Research Background: Initial Language Teacher Education (ILTE) has moved conceptually from technical-oriented visions to socio-cultural perspectives that integrate cultural, historical and institutional settings where teachers shape their professional identities. However, relevant discussion in the field indicates ILTE configurations are grounded on conceptual frameworks fail represent complex ...

The aim of this paper is to describe the identity and agency two teacher educators who explored critical language education by following a comprehensive sexuality (CSE) approach gender perspective in their English teaching methodology modules. study adopted duoethnographic through which (based Argentina Germany respectively) reflected on practice maintaining regular Zoom meetings shared online ...

Foreign language teachers are in critical need in many parts of rural America. Using Bandura’s conceptual framework of self-efficacy teaching languages as a theoretical lens, the researchers created a scale to measure foreign language teacher efficacy and administered alongside a well-known efficacy survey to in-service rural teachers (N = 167) in Georgia. Data analysis indicates that the new i...

Mobile technologies have been influencing the field of education including language learning for almost a decade. The literature on mobile technologies for education reports a number of case studies that examine various aspects of mobile learning. However, the use of mobile technologies for teacher professional development, particularly in developing economies, is rarely reported. This paper pr...