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English Teacher Learning in Communities of Practice

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A Study on Professional Development of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Institutions of Higher Education in Western China

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With the development of the reform of China’s foreign language teaching and foreign language teacher education, there has been a growing demand for high-quality foreign language teachers. In this context, foreign language teacher education and construction of foreign language teachers’ professional development are of particular importance (Song 2009; Jiang 2011a, b). The teacher is the key to educational reform and enhancing teaching quality, and teachers’ level of language competence, teaching beliefs, teaching skills, and the ability to develop independently are all factors that may limit an individual’s ability to improve the in teaching skills. Therefore teachers must actively seek professional development and constantly improve their teaching competence in order to meet the needs of educational reform and development.

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Jiang, Y. (2017). English Teacher Learning in Communities of Practice. In: A Study on Professional Development of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Institutions of Higher Education in Western China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53637-7_8

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