Innovations and Challenges in provides an original appraisal of the latest innovations and challenges in applied linguistics from the perspective of the Global South. Global South perspectives are encapsulated in struggles for basic, economic, political and social transformation in an inequitable world, and are not confined to the geographical South. Taking a critical perspective on Southern theories, demonstrating why it is important to view the world from Southern perspectives and why such positions must be open to critical investigation, this book: Written by two renowned scholars in the field, is key reading for advanced students and researchers of applied linguistics, multilingualism, language and education, language policy and planning, and language and identity.