Jérémie Bouchard is Professor in the Faculty of Humanities, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan. He is a sociolinguist who, for the past twelve years, has been both teaching and conducting research guided by critical realism. Karin Zotzmann is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton. All her research is informed by critical realism.

• Introduction Jérémie Bouchard and Karin Zotzmann; 1. Critical realism: a personal journey and application David Block; 2. Critical realism and research on students' self-efficacy beliefs Karin Zotzmann and Richard Sheldrake; 3. Structure, culture, agency, and English language learning amongst undergraduate students in Cancun Magdalena Avila Pardo and Jérémie Bouchard; 4. Realist evaluation of ESP curriculum implementation Alaa Turkustani and Karin Zotzmann; 5. What makes academic writing human(e): a critical realist response Julia Molinari; 6. Empiricism in interpretivist sociolinguistics Jérémie Bouchard; 7. Counter-voices of resilience, through a critical realist lens Wendy Sims-Schouten; 8. Critical realist reflections on race pedagogy in a university English for liberal arts course in Japan: a domain theory perspective Gregory Paul Glasgow; 9. A non-anthropocentric realism? Alison Sealey and Robert Carter; Conclusion Jérémie Bouchard and Karin Zotzmann; Index.

Jérémie Bouchard is Professor in the Faculty of Humanities, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan. He is a sociolinguist who, for the past twelve years, has been both teaching and conducting research guided by critical realism. Karin Zotzmann is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton. All her research is informed by critical realism.

• Introduction Jérémie Bouchard and Karin Zotzmann; 1. Critical realism: a personal journey and application David Block; 2. Critical realism and research on students' self-efficacy beliefs Karin Zotzmann and Richard Sheldrake; 3. Structure, culture, agency, and English language learning amongst undergraduate students in Cancun Magdalena Avila Pardo and Jérémie Bouchard; 4. Realist evaluation of ESP curriculum implementation Alaa Turkustani and Karin Zotzmann; 5. What makes academic writing human(e): a critical realist response Julia Molinari; 6. Empiricism in interpretivist sociolinguistics Jérémie Bouchard; 7. Counter-voices of resilience, through a critical realist lens Wendy Sims-Schouten; 8. Critical realist reflections on race pedagogy in a university English for liberal arts course in Japan: a domain theory perspective Gregory Paul Glasgow; 9. A non-anthropocentric realism? Alison Sealey and Robert Carter; Conclusion Jérémie Bouchard and Karin Zotzmann; Index.

Jérémie Bouchard is Professor in the Faculty of Humanities, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan. He is a sociolinguist who, for the past twelve years, has been both teaching and conducting research guided by critical realism. Karin Zotzmann is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton. All her research is informed by critical realism.

• Introduction Jérémie Bouchard and Karin Zotzmann; 1. Critical realism: a personal journey and application David Block; 2. Critical realism and research on students' self-efficacy beliefs Karin Zotzmann and Richard Sheldrake; 3. Structure, culture, agency, and English language learning amongst undergraduate students in Cancun Magdalena Avila Pardo and Jérémie Bouchard; 4. Realist evaluation of ESP curriculum implementation Alaa Turkustani and Karin Zotzmann; 5. What makes academic writing human(e): a critical realist response Julia Molinari; 6. Empiricism in interpretivist sociolinguistics Jérémie Bouchard; 7. Counter-voices of resilience, through a critical realist lens Wendy Sims-Schouten; 8. Critical realist reflections on race pedagogy in a university English for liberal arts course in Japan: a domain theory perspective Gregory Paul Glasgow; 9. A non-anthropocentric realism? Alison Sealey and Robert Carter; Conclusion Jérémie Bouchard and Karin Zotzmann; Index.