Lessons from Good Language Teachers

What makes a good language teacher? This up-to-date, practical book addresses that question from a 'human' perspective, recognising that teachers are not just machines, but have feelings, needs and identities of their own. As the twenty-two topics of the chapters in this volume clearly indicate, language teachers are complex individuals, who are expected to have a range of personal qualities, to be able to satisfy the needs of their students and to have the knowledge and skills to provide instruction in a range of language areas. Not only that, but all of these requirements are constantly changing. The authors present new insights from the real teaching environment that will be an invaluable help to language teachers at all stages of professional development.

Carol Griffiths has been a teacher, manager and teacher trainer of ELT for many years. She has taught in many places around the world, including New Zeland, Indonesia, Japan, China, North Korea and UK. She has presented at numerous conferences and published widely.

Zia Tajeddin is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Tarbiat Modares University, Iran. He is co-editor of Applied Pragmatics and editor of Journal of Second Language Teacher Education. His research interests include L2 pragmatics, classroom discourse, teacher identity and cognition and EIL/ELF.