Introduction: TESOL teacher education: Oscillating between globalization and nationalism

Abstract

In response to our call, contributors to this edited volume have taken different epistemological, theoretical and empirical positions to examine the ways TESOL Teacher Education constantly oscillates between globalization and nationalism. Like other contributors, Araceli Salas, in chapter "Holidays in Mexico: Developing Transnational Skills in Teaching English as a Foreign Language", underscores the importance of English language teachers' transnational skills "in a world that fluctuates between globalization and nationalism" (p. 163). Taking the notion of oscillation between globalization and nationalism as a point of departure, we invite you to read and engage with the chapters of this volume. As editors, we wonder what TESOL Teacher Education (TE) may offer us to understand this oscillation and how the field may prepare future teachers for a successful career in a complex world that requires innovative ideas, new skills, and ethical dispositions. After briefly commenting on the notion of oscillation between globalization and nationalism, we introduce the chapters to you. Then we conclude with an invitation to a dialogic thinking exercise on re-thinking the nation-states in terms of language teachers' mobility, knowledge and practice.