READ SCHOLARLY ARTICLES & BOOKS

An essential part of professional development is definitely scholarly reading. Having an idea about recent research trends and developments in English Language Teaching and language teacher education may motivate you to adopt a more creative and up to date teaching style. You can read articles on topics that personally interest you. You may also search for articles which will help you get informed about a specific area in ELT, e.g. Interaction Hypothesis in SLA, alternatives in assessment in language teaching, learner autonomy, web-based language learning, etc. The list below includes journals that specifically focus on English Language Teaching and teacher education.

Oxford ELT Journal- https://academic.oup.com/eltj/

Language Teaching (Cambridge Core)- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-teaching

Studies in Second Language Acquisition (Cambridge Core)-

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/studies-in-second-language-acquisition

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (Cambridge Core)-

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annual-review-of-applied-linguistics

TESOL Journal- https://www.tesol.org/read-and-publish/journals/tesol-journal

Modern Language Journal- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15404781

Language Assessment Quarterly- https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/hlaq20

Asian EFL Journal- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15404781

The Journal of Asia TEFL- https://journal.asiatefl.org/

Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Journal- https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ncal20/current