Research publications
Find and download a wide variety of research publications and resource books for teachers, trainers and other English language teaching (ELT) professionals. In this section, you'll find an extensive collection of publications that provide practical insights, perspectives and learning on current issues in English language teaching. These publications will help inform your work and ensure you remain up to date, whether you are a teacher, teacher educator, policymaker or other professional in the field.
Understanding my professional identity
Language Teacher Education: an Integrated Programme for ELT Teacher Training
Originally published in 1987, this book aimed to address teachers' needs according to context.
ESP for the University
This book, from 1986, provides a snapshot of developments in ESP teaching at university level during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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.
Using multilingual practices
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 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).
Planning lessons and courses
Language Teaching Projects for the Third World
This document, from 1983, offers a selection of project case studies and commentaries from various African contexts.
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.
Understanding my professional identity
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 UK.
Using multilingual practices
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 circles of English language use.
Planning lessons and courses
Understanding my professional identity
Language Improvement for English Teachers
This book was produced following the Hornby workshop on language improvement for teachers in Senegal in 2009.
Managing the lesson
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 2006.