Current Challenges in Language Teacher Education

Christiane Dalton-Puffer is professor of English Linguistics at the University of Vienna, Austria, and co-affiliated with its Centre for Teacher Education. She is the author of well-known publications on Content-and-Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). After working in EFL teacher education for 30 years, she continues to harbour a passion for educational linguistics.

Tatjana Bacovsky-Novak is an EFL teacher in Vienna and a PhD researcher at the University of Vienna focusing on CLIL lesson planning in vocational education. She also lectures in teacher education programmes.

Helen Heaney is a senior lecturer specializing in language testing and assessment with a PhD focused on English reading comprehension. She has significant experience in CLIL and ESP teaching and is active in teacher education across Austria.

Julia Hüttner is professor of English Language Education at the University of Vienna, with a focus on bilingual education and CLIL. She has published widely in leading journals such as TESOL Quarterly and the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. She also chairs the COST Action “CLILNetLE,” a European research network on CLIL.