Reconceptualizing language teaching: an in-service teacher education course in uzbekistan

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Reconceptualizing language teaching: an in-service teacher education 
course in Uzbekistan is designed to support the professional development 
of Uzbekistan foreign language educators. The textbook explains what 
it means to teach English based on Communicative Language Teaching 
(CLT) and Communicative Competences (CC). Throughout the textbook, 
educators will explore new ways of understanding and conceptualizing 
language, language teaching, language assessment, lesson design, class-
room observation, and feedback. In addressing these concepts, the text-
book takes a sociocultural perspective of learning and present educators 
with short vignettes that problematize each concept within Uzbekistan 
context. As Reconceptualizing language teaching provides an in-depth 
overview of CLT and CC, this textbook can be used by foreign language 
educators in Uzbekistan as well as in other Central Asian countries.

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Acknowledgements
We would like to express our deep gratitude to all the people and or-
ganizations who have had an immediate impact on this book. We are ap-
preciative of the teachers who participated in the book’s piloting phase 
and who provided insurmountable feedback on the content, layout, and 
teaching suggestions. The following participants were: Elnara Gulieva, 
Aziza Marupova, Muyassar Kadirova, Iroda Urunbaeva, Zemfira Kenjaeva, 
Ilya Zverev, Nazira Yergesheva, Feruza Dadadjanova, Olim Kodirov, Nodira 
Fayzieva, Musajan Tadjibayev, Raime Ismailova, Ijobat Jurayeva, and Saodat 
Saidakbarova.
As this book is a collaborative effort between participants from the 
United States and Uzbekistan, we would like to express our deep gratitude 
to the organizations that approved and funded this project. We would like 
to thank BIMM, the Uzbekistan Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special-
ized Education, the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, and the National Scientif-
ic-Practical Center of Developing the Innovation Methods for Teaching For-
eign Languages under the University of World Languages. Particularly, we 
express our deep gratitude to the Regional English Language Officer, Dr. 
Tim Collins; Cultural Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Tashkent, Kirsten Michener; 
Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Tashkent, Dr. John Brown; and, Assistant 
English Language Programs Coordinator, Umida Boltaeva. 
Last but not least, we owe a great amount of debt and gratitude to 
Nodira Meliboeva whose vision of creating a sustainable in-service teacher 
education program came to fruition under her guidance and support. The 
development of Uzbekistan’s foreign language in-service teacher educa-
tion program would not have been possible without her. 

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