Reflective Language Teaching Practical Applications for TESOL Teachers [Hardcover]

Reflective Language Teaching: Practical Applications for TESOL Teachersis an extensively revised and updated second edition of the popular and accessible textReflective Language Teaching: From Research to Practiceoriginally published in 2008.

This fully up-to-date second edition includes:
? an expanded preface
? updated case studies and new cases throughout that deal with new developments in language teaching and reflective practice
- fully updated citations
? three brand new chapters, on online reflective practice and teaching young learners, and a new final chapter on developing a 'culture of reflection'

As in the first edition, this book outlines strategies for professional development through reflective practice in the language classroom. Accessible and comprehensive, the book presupposes no prior knowledge of linguistics or language teaching, and each chapter includes reflective discussion questions to help the reader apply the strategies and procedures discussed.

This second edition ofReflective Language Teachingcovers more topics than the earlier edition ... Each chapter in the book follows a similar outline which gives the book a coherent and well-organized framework ... One of the strongest aspects of the book are the case studies provided ... [and these] are further strengthened by the fact that they are based on the authors own experiences, which lends them a sense of authenticity. -Teachers College Record

The worldwide ELT industry needs this book. (Of the first edition) Stephen Moore, Senior Lecturer, Linguistics Department, Macquarie University, Australia

This book could easily be used as a graduate or undergraduate level coursebook for language teachers of any language and whether it be as a second language (e.g., ESL) or as a foreign language (e.g., EFL) as Reflective Practice is becoming a part of more and more teacher education curriculumsl£¡