Developing Language Teachers with Exploratory Practice

This edited collection explores the use of Exploratory Practice by language teachers in classrooms around the world. Written by practitioners, the chapters showcase unique examples of each principle of Exploratory Practice, with topics ranging from mentoring practitioner researchers, to teaching and learning in EAP, and investigating curriculum development in language teaching programs. The book provides example Exploratory Practice studies in various contexts and gives voice to practitioners’ experiences of the challenges they encountered. These include tackling intercultural communication in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms, pedagogy and curriculum design in language teaching, and explorations of continuing professional development in language education. In doing so, it offers tools that can be transferred to other classroom contexts and used to aid teacher development. The concluding chapter highlights the critical aspects of Exploratory Practice which emerge in the studies and examines how practitioners advanced their understandings. This book will appeal to those working in Applied Linguistics, TESOL research, as well as language teachers and teacher educators.