Description
In the age of information, an essential priority in the context of international education is the development of language learning and its inconsistencies. The gap between language and education has intermittently grown through time, with mistaken assumptions about how linguistic shortcomings are being solved around the world. Research on comparative educational approaches to teaching verbiage and the foundation of future language development are instrumental in positively impacting the global narrative of dialectal education.
International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of second language teaching as well as social developments regarding intercultural learning. While highlighting topics including curricular approaches, digital competence, and linguistic disparities, this book is ideally designed for language instructors, linguists, teachers, researchers, public administrators, cultural centers, policymakers, government officials, academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on the latest advancements of multilingual education.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Cristina-Aránzazu Huertas-Abril (Ed.)
Cristina A. Huertas-Abril belongs to the Dpt. English and German Studies of the University of Córdoba, Spain. She is an interdisciplinary researcher working mainly within CALL, Second Language Teaching and Learning, Bilingual Education, Language Gap, and Translation Studies. She has participated in several national and international interdisciplinary research projects. Moreover, she has taught both in formal and non-formal contents, and has directed and taught several specialization courses on Bilingual Education, Translation Studies, and Second Language Acquisition. She is a member of the Research Group HUM-1006 Research in Bilingual and Intercultural Education (EBEI).
María Gómez-Parra (Ed.)
María Elena Gómez-Parra, Ph.D. graduated from the University of Granada as an English Philologist and then from the University of Córdoba as a PhD. She holds a Master in Distant Education. Currently, she is an interdisciplinary researcher working mainly within Intercultural Education, Bilingual Education, and English as a Foreign Language. She is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Córdoba, Spain. Her key research areas include: interculture, bilingual education, early second language acquisition. Dr. Gómez Parra is the director of the Research Group HUM-1006 (Research in Bilingual and Intercultural Education); she is a full member of ATINER, the President of IBIE (Ibero-American Bilingual and Intercultural Education) Network since its foundation, the Director of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) entitled Play, Education, Toys and Languages (PETaL), the IP of the Research Project ‘LinguApp: LinguApp: asegurando el acceso al aprendizaje universal e inclusivo de segundas lenguas’ (Ref. no. PRY208/17, funded by Centro de Estudios Andaluces, July 2017-July 2019), and the IP of the Research Spanish National Project entitled ‘Facing Bilinguals: Study of Bilingual Education Programmes' Results through Social Data Analysis’ (2018-2021).