Overview
- Addresses practical issues in English language teaching such as curriculum development, assessment, program management, and skills development
- Presents a historical perspective as a basis for understanding current and future policy challenges
- Enables readers to keep up with the latest policy developments in the field of TESOL
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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The Past
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The Present
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Christine Coombe has a Ph.D. in Foreign/Second Language Education from the Ohio State University. She is currently an associate professor of General Studies at Dubai Men’s College in the UAE. Christine is a co-editor and co-author of numerous volumes on F/SL assessment, research, leadership, teacher evaluation, and TBLT. Her most recent publications are the Role of Language Teacher Associations in Professional Development (2018, Springer) and Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of the Middle East and North Africa (2019, Palgrave MacMillan). Christine served as the president of the TESOL International Association (2011–2012) and in 2017 was named to TESOL’s 50@50 which “recognizes professionals who have made significant contributions to the TESOL profession within the past 50 years.” Dr Coombe is the 2018 recipient of the James E. Alatis Award which recognizes exemplary service to TESOL.
Dudley Reynolds is a teaching professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. He served as the president of TESOL International Association in 2016-2017 and has been a teacher and researcher of multilingual language learners for over 30 years, working primarily with learners of English. His research addresses issues in language education policy, developmental patterns in additional language learning, curricular and pedagogical approaches to literacy development, teacher education and learning. Among his recent publications is a report on Language Policy in Globalized Contexts for the World Innovation Summit for Education (wise-qatar.org).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Policy Development in TESOL and Multilingualism
Book Subtitle: Past, Present and the Way Forward
Editors: Kashif Raza, Christine Coombe, Dudley Reynolds
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3603-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3602-8Published: 23 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3605-9Published: 24 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3603-5Published: 22 August 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 300
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Language Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Literacy