As such, this collection of research papers will bring topics and approaches to the attention of a wide spectrum of practitioners as both an impetus and inspiration.
Natalia Orlova is the Head of the Department of English and Associate Professor of TEFL at the Faculty of Education, University of J. E. Purkyně, Czech Republic. She has also worked at Herzen State Pedagogical University in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, and is the co-author of a number of textbooks for school and university students. Her main research interests include ways of developing pre-service EFL teachers’ professional competence and cross-cultural issues.