Congratulations to the winners and runners-up of the British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) book prize, announced at the annual BAAL conference held this year in Glasgow. [Shortlist and details]

Candlin & Mynard are proud to have nominated two titles this year:

• The Big Beasts of English Grammar: An Exploration of Form and Function in Conversations
  By Christian Jones and Graham Burton [LINK]
• Barrier-Free Instruction in Japan: Recommendations for Teachers at All Levels of Schooling
  Edited by Alexandra Burke, Davey Young, and Melodie Lorie Cook [LINK]

Join Christian Jones and Graham Burton, the authors of The Big Beasts of English Grammar: An Exploration of Form and Function in Conversations, for the official launch of the book!

Date: Monday 24th February 2025.
Location: Online (Zoom)
Times:
UK: 10am
Italy: 11am
Japan: 7pm 

Registration (free) required: LINK

The authors will present some of the main findings in the book and be available for a Q&A. Free prize draw for one print copy of the book. All participants will receive a 25% discount code for the ebook.

Book details: ​https://www.candlinandmynard.com/englishgrammar.html

Our books are getting reviewed! Details below.

Barrier-Free Instruction in Japan: Recommendations for Teachers at All Levels of Schooling. Edited by Alexandra Burke, Davey Young, and Melodie Lorie Cook. https://www.candlinandmynard.com/barrier-free.html

"The creation and excellently balanced organization of the book is largely thanks to the genius of Melodie Cook, who brought together Alexandra Burke, a human torrent of information, ideas, and innovations, with the academic rigor and insightfulness of Davey Young, plus an amazingly wide range of additional authors who cover all aspects of the Japanese education system from pre-school to primary, secondary, tertiary education, and even after-school education."
Barrier-Free Instruction in Japan: Recommendations for Teachers at All Levels of Schooling. Alexandra Burke, Davey Young, and Melodie Lorie Cook, Eds.

​Reviewed by Amanda Gillis-Furutaka, Kyoto Sangyo University
https://www.gale-sig.org/.../10_Gillis-Furutaka_GALE_Vol...

Multiculturalism, Language, and Race in English Education in Japan: Agency, Pedagogy, and Reckoning. Edited by Gregory Paul Glasgow. https://www.candlinandmynard.com/glasgow.html

"This book has much to recommend it. It provides a dynamic picture of the status of non-native English-speaking teachers in Japan, giving more nuance to the field and displaying these professionals’ capacity for agency, as well as reflecting possible changes in attitudes towards these teachers by colleagues and other stakeholders. There are also numerous concrete examples of classroom and workplace practice for readers to be inspired by. Finally, with acronyms changing constantly, and with the necessary inclusion of Japanese terms that newcomers and readers from elsewhere might not know, the glossary in the appendices is a helpful addition."
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Reviewed by Thomas Amundrud, Nara University of Education for Kobe JALT Journal, 5(1), 57-61.

Vulnerability and Resilience During Emergency Remote Teaching: Voices of Part-Time University English Language Teachers in Japan, by Wendy M. Gough, Bill Synder, Chiyuki Yanase, and Colin Skeates. https://www.candlinandmynard.com/ert.html

"...this book is insightful, resourceful, and painstakingly relatable."​

Reviewed by Antonija Cavcic, Toyo University.
https://www.gale-sig.org/.../08_Cavcic_02_GALE_Vol_17_Jan...

​Revisiting our leadership identity each time before we walk into a classroom can give us an opportunity to re-examine what leadership tenets we demonstrate in the classroom and to what extent our leadership practices foster or limit our students’ growth. This book attempts to shed light on the impact of language teachers’ leadership identity on their pedagogical and class management choices. It proposes a new pedagogical framework, Leaderful Classroom Practices which emerge through social, relational, and dynamic interactions between the teacher and students. Establishing an open, democratic, and participatory learning environment for all learners is a major leadership responsibility of teachers, and this book intends to demonstrate how to accomplish this mission both in theory and practice.

https://www.candlinandmynard.com/egitim.html