Routledge Research in Language Education
About the Book Series
The Routledge Research in Language Education series provides a platform for established and emerging scholars to present their latest research and discuss key issues in Language Education. This series welcomes books on all areas of language teaching and learning, including but not limited to language education policy and politics, multilingualism, literacy, L1, L2 or foreign language acquisition, curriculum, classroom practice, pedagogy, teaching materials, and language teacher education and development. Books in the series are not limited to the discussion of the teaching and learning of English only.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] – Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
Quantitative Data Analysis for Language Assessment Volume I: Fundamental Techniques
1st Edition
Edited
By Vahid Aryadoust, Michelle Raquel
December 18, 2020
Quantitative Data Analysis for Language Assessment Volume I: Fundamental Techniques is a resource book that presents the most fundamental techniques of quantitative data analysis in the field of language assessment. Each chapter provides an accessible explanation of the selected technique, a ...
Translanguaging in EFL Contexts: A Call for Change
1st Edition
By Michael Rabbidge
December 18, 2020
The purpose of this book is to promote the value of translanguaging in EFL teaching contexts. To date, translanguaging has been discussed mostly in regards to US and European contexts. This book will examine the teaching beliefs and practices of teachers within a South Korean elementary school ...
Addressing Difficult Situations in Foreign-Language Learning: Confusion, Impoliteness, and Hostility
1st Edition
By Gerrard Mugford
June 30, 2020
This book examines a neglected area of foreign-language teaching and learning: difficult and aggressive situations. The author presents the real-life experiences of language users and analyses how these individuals have dealt with confusion, impoliteness and hostility in target-language contexts in...
English-Medium Instruction from an English as a Lingua Franca Perspective: Exploring the Higher Education Context
1st Edition
Edited
By Kumiko Murata
June 30, 2020
English is increasingly used as a lingua franca (ELF) in communicative situations the world over with the acceleration of globalisation. This is in line with the increased introduction of English-medium instruction (EMI) to higher education institutions in many parts of the world to further promote...
From Language Skills to Literacy: Broadening the Scope of English Language Education Through Media Literacy
1st Edition
By Csilla Weninger
June 30, 2020
The narrowing of English language education curriculum in many contexts has negatively impacted classroom teaching and learning. High-stakes standardized testing, scripted curricula, and the commodification of English have converged to challenge socially meaningful classroom literacy instruction ...
Interdisciplinary Research Approaches to Multilingual Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Eleni Skourtou, Peter Pericles Trifonas
June 30, 2020
Recently intensified global mobility has reinforced the interest for ethnolinguistic diversity and multilingualism in education and society. Interdisciplinary Research Approaches to Multilingual Education brings together current interdisciplinary perspectives in multilingual and second language ...
English as a Foreign Language in Saudi Arabia: New Insights into Teaching and Learning English
1st Edition
Edited
By Christo Moskovsky, Michelle Picard
May 07, 2020
English as a Foreign Language in Saudi Arabia: New Insights into Teaching and Learning English offers a detailed discussion of key aspects of teaching and learning English in the Saudi context and offers a comprehensive overview of related research authored or co-authored by Saudi researchers. It ...
Reading to Learn in a Foreign Language: An Integrated Approach to Foreign Language Instruction and Assessment
1st Edition
Edited
By Keiko Koda, Junko Yamashita
May 07, 2020
This book describes a theory-guided approach to Foreign Language (FL) course development, implementation, instruction and assessment. It documents the development and implementation of a theory-guided approach designed to exploit cross-linguistically sharable competencies as resources for promoting...
Researching Chinese Language Education: Functional Linguistic Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Shiu-kee Shum, Peter Mickan
May 07, 2020
The culmination of more than a decade of research, this compelling volume offers a fresh approach for applying functional linguistics to assess student performance, to inform the teaching and learning of Chinese and to design curriculum and teaching materials. Documenting authentic systemic ...
The Hopes and Experiences of Bilingual Teachers of English: Investments, Expectations and Identity
1st Edition
By Melinda Kong
May 07, 2020
In this age of internationalisation of higher education, many bilingual teachers from non-English-speaking contexts pursue their postgraduate degrees in English-speaking countries. Most programmes focus on providing content knowledge to them, while neglecting their investments. Furthermore, not ...
The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan: Crossing Japan, the West, and South East Asia
1st Edition
By Yoko Kobayashi
September 30, 2019
This book seeks a better understanding of the sociocultural and ideological factors that influence English study in Japan and study-abroad contexts such as university-bound high schools, female-dominant English classes at college, ESL schools in Canada, and private or university-affiliated ESL ...
Neoliberalism and English Language Education Policies in the Arabian Gulf
1st Edition
By Osman Barnawi
June 06, 2019
Over the past two decades, the Arabian oil-rich Gulf countries have faced enormous social, political, economic, cultural, religious, ideological and epistemological upheaval. Through detailed, critical comparative investigation,　Neoliberalism and English Language Education Policies in the Arabian ...