English language teaching: Policy and practice across the European Union (1st Edition). Lee McCallum, Gateway East, Singapore: Springer Nature (2022), 357 pages, ISBN: 978-981-19-2151-3

Abstract

Foreign language competency has been underscored in different countries to promote educational and occupational chances. This emphasis increased with the globalization of the English language in the world as the lingua franca of science and education. This movement toward English inspired the European Union (EU) to call the citizens for acquiring a foreign language beside their native languages. However, the expansion of English created some problems concerning mother tongue, language interferences, and contradictory policies and practices. These challenges have been insufficiently examined in academia. Stimulated by these shortcomings, in this book, McCallum provided a snapshot of the trends and practices in ELT across the EU. Moreover, she depicts the key issues, theoretical tenets, empirical studies, and the challenges of ELT frequent in the 21st century classes. This thought-provoking volume affords a panoramic view of ELT themes, policies, and practices in the EU followed by scientific evidence from different levels of education. By doing so, it informs ELT teachers, language teacher trainers, students, and course developers by accentuating the interface among policy, theory, and practice. Although the volume is comprehensive enough, it encourages the readers to make explorations about the emerging themes and issues, too.