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Book SynopsisThis text provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages.
Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. Issues and Approaches in Teacher Educaton: 1. The dilemma of teacher education in second language teaching Jack C. Richards; 2. Beyond prescription: the student teacher as investigator Jerry G. Gebhard, Sergio Gaitan and Robert Oprandy; 3. Activities and procedures for teacher preparation Rod Ellis; Questions and tasks; Part II. Investigating Teachers and Learners in the Classroom: 4. Teacher observation in second language teacher education Richard R. Day; 5. Action research in the language classroom David Nunan; 6. Understanding classroom role relationships Tony Wright; Questions and tasks; Part III. The Practicum: 7. Intervening in practice teaching Donald Freeman; 8. Interaction in a teaching practicum Jerry G. Gebhard; 9. A professional development focus for the language teaching practicum Martha C. Pennington; Part IV. Supervision: 10. Models of supervision: choices Jerry G. Gebhard; 11. Clinical supervision of language teaching: the supervisor as trainer and educator Stephen Gaies and Roger Bowers; 12. 'Let's see': contrasting conversations about teaching John F. Fanselow; Questions and tasks; Part V. Self-Observation in Teacher Development: 13. Teacher development through reflective teaching Leo Bartlett; 14. The use of diary studies in teacher education programs Kathleen M. Bailey; 15. An ongoing dialogue: learning logs for teacher preparation Patricia A. Porter, Lynn M. Goldstein, Judith Leatherman and Susan Conrad; Questions and tasks; Part VI. Case Studies: 16. A blueprint for a teacher development program Dale L. Lange; 17. Developing teachers' language resources Robert Keith Johnson; 18. An ethnographic approach to inservice preparation: the Hungary file Fraida Dubin and Rita Wong; 19. Observing classroom behaviours and learning outcomes in different second language programs Nina Spada; Questions and tasks; References; Index.
