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In this publication, national and international researchers working in the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education as well as educational sciences are presenting their current research in the area of primary EFL education. Aside from an overview of teaching primary EFL in Europe and beyond, the contributors are presenting up-to-date research on primary EFL teacher education as well as professional competences and beliefs of primary EFL teachers.
A main objective of this interdisciplinary publication is to increase networking and communication about the research findings on the professional development of EFL teachers in related disciplines as well as giving impetus for future studies.

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In this publication national and international researchers working in the field of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education, applied linguistics and educational sciences are presenting their current research in the area of primary EFL teacher education. The starting point of this collection was the general shift in educational research towards the role of teachers as well as towards facets of the teaching profession and their relative contributions to successful and ´good´ education. All contributions to this volume focus primarily on hitherto insufficiently researched aspects of the professional development of primary EFL teachers. This book is thus contributing to closing existing research gaps as well as giving impetus for future studies and increasing communication about research on the professional development of EFL teachers in related disciplines. Aside from an overview of teaching primary EFL in Europe and beyond, the contributors are presenting up-to-date research on policy and practice of primary EFL teacher education, in-service training as well as professional competences and beliefs of primary EFL teachers.

Edited by Eva Wilden and Raphaela Porsch, this interdisciplinary book provides contributions from Nora Benitt, Henriette Dausend, Ann-Cathrin Deters-Philipp, Janet Enever, Alicia Jöckel, Johannes König, Angelika Kubanek, Sandra Lammerding, Rama Mathew, Günter Nold, Annamaria Pinter, Thorsten Piske, Shelagh Rixon, Andreas Rohde, Henning Rossa, Bianca Roters, Sarah Strauß and Sarantis Tachtsoglou.

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Porsch, Raphaela
Dr. phil. Raphaela Porsch, Akademische Rätin a.Z. am Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft/Abteilung Schulpädagogik/Schul- und Unterrichtsforschung (Lehrstuhl Prof. Dr. Ewald Terhart), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 2012-2014 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Schulentwicklungsforschung (IFS) und Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben am Institut für Allgemeine Didaktik und Schulpädagogik, Technische Universität Dortmund. Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte: Mathematikangst, fachfremder Unterricht, Vermittlung und Messung fremd-/zweitsprachlicher Kompetenzen, Gestaltung von schulischen Übergängen.

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