacher educators, teacher candidates, and researchers developed and reflected on their collaborations with the aim of building a culture of research in English language education.

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Policy Development in TESOL and Multilingualism Past, Present and the Way Forward


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English | ISBN: 9811636028 | 2021 | 315 pages | PDF | 7 MB
The book is of interest to scholars of multilingualism, language teachers, researchers, and administrators who are developing policies on teaching English and promoting multilingualism. Given its scope, this edited collection provides an overview of how multilingualism is transforming the practice of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in diverse contexts around the world. It serves as a platform for discussions related to policy enactment where TESOL and multilingualism are viewed as collaborative endeavours and approaches the topic from three different angles. The first section of the book provides critical examinations of previous initiatives and accomplishments in the area of language policy development and implementation. The second section describes current projects and initiatives intended to expand and strengthen the field of TESOL while providing space for local and indigenous languages to develop. The third and last part of the book highlights policy development areas that need special consideration in order to develop a form of TESOL that builds on and contributes to multilingualism.

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Sociopolitical Agenda for TESOL Teacher Education, A


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English | ISBN: 1350262846 | 2023 | 210 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1250 KB + 12 MB
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) sits at the nexus of constant change, which makes it vitally important for language teachers to engage in continuous development and keep abreast of the sociopolitical milieu in which they are embedded. However, most teacher education activities are often associated with what is perceived as best practices that are expected to be adopted (often uncritically) for classroom application and practice, with the intention of training teachers to become technicians in their respective classrooms. In reality, TESOL practitioners often find themselves in situations that require them to be reflexive practitioners and to negotiate sites of political struggles and social injustice. Given that a socially situated understanding of TESOL teacher education is often overlooked, this volume highlights the sociopolitical dimensions of TESOL teacher education. In Part 1, the authors introduce the theoretical underpinnings of the sociopolitical agenda proposed by this volume. Building on these theories, Part 2 realizes the proposed agenda by situating it within actual TESOL teacher education contexts that are characterized by power imbalances and neoliberally inflected educational injustices.

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