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- Proposes directions for further research on ELT curricula planning using a cultural linguistics lens
- Addresses recent issues and trends in cultural linguistics
- Marries applied linguistics to cultural linguists in English language education studies
Part of the book series: Cultural Linguistics (CL)
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This book accumulates analyses and evaluation evidence about the cultural conceptualizations in English language teaching (ELT) textbooks, framed by cultural linguistics. It considers conceptualizations of cultural constructs such as family, gender, beauty, and the home, within ELT curricula. Despite the strength of cultural linguistics as a theoretical and analytical movement, few volumes in applied linguistics have sought to provide data-based evidence about the application of cultural linguistics to language teaching curricula. The volume addresses recent issues in cultural linguistics and presents the associated implications for curriculum planning, materials development, and textbook evaluation. The aim of the volume is to enhance understanding of ELT curricula through a cultural linguistics lens. Relevant to cultural theorists, education experts working in ELT, and linguists in all language areas, this is a landmark volume marrying applied linguistics to cultural linguists in English language education studies.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Minoo Alemi is a professor of Applied Linguistics at Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch, Iran. She is the founder of Robot-Assisted Language Learning (RALL) and the co-founder of Social Robotics in Iran. She is the associate editor of Applied Pragmatics (John Benjamins) and sits on the editorial/review boards of many journals, including Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, International Journal of Society, Culture & Language, and Scientia Iranica. Her areas of interest include materials development, teacher education, interlanguage pragmatics, and robot-assisted language education. She is the co-editor of Pragmatics Pedagogy in English as an International Language (with Zia Tajeddin, Routledge, 2021).
Zia Tajeddin is a professor of Applied Linguistics at Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. He co-edits two international journals: Applied Pragmatics (John Benjamins) and Second Language Teacher Education (University of Toronto Press). He is the co-editor of the Springer book series of Studies in Language Teacher Education. His research interests center on teacher education, L2 pragmatics, and EIL/ELF pedagogy. His recently published books include Lessons from Good Language Teachers (with Carol Griffiths, Cambridge University Press, 2020), Pragmatics Pedagogy in English as an International Language (with Minoo Alemi, Routledge, 2021), Teacher Reflection: Policies, Practices and Impacts (with Atsuko Watanabe, Multilingual Matters, 2022), Language Education Programs: Perspectives on Policies and Practices (with Carol Griffiths, Springer, 2023), and Language Teacher Identity Tensions: Nexus of Agency, Emotion, and Investment (with Bedrettin Yazan, Routledge, 2024).
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cultural Linguistics and ELT Curriculum
Editors: Minoo Alemi, Zia Tajeddin
Series Title: Cultural Linguistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-7726-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-96-7725-2Published: 11 October 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-96-7728-3Due: 25 October 2026
eBook ISBN: 978-981-96-7726-9Published: 10 October 2025
Series ISSN: 2520-145X
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1468
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 242
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applied Linguistics, Cultural Theory, Language Education, Curriculum Studies, Literary Theory, Education Policy