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Current Developments in Mentoring in English Language Education

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International Perspectives on Mentoring in English Language Education

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In this chapter, we look at mentoring through history and its shifting definitions, and then discuss the rise of mentoring in English language education. We then turn to key issues in mentoring practices, considering mentee-mentor roles, peer mentoring, judgementoring, facilitative mentoring, and dialogic mentoring processes. We then discuss the range of educational contexts in which mentoring is taking place, with language learners, teachers in pre- and in-service education, teacher-researchers, and research mentors, through face-to-face and online channels. We consider how mentoring supports professional learning activities involving reflective practice, exploratory practice and collaborative action research, and processes centred on achieving fuller identity growth, enhanced self-efficacy beliefs, greater autonomy, and emancipation. We then introduce the contents of this volume that address these various dimensions of mentoring.

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Wyatt, M., Dikilitaş, K. (2022). Current Developments in Mentoring in English Language Education. In: Wyatt, M., Dikilitaş, K. (eds) International Perspectives on Mentoring in English Language Education. International Perspectives on English Language Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99261-3_1

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