Current Perspectives on the TESOL Practicum

This volume presents the current state of the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) practicum in 13 countries, including Armenia, Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Malta, Poland, South Korea, Sweden and the USA. Together the contributions offer a unique and contemporary view of how teachers are being educated and brought into the TESOL worldwide community of practice. This is the first publication to present diverse models/frameworks of the TESOL practicum from several international teaching contexts, focusing on exemplary practicum cases in the selected countries.

Offers most up-to-date and comprehensive resource on the TESOL practicum in the past 15 years Is the first text to present a truly global perspective on present TESOL practical cases Features the highest ranking TESOL practicum cases from 13 countries

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Preface; Andrzej Cirocki, Irshat Madyarov and Laura Baecher.- Acknowledgements.- Contemporary Perspectives on Student Teacher Learning and the TESOL Practicum; Andrzej Cirocki, Irshat Madyarov and Laura Baecher.- A TESOL Practicum in Armenia; Talin Grigorian and Irshat Madyarov.- A TESOL Practicum in Australia; Anna Filipi and Marianne Turner.- A TESOL Practicum in Chile; Manuel Lara-Diaz.- A TESOL Practicum in Costa Rica; Allen Quesada-Pacheco, Xinia Rodríguez-Ramírez and Mayra Solís-Hernández.- A TESOL Practicum in Croatia; Anna Martinovi and Nadia Mifka-Profozic.- A TESOL Practicum in England; Alastair Douglas and Amanda Bailey.- A TESOL Practicum in Indonesia; Pratiwi Retnaningdyah and Kusumarasdyati.- A TESOL Practicum in Japan; Bill Snyder, Chris Carl Hale and Gordon Myskow.- A TESOL Practicum in Malta; Daniel Xerri.- The TESOL Practicum in Poland; Agnieszka Dzicio-Pdich.- A TESOL Practicum in South Korea; Diane Rozells.- A TESOL Practicum in Sweden; Maria Bäcke and Francis Hult.- A TESOL Practicum in the USA; Raichle Farrelly.- The TESOL Practicum: A Diverse Landscape; Andrzej Cirocki, Irshat Madyarov and Laura Baecher.