Table of Contents

1. Introduction to English for Young Learners in Asia: Directions for Teacher Education 2. Primary School English Teacher Education in South Korea: Challenges and Future Directions 3. Preparing Future Primary Education English Teachers in Turkey: Innovation in Teacher Education 4. Primary School English Language Education in Kazakhstan: Policy, Preparation, and Practice 5. Needs Analysis of Primary School English Teachers: Implications for Teacher Training in Thailand 6. English for Young Learners in Turkey: Reflections from Pre-Service English Language Teachers 7. Primary English Language Teaching in Bangladesh: Classroom Practices and Teacher Identities 8. Knowledge Base of Teaching English to Young Learners 9. An Evaluative Case Study of a Professional Development Program for Primary School English Teachers in a Rural Region in China 10. In Search of Localized Professional Development for Teaching English Among Primary School Teachers in Japan

About the Author

Subhan Zein (Ph.D.) is Lecturer at Australian National University (ANU). He has been recently awarded Australia’s Best Researcher in English Language and Literature.

Yuko Goto Butler is Professor of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also Director of the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program.