Interface between English Language Education Policies and Practice: Examples from Various Contexts

Abstract

1. English Language Policies and Practice into the World: From Problems Towards Solutions (Eric Enogene Ekembe, Justina Njika, and Alan Mackenzie) -- Part I: Change Process in ELT Policy -- 2. Teaching at—not to—the middle in Japan: Examining how ELT policies aimed at extremes influence mid-tier institutions (Giancarla Unser-Schutz, Beni Kudo, and Samuel Rose) -- 3. The implementation of the 4+4+4 educational policy in Turkey: Reflections from English classrooms (Tuğba Birdal and Seniye Vural) -- 4. Teachers' appreciation of ELT policies and practices in Egypt (Islam M. Farag and Mohamed Yacoub) -- 5. ELT policies in multilingual contexts: An analysis of rural-urban experience in Ghana (Raymond Karikari Owusu and Andrea Sterzuk) -- Part II: Practice Steering the Wheel -- 6. Integrating communicative language teaching activities in overcrowded classrooms: Policy and practice issues in South Sudan secondary schools (Alex D. D. Morjakole) -- 7. ELT policies and practices in superdiverse Central Ohio: From "flexible" to "English-centric" (Brian Seilstad) -- 8. English Language Teaching in Colombia: From policy to reality (Daniel Ramírez Lamus) -- 9. Broken promises? The Florida Consent Decree,Multilingual Learners i in mainstream classes, and assimilationist practice (Eric Dwyer and Carolyn O'Gorman-Fazzolari) -- Part III: Teachers' Position in Policy Innovation -- 10. Policy on Global Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa: A possible role for ELT from examples in Guinea Bissau, Senegal and DRC (Linda Ruas and Ali Djau) -- 11. English language proficiency for all university graduates stipulated by law—a realistic or idealistic goal? An appraisal of a tertiary ELT policy from Montenegro (Vesna Bratić and Milica Vuković-Stamatović) -- 12. Assessing teachers' perceptions of relevant ELT Policies in Cameroon (Eric Enogene Ekembe) -- Part IV: Interface -- 13. So …What's the Interface? The specter of smush and poof (Eric Dwyer). .