Studies in Language Teacher Education – serie

Reconceptualizing intervention and change in conversation analytic perspectives, this volume not only illustrates actual, rather than imagined, ways of conducting CA-informed interventions in a variety of teacher-training contexts around the globe but also documents the impact of such interventions on teacher development.“The contributors to this volume have intentionally moved CA beyond a descriptive methodology to recognizing how CA-influenced decisions and procedures can, and do, result in productive changes in teachers’ interactional and instructional pedagogies.  A gift to the field of Language Teacher Education, this volume offers rich data-driven evidence of the material impact of engagement with CA on the professional development of language teachers.” (Karen E. Johnson, The Pennsylvania State University, USA)“The contributors illustrate how CA-based frameworks can help both pre-service and in-service language teachers sharpen their professional vision and enhance their pedagogical skills, making a compelling case for integrating CA into language teacher education while offering concrete guidance for developing teachers' interactional awareness and competence. This groundbreaking volume will be a key reading in both Applied Linguistics and TESOL programmes.” (Steve Mann, University of Warwick, UK)“Conversation Analysis (CA) should be an integral part of teacher-training programs. This plea is convincingly made in this new volume. After many years of CA studies of classroom interaction, it was only a matter of time before CA should enter teacher-training programs. The reports from the US, Sweden, Germany, Türkiye and Japan in this volume show that that time is now.” (Tom Koole, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)Olcay Sert is Professor of Language Education at Mälardalen University (Sweden). He is leading the Mälardalen INteraction & Didactics (MIND) Research Group and is the editor of Classroom Discourse. Hansun Zhang Waring is Professor of Linguistics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University (USA) and founder of The Language and Social Interaction Working Group (LANSI).

This book is designed for English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers to shape their teaching practices and integrate bilingual education. It investigates the emerging context of bilingualism in schools where non-bilingual children are taught both through their native language and English as the second language.·         Part I focuses on the theoretical underpinnings of bilingualism in EFL contexts. ·         Part II explores empirical research into bilingual teaching education. ·         Part III provides teaching pedagogies embracing dynamic bilingualism in EFL contexts and offers practical suggestions for EFL teachers creating instructional and interactional spaces.·         Part IV is dedicated to practice-based, hands-on activities both for pre-service and in-service EFL teachers. This book is intended for language teachers, students in language teacher education graduate programs, researchers in EFL contexts, and language teacher educators and trainers. It empowers stakeholders to re-envision, and ultimately transform, bilingual education critically and practically, promoting the building of stronger identities.