on Becoming A Language Educator: Personal Essays on Professional Development / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780805822632 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 06/01/1997 Pages: 266 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) Lexile: 1310L (what's this?) These personal essays by first and second language researchers and practitioners reflect on issues, events, and people in their lives that helped them carve out their career paths or clarify an important dimension of their missions as educators. Their narratives depict the ways in which professionals from diverse backgrounds and work settings have grappled with issues in language education that concern all of us: the sources and development of beliefs about language and education, the constructing of a professional identity in the face of ethical and ideological dilemmas, and the constraints and inspirations of teaching and learning environments. They have come together as a collective to engage in a courageous new form of academic discourse, one with the potential to change the field. Many of the authors write their st