Language Teacher Education

by Jon Roberts

'Language Teacher Education' is an introduction to language teacher training and development for teachers and providers in pre-service and in-service programmes. The text outlines the main theories of human learning and applies them to teacher education. Based on a broadly social constructivist perspective, it suggests a framework for planning pre-service and in-service programmes, and is illustrated both with case studies from a range of training situations around the world and appendices containing teacher education materials.



Language Teacher Education is intended to inform readers' practical decisions and to help them build their own theories of teacher learning.

Genres: Teaching

360 pages, Paperback

First published December 24, 1997

About the author

Jon Roberts is at Centre for Applied Language Studies at the University of Reading.

Reviews

[Sandy Millin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very comprehensive look at teacher training for language teachers, including sections on both pre- and in-service training. I'm not entirely sure what other reviewers meant when they said that there is a bias for PGCE-style courses - I actually felt the book was fairly neutral, covering a whole range of different contexts. The CELTA has evolved since the book was published in 1998, and previous short-form courses were mentioned in the section on pre-service training. There are lots of case studies and models that the reader can draw from, and generally I would say it provides useful background reading for anyone interested in the theories behind language teacher education.

[Selda · Rating 4 out of 5]

First a few chapters are theoretical but they change theory into concrete practical examples through case studies. The main focus is teacher education that is divided into 4 phases; as a pupil, pre-service, inservice, expertise based on socio constructivist approach.

[Rupinder K · Rating 1 out of 5]

Such a judgemental, largely inaccurate book with clear bias for ITT (PGCE) and against the CELTA.