Professional Encounters in TESOL

FIONA COPLAND School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK JULIAN EDGE School of Education, University of Manchester, UK AMANDA HOWARD Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK KUCHAH KUCHAH Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK NUR KURTUGLOU HOOTON School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK WEI LIU School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK STEVE MANN School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK MUNA MORRIS-ADAMS School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK PHIL QUIRKE Higher Colleges of Technology, Madinat Zayed, United Arab Emirates PAUL SEEDHOUSE School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK JERRY TALANDIS JR. Toyama College of Foreign Languages, Japan MANEERAT TARNPICHPRASERT Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK FOTINI VASSILIKI KULOHERI Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK SUE WHARTON Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK

An investigation of the developing discourses of English Language teachers in teaching and training. Showing how teachers are shaped by the discourses they participate in and how they shape these discourses. By analyzing professional development through professional discourse the book sheds light on what teachers do and why they do it.An investigation of the developing discourses of English Language teachers in teaching and training. Showing how teachers are shaped by the discourses they participate in and how they shape these discourses. By analyzing professional development through professional discourse the book sheds light on what teachers do and why they do it.