Abstract:
Lawrence Jun Zhang, PhD, is Professor of Linguistics-in-Education and Associate Dean of International Partnerships for the Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. His publications span metacognition, second language biliteracy education, academic English writing, and language teacher education. In 2016, he was honoured by the TESOL International Association (USA) at its 50th anniversary, with the award of “TESOL’s 50@50”, as one of the “50 Outstanding Leaders” around the globe in the profession of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) while the Association celebrated its 5oth Anniversary. Commissioned by the editorial office of Shandong Foreign Language Teaching, Ma conducted an interview with Professor Zhang, focusing on the current advances and key issues in the field of foreign language teacher education. In the interview, Professor Zhang, through his many years of teaching and research experience in China, the US, Singapore, the UK, and New Zealand, provided a multicultural perspective on issues such as the curriculum of foreign language teacher education, language policy, and the importing and exporting of theories.
Keywords:EFL teacher education; pedagogical content knowledge; technological pedagogical content knowledge