Tools, Techniques and Strategies for Reflective Second & Foreign Language Teacher Education

Paul Voerkel received his doctorate in teacher education from the University of Jena, where he currently works as a research assistant and the Chair of German as a Foreign Language. His research interests include teacher education, methodology-didactics, cultural studies, and language policy.Mergenfel A. Vaz Ferreira holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the PUC Rio and is an Associate Professor of German Language at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her main interests are teacher education for additional languages and didactic approaches from a critical and decolonial perspective.Nancy Drescher has a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and is a professor of English language teaching for speakers of other languages at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has teaching experience at the K-12 level and in university, and her research interests include teacher development, educational policy, and reflection.

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