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Milestones in ELT

A series of classic texts from the British Council, made available online to celibrate the British Council's 75th and 80th anniversaries.

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Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Humanistic Approaches: an empirical view
This is a delightful read, which attempts to provide an introduction to latest thinking in 1982 on a wide range of humanistic topics.
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Taking responsibility for professional development, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Developments in the Training of Teachers of English
This volume dates from 1979 and is a gem for anyone interested in the early days of university level ELT qualifications, especially in the...
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Using multilingual approaches, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
English as an International Language
This concise volume from 1978 is pre-‘World Englishes’ and before the acceptance of Kachru’s model of the inner, outer and expanding...
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Planning lessons and courses, Taking responsibility for professional development, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Language Improvement for English Teachers
This book was produced following the Hornby workshop on language improvement for teachers in Senegal in 2009.
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Managing the lesson, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Maximising learning in large classes
This very practical and ‘teacher-friendly’ publication was produced following a Hornby workshop on teaching large classes in Ethiopia in...
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Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Academic Writing: process and product
This volume, published in 1988, consists of papers from the eponymous 1985 University of Reading Conference.
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Taking responsibility for professional development, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Focus on the Teacher
Published in 1981, this slim volume is concerned with helping teachers to develop the commitment to and capacity for professional...
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Understanding learners, Using multilingual approaches, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Individualisation in Language Learning
This publication, from 1978, provides a useful introduction to pioneer approaches to self-directed learning and individualisation in ELT at...
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Milestones in ELT
22 July, 2011
English teaching abroad and the British universities
This 1961 publication consists of papers from a high-level conference on University Training and Research in the Teaching of English as a...
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Milestones in ELT
19 July, 2011
Pre-sessional courses for overseas students
This 1978 title offers a snapshot of English teaching practices for overseas students in the UK in the late 1970s. The book is a collection...
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Milestones in ELT
2 June, 2011
Activity days in language learning: Notes for teacher trainers
This booklet from 1977 accompanied a teacher training film about innovative ‘activity days’ at the British Council’s English Language...
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Milestones in ELT
21 March, 2011
The foreign language learning process
This 1978 publication is a report of a small-scale research project into language learning by adult learners. This was a relatively early...
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Milestones in ELT
15 October, 2010
Video applications in English language teaching
This 1983 collection examines possible uses of video for language teaching, at the time this being still a recent innovation and a...
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Milestones in ELT
23 July, 2010
Voices from the new democracies: The impact of British English language teaching in Central and Eastern Europe
This short 1996 booklet, edited by Jenny Pugsley and Geraldine Kershaw, aimed to evaluate, in an informal way, the ELT work of the British...
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Milestones in ELT
23 July, 2010
View and teach, Series 1: 12 Films for teachers of English as a second language
This 1964 booklet gives a summary of the main points in each film in the View and Teach series (produced by the BBC in association with the...
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Milestones in ELT
23 July, 2010
The internet and ELT: The impact of the internet on English language teaching
The purpose of this magazine-style 1999 publication was to ‘identify key trends and suggest opportunities for British ELT’ in the expansion...
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Milestones in ELT
23 July, 2010
The development of ELT: The Dunford seminars, 1978–1993
This 1997 book, edited by Gerry Abbott and Mike Beaumont, is a compilation of selected papers from the annual residential seminars for ELT...
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Milestones in ELT
2 July, 2010
English language teaching, volume 1 issue 1
The first issue of English Language Teaching, subtitled 'A Periodical Devoted to the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language', was...
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Milestones in ELT
22 April, 2010
ELT Guide-1: Communication games
Devised by the British Council’s English Language Teaching Institute (ELTI), specifically Donn Byrne and Shelagh Rixon, this 1979...
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Milestones in ELT
4 April, 2010
Teaching structures in situations
This title, published in 1967, was intended to be the first in a series of booklets designed to be of practical help to teachers of English...
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Milestones in ELT
2 March, 2010
The teaching of English as a foreign language: A report on the British Council summer conference held at Government House, Mahableshwar, India, 3–13 May 1950
This unique, blow-by-blow account of the 11-day 1950 conference records not only the presentations Professor EV Gatenby, Linguistic Adviser...
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Milestones in ELT
2 January, 2010
Foreign and second language teaching in the USSR
This brief report was written following a fact-finding visit to the Soviet Union in 1962 by a delegation of British education specialists....
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Milestones in ELT
10 December, 2009
National syllabuses
Dating from 1980, this book was written in response to a major study by the International Evaluation Association of achievement by...
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Milestones in ELT
21 June, 2009
The teaching of listening comprehension
This 1981 volume, a collection of papers from a colloquium organised in Paris two years earlier, provides various practical insights into...
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Milestones in ELT
2 June, 2009
An index to twenty-five years of English language teaching, 1946–1971
Published in 1972, this volume covers the first 25 years of the journal now known as ELT Journal. Compiled by the British Council’s English...

