English Language Teaching: Policy and Practice across the European Union
Lee McCallum
Aug 2022 · Springer Nature
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357
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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.
About the author
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.
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