Conclusion: Teacher Identity, Teacher Reflection, and the Future Direction
Language Teacher Identity and Reflective Practice - Zia Tajeddin
Zia Tajeddin [+]
Allameh Tabataba'i University
Zia Tajeddin is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Allameh Tabataba’i University, Iran. He is Chair of Iranian Interlanguage Pragmatics SIG and Editor of Applied Pragmatics (John Benjamins) and Journal of Second Language Teacher Education. His research interests center on interlanguage pragmatic instruction and assessment, conversation analysis, (im)politeness, teacher/learner cognition and identity, and EIL/ELF. He has presented papers in many (inter)national conferences and published papers in journals such as The Language Learning Journal, Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, RELC Journal, Australian Journal of Teacher Education, The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, TESL-EJ, Language and Intercultural Communication, and TESL Canada Journal.
Description
Chapter ten highlights the main insights coming from the chapters, emphasizes the need for a more dynamic connection between teacher reflection and identity development, offers pedagogical implications for teachers’ professional development and teacher education, and proposes directions for future research.