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Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Humanistic Approaches: an empirical view
This is a delightful read, which attempts to provide an introduction to latest thinking in 1982 on a wide range of humanistic topics.
Image
Taking responsibility for professional development, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Developments in the Training of Teachers of English
This volume dates from 1979 and is a gem for anyone interested in the early days of university level ELT qualifications, especially in the...
Image
Using multilingual approaches, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
English as an International Language
This concise volume from 1978 is pre-‘World Englishes’ and before the acceptance of Kachru’s model of the inner, outer and expanding...
Image
Planning lessons and courses, Taking responsibility for professional development, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Language Improvement for English Teachers
This book was produced following the Hornby workshop on language improvement for teachers in Senegal in 2009.
Image
Managing the lesson, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Maximising learning in large classes
This very practical and ‘teacher-friendly’ publication was produced following a Hornby workshop on teaching large classes in Ethiopia in...
Image
Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Academic Writing: process and product
This volume, published in 1988, consists of papers from the eponymous 1985 University of Reading Conference.
Image
Taking responsibility for professional development, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Focus on the Teacher
Published in 1981, this slim volume is concerned with helping teachers to develop the commitment to and capacity for professional...
Image
Understanding learners, Using multilingual approaches, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Individualisation in Language Learning
This publication, from 1978, provides a useful introduction to pioneer approaches to self-directed learning and individualisation in ELT at...
Image
Milestones in ELT
22 July, 2011
English teaching abroad and the British universities
This 1961 publication consists of papers from a high-level conference on University Training and Research in the Teaching of English as a...
Image
Milestones in ELT
19 July, 2011
Pre-sessional courses for overseas students
This 1978 title offers a snapshot of English teaching practices for overseas students in the UK in the late 1970s. The book is a collection...
Image
Milestones in ELT
2 June, 2011
Activity days in language learning: Notes for teacher trainers
This booklet from 1977 accompanied a teacher training film about innovative ‘activity days’ at the British Council’s English Language...
Image
Milestones in ELT
21 March, 2011
The foreign language learning process
This 1978 publication is a report of a small-scale research project into language learning by adult learners. This was a relatively early...
Image
Milestones in ELT
15 October, 2010
Video applications in English language teaching
This 1983 collection examines possible uses of video for language teaching, at the time this being still a recent innovation and a...
Image
Milestones in ELT
23 July, 2010
Voices from the new democracies: The impact of British English language teaching in Central and Eastern Europe
This short 1996 booklet, edited by Jenny Pugsley and Geraldine Kershaw, aimed to evaluate, in an informal way, the ELT work of the British...
Image
Milestones in ELT
23 July, 2010
View and teach, Series 1: 12 Films for teachers of English as a second language
This 1964 booklet gives a summary of the main points in each film in the View and Teach series (produced by the BBC in association with the...
Image
Milestones in ELT
23 July, 2010
The internet and ELT: The impact of the internet on English language teaching
The purpose of this magazine-style 1999 publication was to ‘identify key trends and suggest opportunities for British ELT’ in the expansion...
Image
Milestones in ELT
23 July, 2010
The development of ELT: The Dunford seminars, 1978–1993
This 1997 book, edited by Gerry Abbott and Mike Beaumont, is a compilation of selected papers from the annual residential seminars for ELT...
Image
Milestones in ELT
2 July, 2010
English language teaching, volume 1 issue 1
The first issue of English Language Teaching, subtitled 'A Periodical Devoted to the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language', was...
Image
Milestones in ELT
22 April, 2010
ELT Guide-1: Communication games
Devised by the British Council’s English Language Teaching Institute (ELTI), specifically Donn Byrne and Shelagh Rixon, this 1979...
Image
Milestones in ELT
4 April, 2010
Teaching structures in situations
This title, published in 1967, was intended to be the first in a series of booklets designed to be of practical help to teachers of English...
Image
Milestones in ELT
2 March, 2010
The teaching of English as a foreign language: A report on the British Council summer conference held at Government House, Mahableshwar, India, 3–13 May 1950
This unique, blow-by-blow account of the 11-day 1950 conference records not only the presentations Professor EV Gatenby, Linguistic Adviser...
Image
Milestones in ELT
2 January, 2010
Foreign and second language teaching in the USSR
This brief report was written following a fact-finding visit to the Soviet Union in 1962 by a delegation of British education specialists....
Image
Milestones in ELT
10 December, 2009
National syllabuses
Dating from 1980, this book was written in response to a major study by the International Evaluation Association of achievement by...
Image
Milestones in ELT
21 June, 2009
The teaching of listening comprehension
This 1981 volume, a collection of papers from a colloquium organised in Paris two years earlier, provides various practical insights into...
Image
Milestones in ELT
2 June, 2009
An index to twenty-five years of English language teaching, 1946–1971
Published in 1972, this volume covers the first 25 years of the journal now known as ELT Journal. Compiled by the British Council’s English...

