This book is a powerful resource designed for busy teachers who want to immediately improve their English language teaching practice. "ELT Power-Ups: Just-in-Time Professional Learning for Teachers of Multilingual Learners of English" is your practical guidebook designed to provide K--12 educators with immediate and accessible…

In-service teacher professional learning (PL) has become essential for enhancing teaching competence to meet the ever-changing demands of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). Existing literature reviews have identified and focused on specific factors influencing TESOL teachers' PL and probed into PL for preservice teachers but…

The lack of consensus about gender-inclusive language (GIL) in German poses growing challenges for English-speaking German as a foreign language (L2 German) students and instructors. Whereas students often struggle to convey the same gender sensitivity that is generally available in English into their second language (L2), instructors are equally…

This research article presents a study on teacher-educator interactional identities in English language education. The study extends conversation analysis by doing co-analysis and member-checking with three participating teacher-educators to analyze the enactment of their interactional identities in language-based and content-based classes in…

This article examines equity concerns in assessing student participation in the foreign language classroom and proposes alternative approaches for more equitable assessment practices. The article presents several approaches for reimagining participation assessment. These approaches aim to create more equitable assessment of student participation…

With the popularity of Spanish for Specific Purposes courses growing at U.S. universities, research that can underpin effective teaching practices and material development is greatly needed. This project focuses on task-based language teaching in the context of Medical Spanish courses, drawing from studies carried out for Business Spanish and…

This edited volume focuses on the changing landscape of English language learning and teaching. It equips English language teachers with cutting-edge knowledge and developments in English language learning and teaching which they need to teach a diverse body of learners and instruct in a multipolar environment. The chapter contributors are among…

"Generative AI Technologies, Multiliteracies, and Language Education" is a comprehensive edited volume that examines the integration of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies within the framework of multiliteracies pedagogies to enhance language teaching and learning. This collection of chapters offers an in-depth understanding of how GenAI…

Despite a large body of research upon language teachers received technical knowledge, only a few studies have accounted for their own understanding of their self-as-teacher since the beginning of the new millennium. The dichotomy between the technical and human dimensions that it implies for education is addressed as perpetuated by neoliberal…

Foreign language education can promote international trade, which, in turn, informs the planning of foreign language education. This study examines how bilateral trade between China and other countries promotes the development of Chinese language education from the perspective of policy planning. The research introduces the structural absorption…

Recent calls for the "annulment of Spain exceptionalism" (Herlihy-Mera 7) in Spanish programs across developmental levels in the United States, and a greater emphasis on local Spanish language communities and practices compelled the author to reassess her scholarly background as a "Peninsularist" and her approach to teaching…

It has been some 35 years since the publication of the article "Continua of Biliteracy" by Hornberger (1989). In this time much has changed in language education in terms of concepts, theories and practices, partly due to the different educational needs in different parts of the world, and partly due to the influence of ideas that have…

Recent scholarship urges language educators to reconsider the purpose of language education within broader sociopolitical and sociocultural contexts, viewing language as an empowering tool to achieve shared goals for a better world. One effective approach is integrating the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into language…

Digital literacy is high on the educational agenda in many countries as it is seen as an essential attribute of a discerning citizenry and a competitive workforce. A host of frameworks and conceptualizations have been proposed--both from scholars and from transnational organizations--for the curricular implementation of digital literacy in…

This qualitative case study investigated students' perceptions, expectations, and reflections on drama-based activities conducted in a higher education institution in China. An intact class of 20 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners participated in a 5-week drama project. Data were collected from a student needs analysis survey, students'…