Competency-Based Teacher Education for English as a Foreign Language : Theory, Research, and Practice

This edited volume explores the concepts, challenges, possibilities, and implementations of competency-based instruction for developing English competencies in EFL contexts. A valuable resource for scholars, educators, graduate students, researchers, and all those who are concerned with current and the future of education.

"Providing a series of chapters, written by teacher educators in three continents, this edited volume explores the concepts, challenges, possibilities, and implementations of competency-based instruction for developing English competencies in EFL contexts. Recent trends in education have emphasized the need to develop competencies that connect learning with real-life performances. This need has brought about a massive increase in the number of studies and scholarly works devoted to research into competency-based education. However, for teachers and learners of English as a foreign language (EFL), it is challenging to develop competencies for using a language that does not seem to connect with their real-life scenarios. The chapters apply the concept of competency-based instruction in different EFL contexts and are structured around three themes: 1. Theory: current thoughts on theories of competency-based education 2. Research: empirical research on competency-based teacher education 3. Practice: integrating competency-based instruction into teacher education This book offers examples of competency-based EFL teacher education through both research and practical applications. In addition to the innovation in competency approaches, the inclusion of languagelearning in virtual environments offers a valuable resource for scholars, educators, researchers, and all those concerned with current and future education"--