Empowering the English Language Teacher in a Multipolar Environment
Description
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 the high-standing and most knowledgeable scholars in the subject area who, in the four sections of the book, provide the reader with the recent developments, changes, and research in the sociocultural and socio-educational aspects of ELT, ELT teacher education and teacher identity, ELT paradigm shifts, and diversity in ELT. The book empowers English language teachers to teach in educational contexts where diversity, variety, complexity and fluidity are paramount. The book is a must-read for English language teachers, professionals, practitioners, researchers and ELT teacher trainees and trainers. It can also be used by TESOL, TESL/TEFL and Applied Linguistics students, researchers and lecturers at BA, MA and PhD levels.
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"This volume contributes to ELT by foregrounding multipolarity as a factor reshaping educational contexts, teacher development, and classroom practices. ... We especially appreciate that this book positions ELT not merely as a process of English education, but also as a platform to promote equity and cultural identity. ... as an informative resource for ELT teachers, researchers, teacher educators, pre-service teachers, and policymakers seeking to respond to the challenges of ELT in a multipolar world." (Xuan Yang and Xinyue Li, The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 10 (1), 2026)
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Nima A. Nazari is a Professor of Applied Linguistics with a specialisation in English language learning and teaching. He earned his PhD from King's College London and has extensive experience in research and teaching across multiple UK universities including the University of Hertfordshire, the University of Sunderland, London Metropolitan University, and OnCampus London South Bank University. His research and publications span several areas in Applied Linguistics and ELT.
Content
Interculturality in ELT.- Inclusion, equity, and social justice in ELT.- Cultural linguistics in ELT.- Multilingualism and ELT.- New trends in ELT teacher education.- New trends in reflective teaching in ELT.- ELT teacher's identity and teaching practice.- ELT teacher's cognition.- (Non)native speakerism in ELT.- Translanguaging in ELT.- English as a Lingua Franca and world Englishes in ELT.- ELT in Higher Education.- Distance ELT.- Individual differences in ELT.- Motivation in ELT.- Gender issues in ELT.
