examples from Europe Mourão, Sandie editor. Leslie, Carolyn editor. text enk 2024 monographic eng 1 online resource (272 pages). Recognising the urgent need for further progress in teacher education and preparation for the success of early language learning, this volume presents research on the education and professional development of teachers, exploring how they can foster multilingual spaces in the early years of formal education. Investigating a range of European contexts, the book examines the effectiveness of teacher education for early language learning, covering contexts of multilingualism and English as a foreign language (EFL) with children under the age of 12. Split into three parts examining research into teacher practices, education, and curricula, chapters cover emerging topics such as teacher education and local linguistic encounters; global citizenship and transcultural education; linguistic landscapes and visual narratives; mixed-age classrooms and literacy skills; pre-service and in-service teacher education; and teacher and teacher educator competencies and beliefs. Offering a unique combination of foci on teachers, teacher education and classroom practice, this book will be of great interest to researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of early language education, multilingualism, EFL and teacher education more broadly. Student teachers and teachers working in early language learning contexts may also find the volume of interest. Author biographiesAcknowledgementsIntroductionSandie Mour©Đo and Carolyn LesliePart 1: Researching Teacher PracticesChapter 1. The transformative power of local language encounters: Implications for teacher education Malika Pedley, David Roxburgh, Lorna Anderson and Joanna McPake Chapter 2. An investigation into linguistically and culturally responsive practices in early childhood education in Iceland Hanna Ragnarsd©đttir Chapter 3. Teachers⁰́₉ perceptions, classroom practices and needs in developing students⁰́₉ FL literacy skill: A transnational study Mateja Dagarin Fojkar, Katarzyna Brzosko-Barratt and Raquel Fern©Łndez-Fern©ŁndezChapter 4. Mixed-age primary classroom foreign language teaching: Implications for teacher education Tom©Ł¿Ł Kos Chapter 5. Early English language learning: Exploring pedagogical practices in a pre-primary EFL class in Catalonia through systematic observationAlexandra Vraciu and Elisabet Pladevall-BallesterPart 2: Researching Teacher EducationChapter 6. Exploring multi and translingual perspectives through dominant language constellation artefacts in teacher education: Shifting perspectives Nayr Correia Ibrahim Chapter 7. Preparing teachers for multilingualism in Norwegian early childhood education and care provision through student active learning methods Elena Tkachenko, Nina Gram Garmann and Anna Sara H. Rom©ıren Chapter 8. Climbing the ladder of global citizenship: The discourses and practices of pre-service primary English teachers in Portugal M©đnica Louren©ʹo Chapter 9. Linguistic landscapes as a resource in language teacher education Jana Roos and Howard Nicholas Chapter 10. Teaching-based master dissertations to support reflective practices when using story in early English language learning Annett Kaminski Chapter 11. In-service teacher education in English: Theorizing and critical reflection as tools for transforming teaching practices Ingebj©ırg Melleg©Ærd Part 3: Researching Teacher Education CurriculaChapter 12. Professional learning competences and tasks in primary English teacher education curricula in Portugal Fl©Łvia Vieira, Sandie Mour©Đo, Ana Isabel Andrade⁰́¯and Ana Raquel Sim©æes Chapter 13. Language ideologies at play in early childhood teacher education: A study of syllabi and textbooksGunhild Tomter Alstad Chapter 14. Looking at different formats of professional development in the context of EFL teacher education in CLIL programmes: An exercise in reflective practice Ana Halbach AfterwordIndex adult edited by Sandie Mourão and Carolyn Leslie. EDUCATION / Elementary LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics English teachers Training of English language Study and teaching (Primary) Foreign speakers English language Study and teaching (Preschool) Foreign speakers Second language acquisition Education, Bilingual PE1128.A2 R4718 2024eb 9781003289043 1003289045 9781040029251 1040029256 9781040029305 1040029302 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003289043 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003289043 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf OCoLC-P 240327 20251030122234.0 9781003289043 eng