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International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Information Science

ICICIS 2011: Intelligent Computing and Information Science pp 233–237Cite as

Foreign Language Teachers’ Professional Development in Information Age

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Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 135))

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Cultivation of students’ learning autonomy has raised new challenges to teachers’ professional development, dynamic, continuous, lifelong full-scale development, with emphasis on the creativity and constancy of the teachers’ quality development. The teachers’ professional development can take the following approaches: studying theories about foreign language teaching with the aid of modern information technology; organizing online teaching research activities supported by information technology and carrying peer observation and dialogue –teaching reflection in internet environment and fostering scholarly teachers.

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  1. College of Foreign Languages, Pan Zhihua University, China

    Xiying Fan

  2. College of Telegraphy, Pan Zhihua University, Pan Zhihua, Sichuan, China

    Gang Wu

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  1. The Key Laboratory of Manufacture and Test, Chongqing University of Technology, 400054, Chongqing, P. R. China

    Ran Chen

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Fan, X., Wu, G. (2011). Foreign Language Teachers’ Professional Development in Information Age. In: Chen, R. (eds) Intelligent Computing and Information Science. ICICIS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 135. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18134-4_37

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