Topical Collection on “Language Teacher Training in Rural Environments”

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31st March 2025

Collection Editors:

Topical Collection Information

The objective of the special issue entitled “Language Teacher Training in Rural Environments” is twofold. Firstly, an analysis will be provided of the many problems faced by language teachers in many rural areas over the world, mainly those which are associated with the so-called demographic challenge. This is often related to the physical distance from the centers of control, decision making, and resource distribution. In addition to this scenario, there are challenges that arise with the new social profiles, digital technology, etc. This volume also seeks to identify the strengths of rural educational centers, i.e., those aspects that make them unique and exemplary, and mostly arise from their natural surroundings, the size and proximity of the community, the relative bureaucratic simplicity and the presence of a set of traditions and lifestyles. These, rather than weighing their members down, provide a cultural identity that shelters and supports them. The scope of this volume includes both teachers and their students. Thus, it seeks to present the reader with a range of ways of incorporating an array of idiosyncratic territorial and cultural elements and articulating them in the educational framework in order to turn them into valuable strategies and resources at the service of language teachers.

The volume will include articles on topics including the following:

• Deficiencies and limitations in language teachers’ professional development in deprived areas
• Innovative methodological and/or technological strategies and techniques in the different stages of rural language education
• Analyses of urban vs rural language learning achievement/failure
• The enhancement of rural identity and idiosyncrasy to prevent language teacher abandonment and student dropout
• The impact of equity and values in successful language teaching in rural environments

Keywords :

• Education in rural environments
• Language teaching/learning
• Technology-enhanced education
• Teacher training

Tentative timetable for the call for papers :

• Proposed abstract submission: 10/12/2024
• Decision on acceptance of abstracts: 20/12/2024
• Opening of submission portal for full manuscripts: 21/12/2024

Manuscript Submission Information:

Please visit the Submissions Guidelines page before submitting a manuscript. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Manuscripts should be submitted online through the online manuscript submission and editorial system. Additionally, please include a cover letter specifying that the manuscript is intended for the Topical Collection "Language Teacher Training in Rural Environments" when submitting it online. Manuscripts can be submitted until the submission deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal and will be listed together on the Topical Collection website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract can be sent to the Editorial Office fls@bilpubgroup.com for announcement on this website.

The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 USD.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process.