Routledge Research in Language Education
About the Book Series
The Routledge Research in Language Education series provides a platform for established and emerging scholars to present their latest research and discuss key issues in Language Education. This series welcomes books on all areas of language teaching and learning, including but not limited to language education policy and politics, multilingualism, literacy, L1, L2 or foreign language acquisition, curriculum, classroom practice, pedagogy, teaching materials, and language teacher education and development. Books in the series are not limited to the discussion of the teaching and learning of English only.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
Manon Berset: [email protected] – Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Murray: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Kanishka Jangir: [email protected] – Editor, Australia, New Zealand & Asia
English Language Education in Japan: Negotiating Global Transformation and Local Innovation
1st Edition
Edited
By Gregory Paul Glasgow, Tiina Matikainen
October 26, 2026
Edited by two experienced educational sociolinguists with over two decades of teaching experience in Japanese universities, this volume aims to fill the gap in the literature on how educators, curriculum developers, and textbook writers in Japanese contexts are navigating the recent geopolitical, ...
Arabic Language Education Textbooks: Nurturing Social-Emotional Skills and Bridging Cultural Divides through Language Learning
1st Edition
By Athar Taleb Haj Yahya, Haifaa Sami Majadly
September 25, 2026
Offering a research-driven framework for embedding Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) principles into language instruction, this unique volume fills a critical gap by investigating how Arabic language textbooks – used both as a first language for Arabic-speaking students, and as a foreign language for...
Critical Foreign Language Teaching: Centring Student Agency in Foreign Language Pedagogy
1st Edition
By Gerrard Mugford
July 20, 2026
This book develops the theory and practice of critical foreign language pedagogy. Written by a distinguished scholar of pragmatics and sociolinguistics, it encourages educators to think beyond traditional methods of language teaching to consider both the social reality of being a foreign language ...
English Language-Mediated Settings and Educational Inequalities: Language Education Policy Agendas in the South Pacific
1st Edition
By Prashneel Ravisan Goundar
July 20, 2026
In this book, Goundar explores how educational inequalities are responsible for the way students perform in English language-mediated school settings. He seeks to establish an explicit connection between language testing and educational inequalities at the higher education level. With its focus on ...
Language Education, Politics and Technology in South Asia: Shaping Inclusive Societies, Identities, and Futures
1st Edition
Edited
By Uma Pradhan, Mohini Gupta
July 20, 2026
Bringing together research from the fields of linguistics, education and technology within the dynamic context of South Asia, this timely book investigates the ways in which these fields interact with each other against the backdrop of technological innovation, linguistic diversity and ...
Teacher and Learner Agency for Collaborative Learning: Academic Writing in a Blended Environment
1st Edition
By Yue-en Anita Pu, Roger Barnard
July 20, 2026
This book offers educators practical strategies to cultivate agency in both teachers and learners. By focusing on collaborative learning through writing, blended learning and reflective practice, it equips readers with essential tools to enhance their teaching methods and promote learner autonomy ...
English-Medium Instruction in Vietnamese Higher Education: Insights on Student-Centred Pedagogy
1st Edition
By Hoa K. Tang, John Trent
July 06, 2026
English-Medium Instruction in Vietnamese Higher Education offers a theoretical and pedagogical foundation for understanding how English-medium instruction (EMI) is perceived and practised in Vietnam’s university classrooms across academic disciplines. Drawing on Bakhtin’s (1981) distinction ...
The Psychology of Learning English and Other Languages in Japan: A Mixed Research Synthesis
1st Edition
By Daniel O. Jackson, Chika Takahashi
June 04, 2026
Through a mixed research synthesis of high-quality empirical studies, Jackson and Takahashi examine both widely reported and understudied psychological factors underlying foreign language learning in Japan, with an ecological approach framing the analysis. This book foregrounds its research ...
Language and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: Policies, Practices, and Perceptions
1st Edition
Edited
By M. Obaidul Hamid, Shaila Sultana, Mohammod Moninoor Roshid
May 21, 2026
This book examines relationships between language and sustainable development in the context of Bangladesh. Following inclusive and multidisciplinary perspectives, these relationships are explored in mainstream education, teacher education, religious education and indigenous, ethnic minority and ...
Expertise in Second Language Writing Instruction: Conceptual and Empirical Understandings
1st Edition
Edited
By Alan Hirvela, Diane D. Belcher
May 22, 2026
Despite growing interest in L2 writing teachers, there is a dearth of published works that specifically delve into the nuances of the development of L2 writing teacher expertise. Informed by relevant foundational theory and empirical research, this book addresses this crucial gap in the ...
Language Conflict in Educational Settings: International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Yliana V. Rodríguez, Adolfo Elizaincín
May 22, 2026
Language Conflict in Educational Settings: International Perspectives delves into the intriguing intersection of contact linguistics and education, a topic that has been relatively unexplored until now. With contributions from scholars across the globe, the book ventures into the realms of conflict...
Global Challenges Facing Early Language Teaching: Exploring English Language Learning in Diverse Plurilingual Contexts
1st Edition
Edited
By Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow, Melanie Ellis
May 05, 2026
Acknowledging the differing motivations between multilingual and monolingual societies in advocating for the adoption of a second language amongst (pre)primary school children, this book discusses universal challenges in implementing early language teaching in various international contexts. ...