Language Learning and Teacher Education

"This book provides a greatly needed account of various ways in which sociocultural perspectives on language and learning can be integrated into programs for the preparation of language teachers. This volume provides several concrete cases of the work of language teacher educators in different parts of the world whose practices have been shaped by a sociocultural perspective. These cases, together with the accounts from two teachers who were prepared in a socioculturally oriented teacher education program, provide a very useful resource for teacher educators who are interested in incorporating sociocultural perspectives into their programs and courses. This is an important book that is relevant to all teacher educators." Ken Zeichner, University of Wisconsin-Madison