Editor: Peter Garrett (University of Cardiff)
Review editor: Terry Shortall (University of Birmingham)
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Volume: 12 Number: 3 Page: 247–255
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Intercomprehension in Language Teacher Education: A Dialogue between English and Modern Languages
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Suzanne Burley and Cathy Pomphrey
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This paper derives from the innovative language teacher education programme described in a previous article published in Language Learning Journal (Burley & Pomphrey, 2002). It outlines the development
in student teachers' understanding of their role as language educators through an analysis of the beginning and end of this language teacher education programme, based around a cross-subject dialogue between
English and Modern Languages and using a personal narrative approach within a social constructivist model of language teacher education. It presents qualitative data in the form of student teachers' voices
which show the progress made over the years in constructing a dialogue which creates a new identity for language teachers as language educators.
Keywords: LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION, DIALOGUE, IDENTITY, PERSONAL NARRATIVE, SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM, INTERCOMPREHENSION, ENGLISH
© Multilingual Matters 2003
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