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Academic Writing: process and product

This volume, published in 1988, consists of papers from the eponymous 1985 University of Reading Conference.

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...

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...

Best of ELTECS

This 1995 publication celebrates the five-year history of ELTECS (the English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme), set...

Common ground: Shared interests in ESP and communication studies

The editors of this 1984 volume in the ELT Documents series describe English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and...

Culture and the language classroom

This 1990 collection of papers looks at contexts of language teaching from educational and cultural perspectives,...

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...

Dictionaries, lexicography and language learning

This 1985 collection in the ELT Documents series provides multiple insights for the successful teaching of dictionary...

ELT Guide-1: Communication games

Devised by the British Council’s English Language Teaching Institute (ELTI), specifically Donn Byrne and Shelagh Rixon...

ELT Guide-2: Simulations

This 1979 ‘teaching aid devised by the English Language Teaching Institute’ was authored by David Herbert and Gill...

ELT textbooks and materials: problems in evaluation and development

This frequently cited 1987 publication focuses on textbooks designed for use by English language learners, and...

English as a Second Language in the United Kingdom

This is, of course, as much a key topic in the UK as it was in 1985 when this book was originally published.

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...

English for academic study with special reference to science and technology: Problems and...

This seminal 1975 publication offers contrasting viewpoints on the then-emerging field of English for academic purposes...

English for specific purposes

This 1978 publication focuses on English for academic purposes (EAP) also referred to at the time as English for...

English for specific purposes: an international seminar

This report, which includes papers by John Munby, Henry Widdowson and Tom Jupp, was compiled following an international...

English in the world: Teaching and learning the language and literatures

This book contains papers from an International Conference on ‘Progress in English Studies’ held in London between 17...

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...

English studies information update 4: Inspectorate work and accreditation

Published in 1990, the overall theme of this in-house British Council publication is quality assurance of language...

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...

ESP for the University

This book, from 1986, provides a snapshot of developments in ESP teaching at university level during the 1970s and...

ESP in the classroom: Practice and evaluation

The papers in this 1988 volume emerged from the International Conference on English for Specific Purposes, Colombo, Sri...

Focus on the Teacher

Published in 1981, this slim volume is concerned with helping teachers to develop the commitment to and capacity for...

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...

Games, simulations and role-playing

This 1977 booklet from the ELT Documents series contains four main chapters and a postscript which introduce...

General English syllabus design

This collection of papers emerging from the 1983 TESOL Convention in Toronto examines the role of general syllabuses in...

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...

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...

Individualisation in Language Learning

This publication, from 1978, provides a useful introduction to pioneer approaches to self-directed learning and...

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

Academic Writing: process and product

Activity days in language learning: Notes for teacher trainers

An index to twenty-five years of English language teaching, 1946–1971

Best of ELTECS

Common ground: Shared interests in ESP and communication studies

Culture and the language classroom

Developments in the Training of Teachers of English

Dictionaries, lexicography and language learning

ELT Guide-1: Communication games

ELT Guide-2: Simulations

ELT textbooks and materials: problems in evaluation and development

English as a Second Language in the United Kingdom

English as an International Language

English for academic study with special reference to science and technology: Problems and perspectives

English for specific purposes

English for specific purposes: an international seminar

English in the world: Teaching and learning the language and literatures

English language teaching, volume 1 issue 1

English studies information update 4: Inspectorate work and accreditation

English teaching abroad and the British universities

ESP for the University

ESP in the classroom: Practice and evaluation

Focus on the Teacher

Foreign and second language teaching in the USSR

Games, simulations and role-playing

General English syllabus design

Humanistic Approaches: an empirical view

Index to English language teaching journal, 1972–1977

Individualisation in Language Learning

Individualization and autonomy in language learning

Issues in language testing

Language Improvement for English Teachers

Language Issues and Education Policies - Exploring Canada’s Multilingual Resources

Language Teacher Education: an Integrated Programme for ELT Teacher Training

Language Teaching Projects for the Third World

Maximising learning in large classes

Milestones in ELT - a series of classic ELT texts from the British Council

National syllabuses

Pre-sessional courses for overseas students

Projects in materials design

Research in the Language Classroom

Self-access: Preparation and training

Teaching English: A magazine devoted to the teaching of the English language in India, volume 1 number 4

Teaching literature overseas: Language-based approaches

Teaching structures in situations

Team teaching in ESP

The development of ELT: The Dunford seminars, 1978–1993

The English language abroad: Extracted from the British Council’s Annual Report, 1960–61

The foreign language learning process

The internet and ELT: The impact of the internet on English language teaching

The practice of communicative teaching

The teaching of comprehension

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

The teaching of listening comprehension

The University of Malaya English for special purposes project

The use of the media in English language teaching

Video applications in English language teaching

View and teach, Series 1: 12 Films for teachers of English as a second language

Voices from the new democracies: The impact of British English language teaching in Central and Eastern Europe

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Academic Writing: process and product
Activity days in language learning: Notes for teacher trainers
An index to twenty-five years of English language teaching, 1946–1971
Best of ELTECS
Common ground: Shared interests in ESP and communication studies
Culture and the language classroom
Developments in the Training of Teachers of English
Dictionaries, lexicography and language learning
ELT Guide-1: Communication games
ELT Guide-2: Simulations

Professional development
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--Knowing the subject
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--Assessing learning
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--Integrating ICT
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--Taking responsibility for professional development
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Teaching resources
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--Stories and poems
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--UK history and literature
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---Magna Carta
---First World War
-Teaching adults
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