EFL Writing Teacher Education and Professional Development

Voices from Under-Represented Contexts

Estela Ene, Betsy Gilliland, Sarah Henderson Lee, Tanita Saenkhum, Lisya Seloni

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781800415126
• eBook ISBN: 9781800415157
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Education Teaching Methods
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This book explores how EFL writing teacher education is theoretically, pedagogically, methodologically and sociopolitically shaped, given teachers' unique local contexts and circumstances. It showcases practitioners and researchers teaching in, or studying, geographic areas that have as yet been under-represented in international publications, and it focuses on ways that specific contexts create unique opportunities and constraints on what developing teachers know and do in their work. The chapters prioritize local voices and materials to build a more inclusive and comprehensive picture of L2 writing globally, enabling the book as a whole to both document and further shape pedagogical approaches to L2 writing. Readers will be able to use the unique insights contained in this book in their own classrooms and professional development activities.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Tables and Figures
• Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part 1: Voices from the Field
• 1 Land of a Thousand Hills: English Writing Education and Teacher Professional Development
• 2 Transformation in Progress: Challenges and Promises in China High School English Writing Instruction
• 3 EFL Writing Teacher Education to Prepare for Post-COVID-19 Education: Voices from Teacher Educators
• 4 Navigating Anti-Plagiarism Software in Kazakhstan: A Duoethnographic Reflection
• 5 EFL Writing Teacher Education and Professional Development in Turkiye
• 6 Teaching Writing from an Argentine TEFL Stance
• 7 The Journey in Teaching Writing
• 8 On Becoming an EFL Writing Specialist in the Japanese Context
• Part 2: Resources and Materials for Writing Teacher Preparation and Development
• 9 A Local and Collaborative Writing Activity: An Example from Chile
• 10 Discovering New Landscapes: Investigating How Writing Instruction in Non-English L2 Languages Can Enrich EFL Writing Teacher Education
• 11 Creating Your Own Island: Preservice Teacher Engagement through Collaborative Writing
• 12 Integrating Genre-Based Writing and Critical Thinking in Developing Writing Skills of Pre-service Language Teachers
• 13 Leveraging Open Accessible Summaries in Language Studies (OASIS) for EFL Writing Teacher Professional Development Workshops
• 14 Beyond Test-Based Writing Prompts: A Mediated Approach to Developing Student Writers
• 15 Transdisciplinary Writing Teacher Development in a Sino-US Joint-Venture University in China
• 16 Negotiating a Syllabus between Student Needs and Program Requirements
• Part 3: State of the Field of EFL Writing Teacher Education
• 17 What Is a Writing Teacher, and How Do We Make One? Writing Teacher Training in Romania
• 18 How Can I Teach Them More Effectively?: Examining Four EFL Teachers Writing Instruction to Ethnic Minority Students
• 19 Within the Waves of Instability: EFL Writing and Teacher Training in Iran
• 20 In-Service Teacher Training, Agency and Teaching Writing in English at a Bangladeshi University: A Critical Perspective
• 21 EFL Writing in the Shadow: Challenges and Opportunities for Teachers in Taiwan Private Tutoring Institutions
• 22 Challenges and Opportunities of Developing an EFL Writing Course in Algeria: A Collaborative Auto-Ethnographic Study
• 23 Preparing EFL Teachers to Teach Writing in Poland: The Case of an English Department
• Afterword