The book includes topics on teaching English as a foreign language, language teacher education, instructed second language learning, and 21st century skills for English language taechers and learners. Cover Copyright Information Dedication Table of Contents Redefining English Language Teaching and Teacher Education (Zübeyde Sinem Genç, Işıl Günseli Kaçar) I. Language Skills and Assessment Language Learning with the 21st Century Skills (Ipek Meneviş & Nazan Doğruer, Ramadan Eyyam) An Overview of Grammar Instruction in the English Language Classroom in the 21st Century (Jimalee Sowell) Teaching Grammar to 21st Century Students: Choosing the Relevant Approach (Svetlana Bogolepova, Paulina Kochina) The Ugly Duckling of English Language Teaching: Grammar (Gizem Akçor, Merve Savaşçı) The Changing Status of English Pronunciation Instruction with Reference to Pronunciation Teachers: Insights from Turkey (Hasan Sağlamel) The Difficulties Caused by the Schwa Phoneme of English Language to Turks (Mehmet Demirezen) Teaching EFL Speaking through the Lenses of Teacher Educators, In-Service and Pre-Service Teachers (Gökhan Öztürk, Elçin Ölmezer-Öztürk) Timed Reading in EFL Classes: Learners’ Perceptions, Reading Speed and Comprehension (Zübeyde Sinem Genç, Kıymet Selin Armağan) Translation Concordancing and Vocabulary Development (Elif Tokdemir Demirel) Teaching Medical Terminology to Speakers of English as a Foreign Language (Aynur Ismayilli-Karakoç) Formative Assessment: A Classroom Teachers’ Guide (Christina L. Kitson) II. Technology in Language Classrooms Technology for TESOL in the 21st Century: Transforming Teachers’ Classroom Practice (Azlin Zaiti Zainal) A Digest of Web Tools Used in Language Teaching Today (Cemile Doğan, Seher Balbay) Integrating Technology for Reading and Writing in the EFL/ESL Classroom (Philip McCarthy, Kristen Highland, Khawlah Ahmed) Prospective Turkish EFL Teachers’ and K-12 Students’ Perspectives on the Flipped Classroom (Işıl Günseli Kaçar) Using Email-Based Voice Record Conversations to Improve the Speaking Skills of EFL Learners (Mehmet Emre Altinbaş, Gölge Seferoğlu) III. Professional Development for Teachers Research Literacy: Resources for English Language Teaching Professionals (Christine Coombe, Lana Hiasat) An Innovative Model of Motivation and Belief System: Attribution Retraining and Vision Training (Sibel Çağatay, İsmail Hakkı Erten) Turkish EFL Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices of Creative Pedagogy in Young Learner Classes: A Case Study (Gökçe Kurt) English Language Teaching Professionals’ Grip of Post-Modern Language Teaching (Muhammed Fatih Gökmen, Mehmet Takkaç) Games in Teacher Education to Develop an Awareness of Language Growth (Shannon M. Hilliker, Chesla Ann Lenkaitis, Marisol Marcin) Professional Development: In-Service English Language Teachers’ Perceptions and Activities (Ali Karakaş, Zeynep Yücedağ) Contributors "In the 21st century, there is a great need to rigorously examine 'old' issues through newer perspectives and to put forth contemporary ones for thorough and proper consideration. With the widespread use of English in diverse contexts, the accumulation of knowledge and the innovations in all fields of study as well as the changes in every step of life around the world, things got more complicated and, at times, it has become harder for English language scholars and practitioners to find their ways. The book is an attempt to address the affordances and caveats regarding TESOL-related issues in the 21st century. The aim of the volume is to provide a comprehensive picture of the TESOL-focused research on an international level by shedding light onto the status of TESOL in the 21st century with the challenges and opportunities. The volume is intended to address the state-of-the-art TESOL-related issues for prospective and in-service teachers, language teacher educators, course developers and researchers" --Provided by publisher
