Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction to Early Language Learning and Teacher Education: International Research and Practice -- 2. How Teachers of Young Learners of English are Educated in East and Southeast Asia: Research-based Lessons -- Part 1: The Complexity of Teacher Learning -- 3. Unpacking the Complexity of Learning to Teach English to Young Learners: A Narrative Inquiry -- 4. Imagining One's Self as a Child and Speech Modifi cation: Implications for Teacher Education -- 5. Learning to Teach: Pre- service English Language Teachers' Experience of Learning Study in Hong Kong -- 6. New Orthographies in the Primary Languages Classroom: A Challenge for Teacher Education -- Part 2: Innovations in Mentoring and Supervision -- 7. Prospective TEYL Teachers and Teacher Education: A Study of Teacher Supervision -- 8. Mentoring Young Learner English Teachers Working on Collaborative Action Research: Implications for Professional Development Programs -- 9. Collaboration, Construction, Reflection: 21st Century EYL Teacher Professional Development -- Part 3: Strategies in Programme Development -- 10. Teaching Italian Language in a Bilingual Kindergarten in Turkey: A Framework for Teacher Training -- 11. Developing and Evaluating a Syllabus for Pre-service Teacher Education for Japanese Primary English Teachers: Introducing Cross-Curricular Projects -- Part 4: Perceptions, Knowledge and Assessment -- 12. Perceptions and Knowledge of Bilingualism and Bilingual Children among Early Childhood Educators in Australia: Implications for Teacher Education -- 13. What Educators of Young Dual Language Immersion Students Learn from a Bilingual Approach to Assessment -- Conclusion -- 14. Early Language Learning Teacher Education: Present and Future -- Index