Competency-Based Teacher Education for English as a Foreign Language: Theory, Research, and Practice - Hardcover
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Providing a series of chapters, written by teacher educators in three continents, this edited volume explores the concepts, challenges, possibilities, and implementations of competency-based instruction for developing English competencies in English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts. Recent trends in education have emphasized the need to develop competencies that connect learning with real-life performances. This need has brought about a massive increase in the number of studies and scholarly works devoted to research into competency-based education. However, for teachers and learners of EFL, it is challenging to develop competencies for using a language that does not seem to connect with their real-life scenarios. The chapters apply the concept of competency-based instruction in different EFL contexts and are structured around three themes:
- Theory: current thoughts on theories of competency-based education
- Research: empirical research on competency-based teacher education
- Practice: integrating competency-based instruction into teacher education
This book offers examples of competency-based EFL teacher education through both research and practical applications. In addition to the innovation in competency approaches, the inclusion of language learning in virtual environments offers a valuable resource for scholars, educators, researchers, and all those concerned with current and future education.
Amber Yayin Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan. She has worked on many national projects in English language teacher education for years and published research related to language learning, English teacher education, and TPACK.
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