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Interface between English Language Education Policies and Practice

Examples from Various Contexts

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Editors:
  1. Eric Enongene Ekembe

    1. Higher Teacher Training College (ENS), Université de Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Cameroon

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  2. Lauren Harvey

    1. University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  3. Eric Dwyer

    1. College of Arts, Sciences & Education, Florida International University, Miami, USA

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  • Addresses ELT policies and practices in contexts around the world
  • Showcases the importance of contextual realities on how policy and practice interact
  • Draws on case studies from 11 countries across five continents

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. English Language Policies and Practice in the World: From Problems Toward Solutions

    • Eric Enongene Ekembe, Justina Njika, Alan Mackenzie
    Pages 1-18

  6. Interface

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267
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    2. So … What’s the Interface? The Specter of Smush and Poof

      • Eric Dwyer
      Pages 269-293

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 295-300
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About this book

This book is about the policy-practice praxis in English language education, and draws on research from a diverse range of under-explored international settings to showcase the importance of contextual realities on how policy and practice interact. The case studies covered in the volume come from five continents (Africa, Europe, Asia, and South and North America) and cover 11 countries in total. The authors cover a wide range of themes and identify a number of issues at the interface between policy and practice. In some cases they also highlight local initiatives for navigating these issues, providing contextually-grounded guidance and experience which will be of use to teachers and teacher trainers in other settings. This book will be of interest to policy makers, EMI researchers, ELT practitioners, teacher trainers and trainees, and the broader Applied Linguistics research community.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Higher Teacher Training College (ENS), Université de Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Cameroon

    Eric Enongene Ekembe

  • University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Lauren Harvey

  • College of Arts, Sciences & Education, Florida International University, Miami, USA

    Eric Dwyer

About the editors

Eric Enongene Ekembe is senior lecturer in the Department of English at The Higher Teacher Training College  (ENS) Yaounde, Cameroon. He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics and TESOL and is interested in postcolonial discourse in ELT and has published research articles in peered-reviewed journals. He is co-editor of Interdisciplinarity in the 21st Century Global Dispensation: Research in Language, Literature, & Education in Africa. Eric is coordinator of CAMELTA Research Group and outreach coordinator of IATEFL ReSIG. 

Lauren Harvey is the Assistant Director of Second Language Writing at the University of Arizona in Tucson, USA. She develops, trains new teachers for, and teaches foundations writing courses designed for students who do not speak English as their primary language. Her research focuses on the curriculum knowledge and enactment of second language writing instructors. Other interests include the teaching of English as a global language and critical memetic literacy. 

Eric Dwyer is a program leader and associate professor in Foreign Language Education at Florida International University in Miami, USA where he in an instructor of foreign language teaching methods and a researcher in multilingual education. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Interface between English Language Education Policies and Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Examples from Various Contexts

  • Editors: Eric Enongene Ekembe, Lauren Harvey, Eric Dwyer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14310-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14309-0Published: 15 February 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14312-0Published: 15 February 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-14310-6Published: 13 February 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 300

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language Policy and Planning, Applied Linguistics, Language Education, Education Policy

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