Adult English Language Teaching

Chapter 1. Post-Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Language Learning: New Agendas and Issues.- Chapter 2. Language Learning Policies In Context: Economic, Political And Legal Dimensions.- Chapter 3. Political, Social and University Framing of Lifelong Learning Policies: Countries' Views And Crossings.- Chapter 4. Spaces Of Adult Language Learning:  Lifelong Language Learning in, for and Through The Workplace.- Chapter 5. Lifelong Language Learning: Voices From the Remote Regions.- Chapter 6. Learning In Diverse Learner Contexts.- Chapter 7. Teaching Adults: Learning Languages in the Pandemic Span.- Chatper 8. Assessment In Adult Language Learning .- Chapter 9. Technological Bridges Between the Language Teacher and the Language Learner.- Chapter 10. Adult Language and Communication Learning For Sustainable Human Development.

Valentina Kononova is an Associate Professor at Siberian Federal University, Russia. She heads the university UNICO langugae centre (UNIversity-Career-Opportunities) for personal and professional development which is rooted in TEMPUS project, EACEA. V. Kononova teaches language arts for university students as well as general population in the region, and nationally in online environments. She is an author of "Companion-dictionary for those who study Economics" and "Nobel Memorial Prize Laureates in Economics", a textbook, Krasnoyarsk, co-authored with V. Razumovskaya. Her research lies mainly in three spheres - lifelong language learning, English language teaching, and corpus linguistics. She works internationally and does her research as an active participant of educational projects, conferences and other events, and a member of world associations, incl. EUCEN (Brussels).

Dr Natasha Kersh is a Lecturer in Education and a member of the Centre for Post-14 Education and Work at the UCL Institute of Education (UK). Her research interests and publications relate to the study of VET, school-to-work transitions and adult education in the UK and international contexts.  Natasha has extensive experience of working and directing national and international projects such as EU-funded projects and UK-based ESRC (Economic and Social Science Research Council) funded initiatives. Natasha has recently acted as a Local Coordinator on a Horizon 2020 project (European Commission) 'Adult Education as a Means to Active Participatory Citizenship' (EduMap).  She has authored/co-authored over 50 publications related to her field of study. Her recently co-edited book Young Adults and Active Citizenship: Towards Social Inclusion through Adult Education (Kersh et al. 2020, Springer) focused on the topic of social inclusion and experiences of vulnerable young adults.


Tatiana I. Dobrydina is an Associate Professor, Cand. Sc. Pedagogics, Head of