English language teacher preparation
Abstract
English language teacher preparation has a relatively short history in Scotland’s universities. This chapter outlines some of the contributions made by Scottish institutions and academics to English language teaching globally, including during the very early stages of English becoming a global language. Commercial influences on English language teacher education are outlined as an explanation for why programmes diverged from Initial Teacher Education (ITE) provision from the 1960s, including pressure from short-course teacher education and rising precarity of English language teachers. This chapter concludes with some encouraging work from foreign language teaching and Gaelic-Medium instruction, showing how English language teacher education may be able to rebuild connections to ITE to engage with the contemporary linguistic diversity in Scotland’s classrooms.
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Carver , M 2020 , English language teacher preparation . in R Shanks (ed.) , Teacher preparation in Scotland . Emerald studies in teacher preparation in national and global contexts , Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , Bingley , pp. 187-200 . https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-480-420201016
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Teacher preparation in Scotland
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