International perspectives on English language teacher education : innovations from the field / edited by Thomas S.C. Farrell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Second language teacher education: a reality check / Thomas S.C. Farrell -- 2. Constructivist language teacher education: an example from Turkey / Simon Phipps -- 3. Encouraging critical reflection in a teacher education course: a Canadian case study / Thomas S.C. Farrell -- 4. Teaching everything to no one and nothing to everyone: addressing the content in content based instruction / Margo DelliCarpini and Orlando B. Alonso -- 5. Dissonance and balance: the four strands framework and pre-service teacher education / John Macalister and Jill Musgrave -- 6. Materials design in language teacher education: an example from Southeast Asia / Jack C. Richards -- 7. Translanguaging principles in L2 reading instruction: implications for ESL pre-service teacher programme / Leketi Makalela -- 8. Creative enactments of language teacher education policy: a Singapore case study / Lubna Alsagoff -- 9. Changing practice and enabling development: the impact of technology on teaching and language teacher education in UAE federal institutions / Helen Donaghue -- 10. Using screen capture software to improve the value of feedback on academic assignments in teacher education / Steve Mann -- 11. Developing novice EFL teachers' pedagogical knowledge through lesson study activities / Hao Xu -- 12. Reflective practice as innovation in SLTE / Thomas S.C. Farrell.

As the TESOL profession continues to expand its knowledge-base, what we are still striving to achieve is agreement on a common core expertise of linguistic and pedagogical content domains that language teachers need in order to succeed in their first years and beyond.