Integrating language teacher identity into competency-based language teacher education

Eric K. Ku, Yeu Ting Liu

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Abstract

As teacher education programs worldwide are experiencing a revival of the competency-based approach, scholars have criticized competency-based approaches for oversimplifying teacher development. Simultaneously, language teacher identity (LTI) has been recognized as inseparable from the teacher developmental process in language teacher education. How do language teacher educators reconcile the tension between emphasizing the development of skills and behavior (i.e., competencies) versus the development of the self (i.e., identity)? In this chapter, we argue that the issue is not a matter of choosing one approach over the other because both are important for the development of a successful teacher. In this light, the role of LTI should be further explored in competency-based language teacher education (CBLTE) programs. We call for the need for competency-based frameworks to integrate identities as part of the effort to improve CBLTE.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCompetency-Based Teacher Education for English as a Foreign Language
Subtitle of host publicationTheory, Research, and Practice
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages39-56
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9781000476156
ISBN (Print)9781032080741
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Jan 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences
  • General Arts and Humanities

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