Professional Development through Mentoring

This book provides a unique insight into the challenges faced by novice ESL teachers and demonstrate how mentoring can provide effective support for new teachers' professional development.

Juliana Othman, Ph.D. is an associate professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Malaya. She was previously Head of Department, Language and Literacy Education and a former deputy director at the Centre for Community and Industry Relations at the University of Malaya. She is also a Fulbright scholar (USA, 2006). She has published widely on the topic of second language teaching and learning, second language teacher education and professional development, school-based assessment and content-based instruction. Fatiha Senom, Ph.D. is a senior lecturer at the Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya. She has published on the issues surrounding the professional development of novice and pre-service ESL teachers. Her research interests include second language teacher education and professional development, teaching English for young learners and qualitative research. She is also an editor for the journal Issues in Education.

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Understanding Novice Teachers 3. The Professional Development of ESL Teachers 4. Mentoring 5. The Case Studies 6. Enhancing Professional Knowledge through Mentoring 7. Professional Practice Development through Mentoring 8. Professional Identity Formation through Mentoring 9. Revisiting the Novice ESL Teachers' Mentoring Programme References Index