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This chapter highlights the areas of research in English language teacher education and professional development (PD) as follows: teacher identity, globalization, and non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs); classroom research; language teacher learning, collaboration, communities of practice (CoPs), and professional learning communities (PLCs). A number of researchers have described the effects of teacher cognition on teacher's interpretation of the knowledge and activities of their teacher education programs. Language teacher education programs have limited effects on teacher's prior beliefs about language learning and teaching. The global spread of English has resulted in a wide range of varieties of English, used in a growing number of contexts by diverse students and teachers. A related area of research focuses on the experiences and challenges of immigrant teachers teaching in English …