Language teacher education in this context concerns the education of pre‐school, primary, lower and upper secondary school teachers of languages. Pre‐school and primary school teachers are usually distinguished from lower and upper secondary school teachers in the educational paths they follow and in the language and language education training they receive, with the former following a generalist route and the latter receiving specific language teacher training. The objectives of teacher education programmes are generally defined in terms of competences to be obtained in relation to the level of education for which the student teachers are being prepared, although these are not generally specified in terms of language competences.