Language as Power in the Language Teacher Education Ecosystem

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Jaber Kamali (Ibn Haldun University)

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Cambridge University Press
02 April 2026

Sociolinguistics; Language Teaching (non-ELT)

Series: Elements in Language and Power

This Element aims to examine how language operates as power across the ecosystem of language teacher education (LTE). It maps how language-as-power (LaP) works at three layers: microsystem (teachers and classrooms), mesosystem (institutions), and macrosystem (socio-politics). Section 1 surveys LaP historically, tracing its historical evolution from Plato to contemporary theorists and showing how these ideas shape LTE. Building on this history, Sections 2–4 unpack LaP across ecological layers: microsystem, mesosystem, and macrosystem. Section 5 looks forward, analyzing AI's redistribution of power at each scale, and applying a 3Ps (possible, probable, and preferable) futurology to chart potential pathways. Anchored in experiences from the Global South, the Element argues that LaP in LTE needs awareness and action. It offers ideas on how to address these issues in LTE through solutions such as widening epistemic access, contesting monolingual norms, and institutionalizing dialogic, justice-oriented professionalism and trans-speakerism, to name a few.

By: Jaber Kamali (Ibn Haldun University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 145g
ISBN: 9781009733809
ISBN 10: 100973380X
Series: Elements in Language and Power
Pages: 90
Publication Date: 02 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; 1. LaP and the Foundations of LTE; 2. LaP in LTE Microsystem; 3. LaP in LTE Mesosystem; 4. LaP in LTE Macrosystem; 5. Future Trajectories of LaP in the LTE Ecosystem; References.