The (ir)relevance of academic research for the language teacher

Journal Article The (ir)relevance of academic research for the language teacher Get access Péter Medgyes Péter Medgyes Péter Medgyes, CBE, is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics and Language Pedagogy. During his career he was a schoolteacher, teacher trainer, vice rector, vice president of IATEFL, deputy state secretary, and ambassador of Hungary. He was a plenary speaker in nearly 50 countries and author of numerous books and articles published both in Hungary and abroad. His most recent book is the third edition of The Non-native Teacher (Swan Communication 2017). Email: pmedgy@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ELT Journal, Volume 71, Issue 4, October 2017, Pages 491–498, https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccx034 Published: 12 August 2017