About this Research Topic
Growing international mobility and linguistic diversity are transforming English language classrooms worldwide. Learners increasingly bring complex linguistic repertoires, cultural identities, migration experiences, and diverse educational needs into schools, universities, and community-based learning environments.
This Research Topic invites empirical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary studies examining how English language education can respond to multilingual realities while promoting inclusion, learner agency, identity development, educational equity, and social participation.
Particular attention is given to translanguaging, migrant and refugee education, heritage and home languages, culturally responsive teaching, inclusive assessment, teacher education, linguistic discrimination, learner belonging, and the relationship between English learning and multilingual identity.
Topics of interest
- Multilingualism in English language education
- Translanguaging pedagogy and classroom practice
- English education for migrants and refugees
- Multilingual learner identity and belonging
- Heritage and home languages in education
- Inclusive and culturally responsive language teaching
- Teacher preparation for multilingual classrooms
- Language learning, migration, and social integration
- English as a lingua franca
- World Englishes and linguistic diversity
- Language assessment for multilingual learners
- Linguistic discrimination and educational inequality
- Family and community engagement in language education
- Multilingual academic writing
- Language policy and educational access
- Learner agency and intercultural competence
- Digital learning in multilingual contexts
- Psychological well-being of migrant language learners