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'..It's a stunning read...If I were pressed to draw up a list of ten ELT titles with which to spend a year on a desert island this one would easily some into my top three.' - Wayne Trotman, EL Gazette, January 2005
'The volume remains the single most authoritative and comprehensive account of the history of English language teaching, and will surely continue to serve as a prime source for the profession for many years to come...This is a work of considerable research and scholarship characterized by rigour and balance, comprehensive yet uncluttered.' - Rani Rubdy, Director of Graduate Programmes, Institute for English Language Education, Assumption University, Bangkok.
'I found this book extremely readable...This book is fascinating, packed with human interest stories about the people who shaped our profession, while at the same time giving a clear explanation of the theoretical perspectives that inspired them.' - IATEFL Issues, February/March 2005
'To sum up, this fine book should be required reading for all members of the profession, if by profession, we include all the personages and movements that have made us what we are.' - BAAL Reviews, 2005
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'..It's a stunning read...If I were pressed to draw up a list of ten ELT titles with which to spend a year on a desert island this one would easily some into my top three.' - Wayne Trotman, EL Gazette, January 2005
'The volume remains the single most authoritative and comprehensive account of the history of English language teaching, and will surely continue to serve as a prime source for the profession for many years to come...This is a work of considerable research and scholarship characterized by rigour and balance, comprehensive yet uncluttered.' - Rani Rubdy, Director of Graduate Programmes, Institute for English Language Education, Assumption University, Bangkok.
'I found this book extremely readable...This book is fascinating, packed with human interest stories about the people who shaped our profession, while at the same time giving a clear explanation of the theoretical perspectives that inspired them.' - IATEFL Issues, February/March 2005
'To sum up, this fine book should be required reading for all members of the profession, if by profession, we include all the personages and movements that have made us what we are.' - BAAL Reviews, 2005
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The basic intention of this book is to try and illuminate the teaching of English to speakers of other languages by exploring some of its origins and some of the ideas that have influenced and moulded it over the years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The basic intention of this book is to try and illuminate the teaching of English to speakers of other languages by exploring some of its origins and some of the ideas that have influenced and moulded it over the years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Reform Movement, Michael West, Harold Palmer, British Council, United States, Henry Sweet, Daniel Jones, John Wallis, Schools Council, Short Introduction, Nouvelle Méthode, Oxford University Press, Ben Jonson, Council of Europe, Hong Kong, Sierra Leone, University College, Inspector of Schools, New York, Second World War, South India, Gold Coast, Grammar of English Words, Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae, John Hart New!
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- Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Jack C. Richards on page 16, page 48, and page 175
- The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Mangement (Applied Language Studies) by Ronald White on page 22, and Back Matter
- Diffusion of Innovations in English Language Teaching: The ELEC Effort in Japan, 1956-1968 (Contributions to the Study of Education) by Lynn Earl Henrichsen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- One Hundred Years of English Studies in Dutch Universities: Seventeen Papers Read at the Centenary Conference. Groningen, 15-16 January 1986 (Costerus NS 64) (Costerus New Series) by G. H. V. Bunt on page 69, and Back Matter
- Appropriate Methodology and Social Context (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Adrian Holliday in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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