This book offers a holistic practitioner and research-based perspective on English Language Teaching and teacher education in difficult circumstances. While extending the current conceptualization of 'difficult circumstances' in ELT to include the broader policy issues that may affect ELT in low-to-mid income countries, the book focuses on the challenges faced by practitioners and learners in contexts of confinement, conflict and special education. This edited collection examines the challenges and problems that emerge from the complex current ELT environment, and presents examples of...

"This book gives a voice to English language teachers faced with the challenges posed by English language curriculum change.

This book offers a range of perspectives and insights from around the world on the teaching and learning of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

This edited collection brings to the forefront attempts to connect critical pedagogy and ELT (English Language Teaching) in different parts of the world.

This book focuses on private tutoring (sometimes also known as “shadow education”), an important but neglected topic in applied linguistics and language education research. Private tutoring has become a popular out-of-school learning activity worldwide. While its scope and definition are expanding, private tutoring commonly refers to the “paid service students used to supplement their learning of academic subjects at school outside school hours” (Yung, 2019). Around the world, English language is one of the most popularly enrolled subjects in private tutoring, including both English...