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In reading this book, we have been encouraged to reflect on empirical evidence that suggests that "good language teaching" is a multidimensional process, shaped by both qualities and behaviors; effective teaching involves knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes that inform behavior, choices, and decisions. The sheer variety of topics covered in this book reflects the conclusion one draws in reading itthat good language teaching is about managing diversity on a number of different levels. Good language teachers are complex creatures. They are not only experienced practitioners, but they are aware of their experiences and practices and they engage in reflection on them to enable them to make appropriate decisions in concrete teaching contexts. The more they reflect on the teaching and learning experience, the more aware they become of the complexity of continued, effective pedagogy. Teaching, then, is a complex situated practice. Good teaching involves a never-ending process of "behave-reflect-decide": classroom action is taken, which, subsequently, is reflected upon, and a decision is taken to modify future actionhopefully for the better. This is what it means to engage in continued profe

Author

Luke Prodromou

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN