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This final chapter builds on issues which have been discussed implicitly or explicitly within the volume. I address five themes: research methodology; contextual adaptations; TBLT in Chinese contexts; assessment; and teacher education. I conclude by speculating on some possible future directions for TBLT and some avenues for further research.

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This book presents empirical research on teaching, learning and assessment, and teacher development practices in Pakistan. Despite extensive academic research conducted in Pakistan over the last decade, there is a dearth of internationally published literature on English language teaching in the country. This book covers current research priorities and initiatives concerning English language teaching, learning and assessment, empirical developments, and major professional development initiatives, both in Pakistan and involving the work of Pakistani scholars based in abroad. It highlights the impacts that development efforts are having in the ELT world in Pakistan. The respective chapters cover a diverse range of topics, including: continuous professional development (CPD), identity construction, English language policy, curriculum development, and innovative ELT approaches and methodologies used in Pakistan. This volume provides valuable insights for TESOL and applied linguistics scholars and practitioners working in the field of ELT, both in Pakistan and elsewhere in the globalized world. .

English language --- Ensenyament de llengües estrangeres --- Study and teaching --- Foreign speakers. --- Pakistan --- Germanic languages --- Ensenyament d'idiomes estrangers --- Ensenyament de segones llengües --- Ensenyament de llengües per a ús professional --- Mètode audiolingual (Ensenyament de llengües) --- Mètode de gramàtica-traducció (Ensenyament de llengües) --- Transferència (Ensenyament de llengües) --- Ensenyament bilingüe --- Ensenyament de la llengua --- Llengua d'ensenyament --- Llengües modernes --- Islami Jamhuriyae Pakistan --- Pakistán --- República Islàmica del Pakistan --- République islamique du Pakistan --- Àsia del Sud --- Països musulmans --- Baltistan (Pakistan : Regió) --- Panjab (Pakistan : Província) --- Sind (Pakistan : Província) --- Swat (Pakistan : Regió) --- Caixmir (Àsia : Regió) --- Language and languages --- Education. --- Language Education. --- Study and teaching. --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Language and languages Study and teaching --- Language and education --- Language schools --- Education --- Anglès

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Written by leading experts in the field of TESOL, this book explores the literature on various topic areas and demonstrates how teachers can increase their levels of professionalism by acquiring some general and field-specific strategies. Being a teaching professional is not simply about having the right teaching qualifications and good academic standing, it involves a commitment to being innovative and transformative in the classroom and helping both students and colleagues achieve their goals. A dictionary definition of professionalism reads as follows: professionalism is the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person; and it defines a profession as a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation (Merriam-Webster, 2013). However, according to Bowman (2013), professionalism is less a matter of what professionals actually do and more a matter of who they are as human beings. Both of these views imply that professionalism encompasses a number of different attributes, and, together, these attributes identify and define a professional. The book is primarily intended for teachers at all levels and in all contexts who are interested in improving their professionalism and developing strategies that can take them to higher levels in the field of TESOL/ELT.

Teaching. --- Language and education. --- Applied linguistics. --- Teaching and Teacher Education. --- Language Education. --- Applied Linguistics. --- Linguistics --- Educational linguistics --- Education --- Language and languages --- Didactics --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- School teaching --- Schoolteaching --- Instructional systems --- Pedagogical content knowledge --- Training