Language Education Programs Perspectives on Policies and Practices

Zia Tajeddin
 is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Tarbiat Modares University, Iran. He is the co-editor of the book series
Studies in Language Teacher Education
(Springer). He co-edits two international journals:
Applied Pragmatics 
(John Benjamins) and 
Second Language Teacher Education
 (Equinox). His research interests center on teacher education, language education policies and practices, and L2 pragmatics pedagogy in the context of EIL/ELF. The books he has recently published include
Lessons from Good Language Teachers
 (Cambridge University Press, 2020),
Pragmatics Pedagogy in English as an International Language
 (Routledge, 2021), and
Teacher Reflection: Policies, Practices and Impacts
(Multilingual Matters).

Carol Griffiths 
has been a teacher, manager and teacher trainer of ELT for many years. She has taught in many places around the world, including New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, China, North Korea, Turkey and UK. She is currently working as Professor of ELT for Girne American University in North Cyprus. She has presented at numerous conferences and published widely, including 
Lessons from Good Language Learners
 and 
The Strategy Factor in Successful Language Learning
.