School-Based EFL Teacher Professional Development for Task-Based Language Teaching

Jing Yixuan recently completed her PhD in Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She has many years of teaching experience at the tertiary level in China. She has taught English, including teacher training for future Chinese ESL teachers. She was born and raised in rural China.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Setting The Scene.- Chapter 2. Understanding task-based language teaching (TBLT) .- Chapter 3. TBLT in the classroom: Unready teachers.- Chapter 4. The start of a PhD journey.- Chapter 5. TBLT in curriculum innovation and TPD programs in Chinese context.- Chapter 6. Understanding rural China.- Chapter 7. Foundations of TBLT and teacher cognition. Part II: In The Field.- Chapter 8. The road to East Gate School.- Chapter 9. The teachers at East Gate School.- Chapter 10. The researcher as learning partner.- Chapter 11. Let us teach together: Collaborative teaching.- Part III: Making Sense Of The Story.- Chapter 12. The role of school leadership in school based TPD programs.- Chapter 13. Human agency: The capacity to implement curriculum innovation.- Chapter 14. The role of the teacher educator in teacher professional development.- Chapter 15. Collaborative teaching and teacher ZPD.- Chapter 16. Implications of the project for scaling-up.