English Language Teaching

1. Front Matter

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2. Exploring the Impact of ELT Policies on EU Classrooms

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. English Language Teaching in the EU: An Introduction

      • Lee McCallum

      Pages 3-10

   3. Teaching and Learning English in the European Union: A Research Review

      • Chiew Hong Ng, Yin Ling Cheung

      Pages 11-31

   4. Current Perspectives in the Multilingual EFL Classroom: A Portuguese Case Study

      • Lili Cavalheiro, Luis Guerra, Ricardo Pereira

      Pages 33-50

   5. Language Planning, Linguistic Imperialism, and English Language Teacher Education in Post-Soviet Poland: A Literature Review

      • Aleksandra Ita Olszewska, Maria Coady, Urszula Markowska-Manista

      Pages 51-67

   6. Mother Tongue Support as a Scaffold to English Language Proficiency: An Ideological Analysis of a Belgian International School’s Language Policy

      • Anne-Sophie Bafort, Kerrilyn Thacker, Mieke Vandenbroucke

      Pages 69-88

   7. “British English” or “American English”? Investigating Austrian English Language Students’ Choice of a Model Accent

      • Karin Richter, Andreas Weissenbäck

      Pages 89-106

   8. How Discourses Shape Teacher Identity: Evidence from EFL Teachers in Spain

      • Lee McCallum

      Pages 107-127

3. Exploring Challenges and Practices in Primary Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. Benefits and Challenges of Learning and Teaching English: The Case of Student Teachers in France

      • Jill Kay Partridge Salomon, Sophie Dufossé Sournin

      Pages 131-145

   3. How Do ADHD-Type Behaviours Affect Language Learning? Voices of In-Service EFL Teachers in Poland

      • Agnieszka Kałdonek-Crnjaković

      Pages 147-165

   4. Building Young Learners’ Plurilingual and Pluricultural Repertoire: An Analysis of EFL Textbooks’ Speaking Activities

      • Maria Daniela Cifone Ponte

      Pages 167-183

   5. Supplementing Reading in EFL at Primary School Level in the Czech Republic

      • Olga Vraštilová

      Pages 185-197

4. Exploring Pedagogic Practices and Models in Secondary and Tertiary Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199

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   2. Instructed EFL Learning in Austria, France, and Sweden: Hearing Teachers’ Voices

      • Alexandra Schurz, Marion Coumel

      Pages 201-218

   3. Integrating Foreign Language Vocabulary Research into the Curriculum: Extensive Video Viewing in the University Classroom

      • Maria del Mar Suárez, Ferran Gesa

      Pages 219-237

   4. On Corpus-Based Contrastive Linguistics and Language Pedagogy: Reimagining Applications for Contemporary English Language Teaching

      • Niall Curry

      Pages 239-256

   5. Teaching Form in the Action-Oriented Classroom: Can-Do!

      • Eloy Romero Muñoz

      Pages 257-273

5. Exploring Broad Applications of Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning

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      Pages 275-275

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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.

• English language teaching in the European Union
• Teaching and learning English
• Multilingual EFL Classroom
• Linguistic Imperialism
• Contemporary English Language Teaching
• Vocabulary learning

“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)

• Centre for Academic Writing, Coventry University, Coventry, UK

  Lee McCallum

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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