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
English-Medium Instruction in Vietnamese Higher Education: Insights on Student-Centred Pedagogy
1st Edition
By Hoa K. Tang, John Trent
July 06, 2026
English-Medium Instruction in Vietnamese Higher Education offers a theoretical and pedagogical foundation for understanding how English-medium instruction (EMI) is perceived and practised in Vietnam’s university classrooms across academic disciplines. Drawing on Bakhtin’s (1981) distinction ...
The Psychology of Learning English and Other Languages in Japan: A Mixed Research Synthesis
1st Edition
By Daniel O. Jackson, Chika Takahashi
June 04, 2026
Through a mixed research synthesis of high-quality empirical studies, Jackson and Takahashi examine both widely reported and understudied psychological factors underlying foreign language learning in Japan, with an ecological approach framing the analysis. This book foregrounds its research ...
Expertise in Second Language Writing Instruction: Conceptual and Empirical Understandings
1st Edition
Edited
By Alan Hirvela, Diane D. Belcher
May 22, 2026
Despite growing interest in L2 writing teachers, there is a dearth of published works that specifically delve into the nuances of the development of L2 writing teacher expertise. Informed by relevant foundational theory and empirical research, this book addresses this crucial gap in the ...
Language Conflict in Educational Settings: International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Yliana V. Rodríguez, Adolfo Elizaincín
May 22, 2026
Language Conflict in Educational Settings: International Perspectives delves into the intriguing intersection of contact linguistics and education, a topic that has been relatively unexplored until now. With contributions from scholars across the globe, the book ventures into the realms of conflict...
Language and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: Policies, Practices, and Perceptions
1st Edition
Edited
By M. Obaidul Hamid, Shaila Sultana, Mohammod Moninoor Roshid
May 21, 2026
This book examines relationships between language and sustainable development in the context of Bangladesh. Following inclusive and multidisciplinary perspectives, these relationships are explored in mainstream education, teacher education, religious education and indigenous, ethnic minority and ...
Global Challenges Facing Early Language Teaching: Exploring English Language Learning in Diverse Plurilingual Contexts
1st Edition
Edited
By Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow, Melanie Ellis
May 05, 2026
Acknowledging the differing motivations between multilingual and monolingual societies in advocating for the adoption of a second language amongst (pre)primary school children, this book discusses universal challenges in implementing early language teaching in various international contexts. ...
Sociological Perspectives on Foreign Language Education in China’s Universities: Stratification, Governance, and Community
1st Edition
By Hao Xu
March 11, 2026
Through a comprehensive sociological examination of foreign language education within Chinese universities, Xu focuses on the intricate dynamics between teaching and research, economic considerations, and individual and community interactions. Through nine qualitative studies, the book explores the...
The Identity Reconstruction of Subaltern English Learners: Language, Liberation, and Leadership in South Asia
1st Edition
By Aamir Hasan, Nadeem Hussain
March 06, 2026
This book presents a qualitative study of language learners in the Global South who overcame insurmountable odds to acquire the English language. Drawing on rich data from successful non-elite, or Subaltern, learners, it explores the intersection of leadership development and English ...
Quechua Language Instruction and Assessment Across the Americas: Challenges and Solutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Marilyn S. Manley, Chad Howe
February 25, 2026
Quechua, with nearly ten million speakers living primarily across the Andes, stands as the most widely spoken Indigenous language of the Americas today. Yet, this less commonly taught language (LCTL) continues to face significant challenges. This work illuminates and interrogates current barriers ...
International L2 Students' Engagement with Teacher Feedback: Perspectives from a Globalised Higher Education Context
1st Edition
By Fangfei Li
January 30, 2026
Fangfei Li investigates L2 international students’ engagement with teacher feedback in the UK higher education system. She focuses on Chinese students studying at a UK university and explores their engagement with the feedback from local teachers and the factors which influence their participation ...
Questioning the Native Speaker Construct in Teacher Education: Enabling Multilingual Identities and Decolonial Language Pedagogies
1st Edition
By Julie Waddington
January 30, 2026
Questioning the construction of the ‘native speaker’ as an authority and ideal in language education, this book offers a critical and accessible engagement with research problematising notions of ‘nativeness’ while emphasising the interactional and ongoing nature of identity construction. Crossing ...
K-12 Classroom Research in Language Teaching and Learning: Narratives for Understanding and Engaging in Teacher Research
1st Edition
Edited
By Kate Mastruserio Reynolds, Khanh-Duc Kuttig
November 28, 2025
This edited volume presents narratives on a range of methods for research on second language teaching and learning appropriate to the elementary, middle, and high schools (K-12). Teacher researchers in different worldwide contexts narrate their processes to explain and demonstrate practitioner ...