K. Richards 
Professional Encounters in TESOL 
Discourses of Teachers in Teaching

An investigation of the developing discourses of English Language teachers in teaching and training. Showing how teachers are shaped by the discourses they participate in and how they shape these discourses. By analyzing professional development through professional discourse the book sheds light on what teachers do and why they do it.

Table of Content

Notes On Contributors Introduction: S.Garton & K.Richards PART 1: STARTING OUT Deconstructing the Discourse: Understanding the Trainer’s Talk; F.Copland The Design of Post-Observation Feedback; N.K.Hooton Learning to Talk the Talk: Conversation Analysis as a Tool for Induction of Trainee Teachers; P.Seedhouse Reflections on Starting Out; Wei Liu PART 2: BECOMING EXPERIENCED Teacher Beliefs and Interaction in the Language Classroom; S.Garton Teachers Being Observed: Coming to Terms with Classroom Appraisal; A.Howard Going Outside the Classroom; M.Morris-Adams Reflections on Becoming Experienced; M.Tarnpichprasert PART 3: NEW HORIZONS Supporting Teacher Development on the Web; P.Quirke Dialogic Features of Exploratory Research Talk; S.Mann Making the Break: Establishing a New School; K.Richards Reflections on New Horizons; J.Talandis Jr. PART 4: PASSING ON THE KNOWLEDGE Developing as a Professional in Cameroon: Challenges and Visions; K.Kuchah Becoming a Writer: Community Membership and Discursive Literacy; S.Wharton Discourses in Search of Coherence: A TESOL Autobiography; J.Edge Reflections on Passing on the Knowledge; F.V. Kuloheri Index

About the author

FIONA COPLAND, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK JULIAN EDGE, School of Education, University of Manchester, UK AMANDA HOWARD, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK KUCHAH KUCHAH, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK NUR KURTUGLOU HOOTON, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK WEI LIU, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK STEVE MANN, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK MUNA MOORIS-ADAMS, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK PHIL QUIRKE, Higher Colleges of Technology , Madinat Zayed, United Arab Emirates PAUL SEEDHOUSE. School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, UK JERRY TALANDIS JR., Toyama College of Foreign Languages, Japan MANEERAT TARNPICHPRASERT, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK FOTINI VASSILIKI KULOHERI, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK SUE WHARTON, Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick, UK