Research publications

This book was produced following the Hornby workshop on language improvement for teachers in Senegal in 2009.

This very practical and 'teacher-friendly' publication was produced following a Hornby workshop on teaching large classes in Ethiopia in 2006.

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

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

This publication, from 1978, provides a useful introduction to pioneer approaches to self-directed learning and individualisation in ELT at the time.

This study presents the findings of a three-year investigation into the Bilingual Schools project in Spain.

This 1961 publication consists of papers from a high-level conference on University Training and Research in the Teaching of English as a Second/Foreign Language organised by the British Council in London, 15–17 December 1960. The conference brought together heads of departments of English and experts in linguistics and phonetics, with experts in education being relatively under-represented.

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 of edited papers from the national seminar, Pre-sessional English courses for Overseas Students in Higher Education held at the University of Manchester in April 1977.

What advantages can the English language bring to individuals and societies? 

This booklet from 1977 accompanied a teacher training film about innovative 'activity days' at the British Council's English Language Teaching Institute in London. Activity days were designed to provide English language learners with a range of intensive, stimulating and personalised language practice tasks.