Overview
- Provides an overview of current trends and practices in ELT across the European Union
- Highlights theories and policies of teaching English at the Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Levels
- Sheds light on various challenges for current and future ELT provision within and between EU member states
Part of the book series: English Language Teaching: Theory, Research and Pedagogy (ELTTRP)
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About this book
This book provides an overview of current trends and practices in English Language Teaching (ELT) across the European Union. It offers insights into key ELT issues which are at the forefront of twenty-first-century classrooms. It discusses theoretical and empirical work based on topics such as linguistic imperialism, English as a Medium of Instruction, contrastive language analysis, and the interplay between English and the use of countries’ respective native languages. It also explores the challenges of English Language Teaching under different circumstances such as, while using different technological platforms, working with different learner groups (those with Special Educational Needs) and revising traditional practices in grammar and vocabulary teaching. Throughout the book, the link between policy, theory and practice is explicitly highlighted and exemplified. The book is of interest to ELT instructors, course designers, language teachers and teacher trainers, and studentsenrolled in pre-service English training courses.
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Exploring the Impact of ELT Policies on EU Classrooms
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Exploring Challenges and Practices in Primary Education
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Exploring Pedagogic Practices and Models in Secondary and Tertiary Education
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Exploring Broad Applications of Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning
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Reviews
“One of the most impacting aspects of this book is its diversity. … A mixture of theoretical and applied methodologies are featured, and each chapter offers a new and useful contribution. Accordingly, given its quality, content, and scope, the appeal of this edited volume certainly extends well beyond researchers and practitioners in the domain of English Language Teaching. Indeed, those with wider interests in multilingualism and language policy will surely also find relevant and insightful information … .” (Antony Hoyte-West, English Studies at NBU, Vol. 8 (2), 2022)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Lee McCallum is a Lecturer in Academic Writing at the Centre for Academic Writing and ASPiRE Research Fellow in the Centre for Art, Memory and Communities at Coventry University in the UK. She holds an M.Sc. in TESOL and Applied Linguistics from the University of Stirling and an Ed. D in TESOL from the University of Exeter. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK. She has held teaching and research posts in Spain, Saudi Arabia, China, the USA and the UK. Her research focuses on exploring the production and assessment of academic written language in learner and professional writing. Her work has been published by Cambridge University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer and Routledge. She has also contributed widely to international and local journals and serves as a peer reviewer for journals such as Assessing Writing, Language Assessment Quarterly, System, English for Specific Purposes and Teaching English with Technology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: English Language Teaching
Book Subtitle: Policy and Practice across the European Union
Editors: Lee McCallum
Series Title: English Language Teaching: Theory, Research and Pedagogy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2152-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-2151-3Published: 12 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-2154-4Published: 13 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-2152-0Published: 11 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-432X
Series E-ISSN: 2662-4338
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 357
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Language Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Professional & Vocational Education