This chapter is a brief overview of current English language teaching (ELT) research topics. Seven areas of relevance to both classroom teachers and university-based researchers are showcased, while acknowledging that a single chapter cannot adequately deal with the vast area of second/foreign language teaching research. The keywords below list the main topics covered. Education, and language education in particular, is currently undergoing unprecedented transformations. Demographic shifts, the expansion of commercial interests in schools, as well as rapid technological innovation present practitioners in the field with complex challenges. Encapsulating the pressures on teachers generated by this complexity is the concept of precarity. The precarious nature of work in the field today is a central theme of this chapter. The underlying thesis is that for research in ELT to be relevant, it must align better with concerns of classroom teachers. The aim of the chapter is to inspire more quality small-scale classroom research by practitioner researchers. Recent examples of classroom research are introduced, and suggestions are given for future practitioner research. The chapter closes with a description of contemporary publication issues for authors of second/foreign language research manuscripts.