A TESOL practicum in Australia

Anna Filipi; Marianne Turner

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28756-6_3

A TESOL practicum in Australia

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Abstract

Australia, an English-speaking country, offers teacher education courses in TESOL for both domestic and international students in contexts that include English as an Additional Language (EAL, formerly referred to as ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) or International Language (EIL). Different courses have been designed according to whether or not students aim to become qualified to teach in Australian schools and/or in a government-funded Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP). A Master of Teaching and a Bachelor of Education both offer this teaching qualification. For students not seeking a formal Australian teaching qualification – international students, and domestic students who may want to teach international adult students in Australia, teach English overseas and/or upgrade their professional skills – a Master of TESOL is offered. In this chapter, we will describe these two courses against a backdrop of the issues pertaining to teacher education generally and to TESOL teacher education specifically, discuss the strengths and challenges, and suggest ways in which the challenges can be addressed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Current Perspectives on the TESOL Practicum
Subtitle of host publication	Cases from Around the Globe
Editors	Andrzej Cirocki, Irshat Madyarov, Laura Baecher
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	43-65
Number of pages	23
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030287566
ISBN (Print)	9783030287559
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28756-6_3
Publication status	Published - 2019

Publication series

Name	Educational Linguistics
Volume	40
ISSN (Print)	1572-0292
ISSN (Electronic)	2215-1656

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A TESOL practicum in Australia. / Filipi, Anna ; Turner, Marianne.
Current Perspectives on the TESOL Practicum: Cases from Around the Globe. ed. / Andrzej Cirocki; Irshat Madyarov; Laura Baecher. 1st. ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2019. p. 43-65 (Educational Linguistics; Vol. 40).

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