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- English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East Asia
- English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Glocalization and Grobalization: Critical Issues in English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East Asia
- 2 Concepts of Globalization and English Language Teacher Education in Singapore
- 3 Learning to Teach English in Hong Kong: Transformation and Tensions Over Two Decades of English Language Teacher Education Policy
- 4 Meeting National Needs in English Language Teacher Education: Global Perspectives in Malaysian Initiatives
- 5 English Teacher Education in Postcolonial Philippines
- 6 China Going Global: Challenges and Responses in English As a Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Education
- 7 English Education Reform, Teacher Education, and the Tokyo Olympics: Perfect Timing?
- 8 English Language Teacher Education in South Korea: Changes and Challenges
- 9 Preparing English Teachers in the Twenty-First Century: The Case of Taiwan
- 10 English Language Teacher Education in Thailand: A Mix of Global and Local
- 11 Interrogating Troubling Issues in Vietnam’s English Language Teacher Education
- Index
- References
9 - Preparing English Teachers in the Twenty-First Century: The Case of Taiwan
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 October 2020
- English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East Asia
- English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Glocalization and Grobalization: Critical Issues in English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East Asia
- 2 Concepts of Globalization and English Language Teacher Education in Singapore
- 3 Learning to Teach English in Hong Kong: Transformation and Tensions Over Two Decades of English Language Teacher Education Policy
- 4 Meeting National Needs in English Language Teacher Education: Global Perspectives in Malaysian Initiatives
- 5 English Teacher Education in Postcolonial Philippines
- 6 China Going Global: Challenges and Responses in English As a Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Education
- 7 English Education Reform, Teacher Education, and the Tokyo Olympics: Perfect Timing?
- 8 English Language Teacher Education in South Korea: Changes and Challenges
- 9 Preparing English Teachers in the Twenty-First Century: The Case of Taiwan
- 10 English Language Teacher Education in Thailand: A Mix of Global and Local
- 11 Interrogating Troubling Issues in Vietnam’s English Language Teacher Education
- Index
- References
Summary
English has served to facilitate the internationalization process in Taiwan; English education, at the same time, benefited enormously from internationalization in terms of the great emphasis attached to it. In order to ensure the quality of English instruction, English teacher education needs to respond to any changes in the national primary and secondary school curricula as well as changing demography, which may influence English teachers’ instructional practices. In this chapter, an overview of the teacher education system in Taiwan is first introduced as the background. Following that is a discussion of local responses to globalization, which include making English a second official language; the promotion of English for communicative purposes; new policies in major cities regarding foreign language education; an English proficiency benchmark for English teachers; and further teacher professional development for international mobility and global competitiveness. Addressed in the next sections are some critical issues in teacher education that demand further research, such as the power relationship between English and local languages, the belief in native-speakerism, and the promotion of English as the medium of instruction. Some suggestions for future directions in language teacher education are also provided.
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- English Language Teaching and Teacher Education in East AsiaGlobal Challenges and Local Responses, pp. 175 - 194Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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