International perspectives on English teaching: English Teaching: Practice and Critique 2002-2014

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to offer a personalised overview of the content of English Teaching: Practice and Critique for the years it was hosted at the Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational Research (WMIER) at the University of Waikato (2002-2014).

Design/methodology/approach

It notes trends in relationship to the context of origin of 335 articles published in this period (excluding editorials), including significant increases in articles originating in the USA and Pacific Rim Asian nations, particularly South Korea and Taiwan. It comments on articles that relate to the original vision of the editors’ founders, especially their emphasis on practice, criticality and social justice.

Findings

Prevailing themes across 13 years are mapped and in some cases discussed.

Originality/value

A number of reflections are shared in relation to the future of the journal and some challenges currently facing subject English.

Citation

Locke, T. (2015), "International perspectives on English teaching: English Teaching: Practice and Critique 2002-2014", English Teaching: Practice & Critique, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 2-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/ETPC-04-2015-0032