Advances, Trends and Approaches in Language Teaching, Learning and Education in the Post-pandemic Era: Theory and Practice - Introduction

Inspired by the insightful contributions delivered during the First International Conference on New Trends and Emerging Approaches in English held in Procida in September 2022, this Special Issue of RILA collects original scholarly work which discusses some cogent themes regarding societal transformations and their consequential repercussions on education systems around the world. By highlighting the socially and historically constructed relationship between learners and the target language in shifting and developing contexts (Blommaert 2013, Balirano 2021), this Special Issue specifically addresses the complexities of the current linguistic landscape in which advances in ELT have replaced traditional notions of education, and introduced innovative ways of thinking and learning as individuals traverse local and global boundaries, occupying multiple online and offline spaces, while coping with the aftermath of post-pandemic times.