It is our great pleasure to launch the latest long-awaited volume edited by Adrianne Verla Uchida and Jennie Roloff Rothman. Cultivating Professional Development through Critical Friendship and Reflective Practice: Cases from Japan,  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.

We are delighted to announce a new book in the Autonomous Language Learning Series!

Making Space for Autonomy in Language Learning. Edited by Klaus Schwienhorst and Joy Ramos-Gonzalez

This 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. The book showcases theoretical and practical applications to the development of learner autonomy in international contexts.