Researching Cultures of Learning ─ International Perspectives on Language Learning and Education

This edited book examines cultures of learning from the perspectives of education, applied linguistics and language learning. The concept can be used to explore socio-cultural features of language learning and use contexts in educational institutions, and cultural practices of pedagogic activities and classroom interaction.

JAN ABD-KADIR Lecturer in Language Education in the Department of Education at the University of York, UKZAHRA ALIMORAD Ph.D. candidate of TEFL at Shiraz University, IranNAHLA NOLA BACHA Professor of Applied Linguistics and Chairperson of the Department of Humanities at the Lebanese American University, LebanonRIMA BAHOUS Associate Professor of Education and the Director of the Program and Learning Assessment at the Lebanese American University, LebanonDAT BAO Lecturer in TESOL in Monash University, AustraliaERICH BERENDT taught in Japan at the University of Chiba (1973-1993) and Seisen University (1993-2008) and was honoured by Seisen University as 'Professor emeritus' in 2008. He worked as a Professor at the Graduate School of English, Assumption University, Bangkok (2008-12)MARTIN CORTAZZI Visiting Professor at the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, UKSAMI DADI Assistant Professor in TESOL and Applied Linguistics in the College of Applied Sciences, Nizwa, OmanJOSEPH FALOUT Assistant Professor at Nihon University, College of Science and Technology, JapanTETSUYA FUKUDA English instructor at International Christian University, Tokyo, JapanFRANK HARDMAN Chair Professor of International Development and Education in the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York, UKLE THI THU HUYEN Senior Lecturer at Danang University, Vietnam and is also a PhD student at the faculty of Education, Monash University, AustraliaLIXIAN JIN Chair Professor of Linguistics and Intercultural Learning and the Director of the Centre for Research in Intercultural Communication and Learning (CIRCL) at De Montfort University, UKSHIVA KAIVANPANAH Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Tehran, IranJIN LI Associate Professor of Education and Human Development at Brown University, U.S.AGULNISSA MAKHANOVA Senior Lecturer in English at Kazakh-British Technical University, KazakhstanSHAKILA ABDUL MANAN Associate Professor of English Language Studies at the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains, MalaysiaMAARET MATTSSON Kindergarten 1 Teacher and the Leader of the Physical Motor Program in Australian International School of Bangkok (AISB), ThailandTIM MURPHEY Researcher at Kanda University of International Studies, JapanMAJID NEMATI Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran, IranPHAN LE HA Senior Lecturer in Culture and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education Monash University, AustraliaHAJAR ABDUL RAHIM Associate Professor in the English Language Studies department at the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains MalaysiaJANETTE RYAN Research Associate in the Contemporary China Studies Centre at the University of Oxford and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Academic Practice and Internationalisation at Leeds Metropolitan University, UKRAHMAN SAHRAGARD Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics in Shiraz University, IranMARIA TROVELA currently working at the Center for Developing Kids, a pediatric therapy clinic, in Pasadena, California, and attending the Occupational Therapy Graduate Program at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, USAWANG JING currently undertaking a PhD in the University of Hong KongJUNJU WANG Professor of Applied Linguistics and Dean of the School of Foreign Languages and Literature at Shandong University, ChinaXIE QUN Professor of English and the Dean of College of Foreign Languages in Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, ChinaYUAN YUAN Associate Professor of School of Foreign Languages, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China