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
Exploring the Power of Social Talk in a Foreign Language: Possibilities for Integration and Critical Pedagogy
1st Edition
By Gerrard Mugford
May 05, 2025
This book examines the fundamental interactional dimension to foreign language communication, including the establishment, development, consolidation and maintenance of interpersonal relations. It argues that interpersonal language use such as small talk, casual conversation and gossipy talk is not...
Critical Foreign Language Teaching: Centring Student Agency in Foreign Language Pedagogy
1st Edition
By Gerrard Mugford
April 21, 2025
This book develops the theory and practice of critical foreign language pedagogy. Written by a distinguished scholar of pragmatics and sociolinguistics, it encourages educators to think beyond traditional methods of language teaching to consider both the social reality of being a foreign language ...
Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers Revisited: Paradoxes in Multilingual Professionals' Identity Development
1st Edition
By Xuan Zheng
March 31, 2025
Drawing on ethnographical evidence, this book examines the complexity of the controversial construct “Non-Native English-Speaking Teacher” (NNEST) and the newly proposed “translingual/translanguaging teacher” in re-scripting their identities. Zheng examines the process of international graduate ...
English Language-Mediated Settings and Educational Inequalities: Language Education Policy Agendas in the South Pacific
1st Edition
By Prashneel Ravisan Goundar
March 17, 2025
In this book, Goundar explores how educational inequalities are responsible for the way students perform in English language-mediated school settings. He seeks to establish an explicit connection between language testing and educational inequalities at the higher education level. With its focus on ...
Language Education, Politics and Technology in South Asia: Shaping Inclusive Societies, Identities, and Futures
1st Edition
Edited
By Uma Pradhan, Mohini Gupta
February 24, 2025
Bringing together research from the fields of linguistics, education and technology within the dynamic context of South Asia, this timely book investigates the ways in which these fields interact with each other against the backdrop of technological innovation, linguistic diversity and ...
Teacher and Learner Agency for Collaborative Learning: Academic Writing in a Blended Environment
1st Edition
By Yue-en Anita Pu, Roger Barnard
February 14, 2025
This book offers educators practical strategies to cultivate agency in both teachers and learners. By focusing on collaborative learning through writing, blended learning and reflective practice, it equips readers with essential tools to enhance their teaching methods and promote learner autonomy ...
Early Childhood Language Education and Literacy Practices in Ethiopia: Perspectives from Indigenous Knowledge, Gender and Instructional Practices
1st Edition
Edited
By Kassahun Weldemariam, Margareth Sandvik, Moges Yigezu
January 30, 2025
This edited volume explores how indigenous knowledges and practices can be instrumental in improving literacy outcomes and teacher development practices in Ethiopia, aiding children’s long-term reading, and learning outcomes. The chapters present research from a collaborative project between ...
Assessment of Plurilingual Competence and Plurilingual Learners in Educational Settings: Educative Issues and Empirical Approaches
1st Edition
Edited
By Silvia Melo-Pfeifer, Christian Ollivier
December 19, 2024
This book addresses contemporary issues in the assessment of plurilingual competence and plurilingual learners. Offering theoretical and practical lenses, it contributes towards an integrated and holistic assessment of plurilingual competence and plurilingual learners. The book provides both ...
Effects of Orthography on Second Language Phonology: Learning, Awareness, Perception and Production
1st Edition
By Bene Bassetti
December 19, 2024
This is the first book devoted to the effects of orthographic forms (spellings) on second language phonology. Written by one of the pioneer researchers in the field, the book provides an authoritative overview of the effects of spellings on the perception, production, awareness, learning and ...
Typical and Atypical Language Development in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
1st Edition
Edited
By Weifeng Han, Chris Brebner
December 18, 2024
Typical and Atypical Language Development in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity brings together state-of-the-art studies in both typical and atypical language development. Placing the topic in the context of cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD), the book offers readers serious theoretical ...
Dialogue in the Language Classroom: Theory and Practice from a Classroom Discourse Analysis
1st Edition
By Roehl Sybing
November 29, 2024
By providing a contemporary understanding of theories on classroom dialogue through a sociocultural lens, Sybing offers innovative ways to observe and foster more engaged interaction between teacher and student, particularly in language learning contexts. How teachers interact with students has a ...
EAL Research for the Classroom: Practical and Pedagogical Implications
1st Edition
Edited
By Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton, Simon Fraser
November 29, 2024
With an estimated 1.6 million English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners in the UK, and over 5 million in the USA, EAL research is urgently needed to inform practice. This edited volume investigates the multifaceted elements that shape EAL pedagogy and research in a variety of settings and ...