Cultural and linguistic diversity in language teaching and learning: perceptions, policy and practice

Sascha Stollhans (he/him) is Professor of Language Education and Linguistics as well as Pro-Dean for Student Education in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures at the University of Leeds. His research explores the interplay between linguistics and language education, in particular the representation and role of sociolinguistic variation in language teaching and learning. Sascha is Co-President of the Forum for Germanic Language Studies and he co-leads the German strand of the Linguistics in Modern Foreign Languages project, a research collaboration between academic linguists and teachers exploring how linguistics-informed approach could enrich school-based language learning.