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Milestones in ELT
21 July, 2012
General English syllabus design
This collection of papers emerging from the 1983 TESOL Convention in Toronto examines the role of general syllabuses in state education, at...
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Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Humanistic Approaches: an empirical view
This is a delightful read, which attempts to provide an introduction to latest thinking in 1982 on a wide range of humanistic topics.
Image
Milestones in ELT
2 July, 2013
Index to English language teaching journal, 1972–1977
This 1977 publication supplements the Index to Twenty-Five Years of English Language Teaching, which covered the years from the launch of...
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Understanding learners, Using multilingual approaches, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Individualisation in Language Learning
This publication, from 1978, provides a useful introduction to pioneer approaches to self-directed learning and individualisation in ELT at...
Image
Milestones in ELT
22 April, 2013
Individualization and autonomy in language learning
This 1988 publication consists of papers presented at the 1987 SELMOUS conference in Durham for EAP practitioners.
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Milestones in ELT
21 July, 2013
Issues in language testing
This book is based on papers and discussions at a Lancaster University symposium in October 1980 where seven applied linguists met to...
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Planning lessons and courses, Taking responsibility for professional development, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Language Improvement for English Teachers
This book was produced following the Hornby workshop on language improvement for teachers in Senegal in 2009.
Using multilingual approaches, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Language Issues and Education Policies - Exploring Canada’s Multilingual Resources
Very different to the other ELT documents, this volume focuses on the work of a single institution: the Modern Language Centre at the...
Taking responsibility for professional development, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Language Teacher Education: an Integrated Programme for ELT Teacher Training
Originally published in 1987, this book aimed to address teachers’ needs according to context.
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Planning lessons and courses, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Language Teaching Projects for the Third World
This document, from 1983, offers a selection of project case studies and commentaries from various African contexts.
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Managing the lesson, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Maximising learning in large classes
This very practical and ‘teacher-friendly’ publication was produced following a Hornby workshop on teaching large classes in Ethiopia in...
Image
Milestones in ELT
10 December, 2009
National syllabuses
Dating from 1980, this book was written in response to a major study by the International Evaluation Association of achievement by...
Image
Milestones in ELT
19 July, 2011
Pre-sessional courses for overseas students
This 1978 title offers a snapshot of English teaching practices for overseas students in the UK in the late 1970s. The book is a collection...
Image
Milestones in ELT
21 July, 2013
Projects in materials design
In this 1980 collection in the ELT Documents series, authors engaged in different projects share their experiences of producing, adapting...
Taking responsibility for professional development, Milestones in ELT
26 September, 2011
Research in the Language Classroom
This book, from 1990, looked at the practical benefits for teachers of classroom research.
Milestones in ELT
1 July, 2012
Self-access: Preparation and training
This practical 1992 booklet, the first in a series, considers ways in which institutions and staff, as well as learners, need to be...
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Milestones in ELT
4 March, 2012
Teaching English: A magazine devoted to the teaching of the English language in India, volume 1 number 4
This January 1955 issue of a magazine published in New Delhi is a revealing window on English language teaching relationships the British...
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Milestones in ELT
21 February, 2009
Teaching literature overseas: Language-based approaches
This 1983 book is intended to promote discussion and experimentation in what had become a neglected field – that of English literature...
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Milestones in ELT
4 April, 2010
Teaching structures in situations
This title, published in 1967, was intended to be the first in a series of booklets designed to be of practical help to teachers of English...
Image
Milestones in ELT
21 October, 2012
Team teaching in ESP
This 1980 title looks at collaborative teaching where a subject and an English language specialist plan and deliver lessons jointly....
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Milestones in ELT
23 July, 2010
The development of ELT: The Dunford seminars, 1978–1993
This 1997 book, edited by Gerry Abbott and Mike Beaumont, is a compilation of selected papers from the annual residential seminars for ELT...
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Milestones in ELT
4 February, 2013
The English language abroad: Extracted from the British Council’s Annual Report, 1960–61
This pamphlet conveys an optimistic view of the expanding role of the English language worldwide, and a view of English language teaching (...
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Milestones in ELT
21 March, 2011
The foreign language learning process
This 1978 publication is a report of a small-scale research project into language learning by adult learners. This was a relatively early...
Image
Milestones in ELT
23 July, 2010
The internet and ELT: The impact of the internet on English language teaching
The purpose of this magazine-style 1999 publication was to ‘identify key trends and suggest opportunities for British ELT’ in the expansion...
Image
Milestones in ELT
21 July, 2012
The practice of communicative teaching
Edited for the ELT Documents series by Christopher Brumfit and published in 1986, this book complements an earlier volume on General...

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