Contents -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- Introduction: or Why Another Book on Mentoring -- Part 1: The Context -- A Local and National Context with International Implications -- What Makes a Good Language Teacher? -- Learning to Be a Language Teacher -- The Intuitively Theoretical Mentor -- Part 2: Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Mentoring -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Keeping Pace with Development Through the Weekly Meetings -- Providing Feedback -- Towards Departmental Consistency of Good Practice in Observing Student Teacher Lessons -- Focusing on the Learner -- Good Teachers Can Wear Turquoise Socks or When Good Mentoring is Simply Not Enough -- Part 3: Mentors in Action -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Reassuring the Student Teacher that Everyone Experiences Difficulties -- Being There -- Reflective Practice and Collaboration -- Probing Theories in Practice -- A Tutor in Action -- Part 4: Towards a Better Future? -- Towards a Better Future? -- Bibliography -- Index.