TESOL: A Guide

Product Description This book serves as a comprehensive reference resource for current and prospective English language teachers, students of TESOL, academics, and other professionals working within the field of Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL). As an essential single-volume resource, TESOL: A Guide explores TESOL in three dimensions: as a profession, as a field of study, and as an international association. In doing so, it offers a thorough summary of themes and issue relevant to TESOL's multiple dimensions, including a practical overview of the TESOL profession and a compendium of current TESOL research topics and methodologies. In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of TESOL International Association, a key section of the book highlights the development of this association and features the reflections of several previous TESOL International Association presidents. Readers will also appreciate the extensive glossary and appendix of TESOL resources, both of which are designed to comprise a valuable and manageable guide for newcomers to the field, as well as for developing practitioners and researchers. Book Description Outstanding new handbook resource for advanced students and academics working within TESOL. A real labour of love cataloguing the entire field, offering advice and wise career guidance. About the Author Jun Liu is Professor and Head of the Department of English at the University of Arizona, USA. He is an ex-President of TESOL and Executive Director of the English Language Center, Shantou University, China.Cynthia Murphy is a PhD student in the Department of Applied Linguistics & ESL at Georgia State University. Before beginning her studies at Georgia State University, Cynthia taught English for academic purposes in the ESL program at Nashville State Community College. She also worked extensively with low literacy and low English proficiency adult learners in Nashville, Tennessee. Most recently, Cynthia taught as a Foreign Teacher at Tsinghua University's English Immersion Summer Camp in Beijing, China and in the English as a Second Language Program at Georgia State University. She also holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon.