Using Wisdom Stories in Language Teacher Education: How ancient wisdom, anecdotes and aphorisms can enhance teacher training and development - Paperback

by Alan Maley (Author)

The value of using stories in in language education is well-documented, but in Using Wisdom Stories in Language Teacher Education Alan Maley explores how one particular kind of story can be a useful resource for teacher training and teacher development.

Author Biography

Alan Maley began working in ELT with The British Council in 1962. Across 26 years he worked in Yugoslavia, Ghana, Italy, France, China and India. He then became Director-General of the Bell Educational Trust, then the post of Senior Fellow in the Department of English, National University of Singapore. His last full-time post was as Dean and Professor of the Institute for English Language Education, Assumption University, Bangkok. Since then, he has occupied a number of visiting professorial posts. He is a past-President of IATEFL, and was given the ELTons Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.