International Perspectives on Mentoring in English Language Education

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This book focuses on mentoring in English language education internationally, as it applies to students, language teachers, practitioner researchers and research mentors themselves. It aims to provide an in-depth understanding of current mentoring practices in diverse contexts worldwide, drawing on case studies from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and the USA; China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Vietnam; Australia; parts of Africa; Oman and the UAE; North Macedonia, Turkey and the UK. Areas of focus include peer mentoring, mentor courses, cross-cultural issues, and modalities such as face-to-face or online mentoring, and the chapters also highlight the value of different methodological tools for exploring mentoring situations, including cultural-historical activity theory and conversation analysis. The book’s conclusion highlights the potential of mentoring to widen access to learning and therefore address issues that relate to social injustice and inequality, particularly in, but not limitedto, under-resourced contexts. This volume will be of particular interest to teacher educators, pre-service and in-service language teachers, and students and scholars of applied linguistics and English language teaching.

About the author

Mark Wyatt is an Associate Professor of English at Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates. He previously worked for the Universities of Leeds and Portsmouth, UK. His research interests include language teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs, motivation, practitioner research, reflective practice and mentoring, and he has published widely in these areas.
Kenan Dikilitaş is Professor of University Pedagogy at University of Stavanger in Norway. He previously worked in Turkey on graduate and undergraduate programs. His recent research interests include teacher education and professional development with emphasis on action research and bilingual teaching, and he has published related articles and books.

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