Annual News Bulletin

Season's greetings from Candlin & Mynard! Thank you for your continued support for our small publishing company. We are delighted to share details of three books published in 2023 and new titles to be released in 2024. Scroll to the bottom for details about how you can publish with us. We wish you all the best for the new year.
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New books published in 2023

From Student to Community Leader: A Guide for Autonomy-Supportive Leadership Development
​Satoko Watkins and Daniel Hooper ​[ Apple | Everand | Kindle | ePub | Print ] 

This book provides a guide for autonomy-supportive leadership training, which is not limited to language learning but can be applied to any field where learners become empowered leaders. The principles and activities featured in this book aim to foster and sustain student-led learning communities that prioritize learners’ well-being, ensure everyone's voice is heard, and build a positive emotional climate conducive to learning. The authors believe that autonomy-supportive leadership training sets a positive cycle in motion, empowering student leaders in the present and continuing to inspire future generations of learners. 
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Publication date: March, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/25
Print book, $19.99. 78 pages. ISBN: 9798378771400 
Ebook: $9.99. ​ISBN: 9798215971840
Series: Positive Pedagogical Praxis edited by Tim Murphey
​Multiculturalism, Language, and Race in English Education in Japan: Agency, Pedagogy, and Reckoning
Edited by Gregory Paul Glasgow [ Apple | ePub | Everand | Kindle | Perlego | Print ]   
The purpose of this volume is to initiate conversations about how issues surrounding language, race, and multiculturalism currently inform pedagogical practice in English Language Teaching (ELT) in Japan. The editor and contributors explore these issues with the hope that the experiences and pedagogical actions documented in this volume will motivate others to reflect on current challenges, raise appreciation for diversity in ELT, and dismantle inequities. 
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Publication date: March 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/26
Ebook, $9.99. ISBN: 9798215449554
Print book, 410 pages, $29.99. ISBN: 9798378656561
Series: Life and Education in Japan (Book 5)
Series editors: Diane Hawley Nagatomo and Melodie Cook

Making Space for Autonomy in Language Learning 
Edited by Klaus Schwienhorst and Joy Ramos-Gonzalez [ Apple | Everand | Kindle | ePub | Print ]

This book showcases theoretical and practical applications to the development of learner autonomy in international contexts.​The book is the result of the 14th Nordic Conference on Developing Learner Autonomy in Language Learning and Teaching. The event took place at Leibniz Universität Hannover in August 2019. As in the previous Nordic workshops, the aim was to bring together practitioners involved in developing learner autonomy, who took an active role in the procedures. 
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Publication date: October, 2023 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/28
Ebook, $6.00. ISBN: 9798215725641
Print book, 172 pages, $19.99. ISBN: 9798861785938
Series: Autonomous Language Learning
Series editor: Jo Mynard

Cultivating Professional Development Through Critical Friendship and Reflective Practice: Cases From Japan
Edited by Adrianne Verla Uchida and Jennie Roloff Rothman  [ Apple books ​| ePub | Everand | Kindle | Print ]

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​​This volume shows us an innovative bottom-up approach to professional development for educators. A critical friendship is where “two teachers come together willingly to explore facets of their development as decided by the friends” (Farrell, Foreword). These individuals might be colleagues, close friends or acquaintances who are an “invaluable, integral aspect of your personal growth as a professional” (Verla Uchida & Roloff-Rothman, Introduction). This volume enhances our knowledge of reflective practice and makes a valuable contribution to the field. The editors and contributing authors show how reflective practice can foster critical friendships as a means of professional development for educators.
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Publication date: October, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/27
Ebook, $9.99. ISBN: 9798215898604
Print book, 333 pages, $29.99, ISBN: 9798861658867
Series: Life and Education in Japan
Series editors: Diane Hawley Nagatomo and Melodie Cook

Developing Learner Autonomy in Foreign Language Learning: Papers from the Independent Learning Association Conference, Mexico, June 2021 
Edited by Christian Ludwig, Maria Giovanna Tassinari, Adelina Ruiz Guerrero, and Kazuko Nagao [Kindle | ePub | Print]

​This edited volume contains some of the very latest research and ideas in the field of language learner autonomy. The volume is based on the idea of unity in diversity and contains chapters in both English and Spanish, representing ideas from different linguistic, cultural, political, and educational contexts. The 16 chapters present research and practice from different learning environments, such as classrooms, self-access language centres, and newly evolving learning spaces beyond the classroom.
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Este volumen editado contiene algunas de las últimas investigaciones e ideas en el campo de la autonomía del estudiante de idiomas. El volumen se basa en la idea de unidad en la diversidad y contiene capítulos tanto en inglés como en español, que representan ideas de diferentes contextos lingüísticos, culturales, políticos y educativos. Los 16 capítulos presentan investigaciones y prácticas de diferentes entornos de aprendizaje, como aulas, centros de idiomas de autoaprendizaje y nuevos espacios de aprendizaje en evolución más allá del aula.

Publication date: December, 2023 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/29 
Ebook, $9.99. ISBN: 9798215929995 
Print book, $29.99. ISBN: 9798868102035
​Series: Autonomous Language Learning
Series editor: Jo Mynard

New books to be published in 2024

Forthcoming book in the Autonomous Language Learning Series (edited by Jo Mynard)
  • The Learner Autonomy Approach to Language Teaching by David Little
​​Forthcoming books in the Life and Education in Japan series (edited by Diane Hawley Nagatomo and Melodie Cook)
  • Barrier-Free Instruction in Japan: Recommendatons for Teachers at all Levels of Schooling, edited by Alexandra Burke, Davey Young, and Melodie Lorie Cook. Read more...
  • One Year of Emergency Remote Teaching: From the Perspective of Part-time University English Language Educators in Japan by Bill Snyder, Wendy Gough, Colin Skeates, and Chiyuki Yanase
Forthcoming books in the Positive Pedagogical Praxis series (edited by Tim Murphey)
  • [Japanese translation] Collaborative Leadership Through Leaderful Classroom Practices: Everybody is a Leader, by Soyhan Egitim (edited by Miho Tomita)
  • Spoken Grammar and the Structural Canon: An Exploration by Christian Jones and Graham Burton
  • Creating Leadership “Ways of Being”: Languages, Experiences & Performances​ by Kevin Knight
  • Students’ Narrative Journeys in Learning Communities: Mapping Landscapes of Practice in Self Access Learning Centers and Foreign Language Classes by Daniel Hooper

Recognition

Several C&M authors received awards for excellence from the Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT). Congratulations to all the recipients! Details: https://jalt.org/news/awards-and-recognition-committee-2 

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