Politics and Identities in Language Teaching and Learning
Voices in Higher Education from the UK and Beyond
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- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
4 August 2026
Summary
This volume examines the politics of language teaching and learning, providing a critical appraisal of the institutional, political, and professional issues surrounding language education. It specifically focuses on how these issues have shaped recent provision at universities, using the UK as a case study, and reveals consequences relevant for language departments worldwide. By exploring the interface between language policies and strategies and their impact on the experiences of learning an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399816175 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399816179 |
| Author: | Inma Álvarez, Mara Fuertes Gutiérrez |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Languages |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 4 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 136mm x 34mm |
| Series: | Language Acts and Worldmaking |
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About The Author
Inma Álvarez
Mara Fuertes Gutierrez is Head of Spanish at The Open University. She has conducted extensive research in the areas of Spanish Language Teaching and Historiography of Linguistics. She particularly investigates the interpretation and implementation of linguistic theories into language teaching, and, in connection to this, how language teachers’ identities, background and cognition impact on their practices.
Inma Alvarez is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at The Open University. She has published on a range of topics including language teaching pedagogies, language teacher identity and language teacher education. She is currently Director of Postgraduate Research Studies in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies and current research focuses on issues regarding inclusion and diversity at postgraduate level.
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