This book examines how the professional development of EFL teachers is addressed and defined in the government language policies in Japan and Vietnam and identifies issues surrounding the professional development of EFL teachers in these countries. "How teachers should accommodate to reforms in language education policies In response to the tide of globalization, governments across the world are now introducing various new policies in English language education. However, accommodating to those changes in actual pedagogical practice is a highly challenging task for teachers. Drawing on cases from Japan and Vietnam where English has been used as a foreign rather than a second language, this book will discuss such efforts from the perspective of professional development or teacher training. Readers are provided with valuable insights on how global needs may be negotiated in local contexts when the acquisition of communicative skills in English as a lingua franca is often defined as a national goal today." -- Nobuyuki Hino, Osaka University