This page contains links to other sites relevant or related to the history of ELT or ELT-related applied linguistics (any suggestions for further links are welcome, to R.C.Smith@warwick.ac.uk please!).

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Primary sources:

Autobiography of David NunanLink opens in a new window

Brita Haycraft - 'EFL teacher training the IH way', 2013 (video)

The Catford Tapes: Professor Catford’s Life in LinguisticsLink opens in a new window: A series of eight one-hour lectures given by Ian Catford in early 1985, on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Michigan Linguistics Department. See also this note on their preservation.

Communicative Language Teaching:Link opens in a new window What We Have Gained (And What We Might Have Lost) - A Conversation Between Jeremy Harmer and Scott Thornbury

English Language Institute (University of Michigan) Oral History Project

Looking back: Reflections on a career in applied linguisticsLink opens in a new window by Jack C. Richards. '[W]ritten at the request of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, (Beijing, China) to be included in an anthology of Jack Richards’ works' [Selected Works of Jack C. Richards on Applied Linguistics, 2010].

Hornby, A.S. [interview with Christina Ruse]. 1974. Hornby on HornbyLink opens in a new window. Tokyo: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press website).

Interview with John Trim about the History of Modern Language Teaching and LearningLink opens in a new window, 19 September 2013

UCL Phonetics collectionLink opens in a new window (in British Library Sound Archive)

 

Warwick Autonomy ArchiveLink opens in a new window 

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Histories:

The Berlitz StoryLink opens in a new window (according to Berlitz International)

A (Brief) History of (English) Collocations (timeilne by muranava)

A (Brief) History of (English) Wordlists (timeline by muranava)

BBC English und Englisch lernen mit der BBC by Gerhard Leitner. Munich: Langenscheidt.

CfBT: Forty Years of Supporting Education Worldwide, 1968-2008Link opens in a new window

The Development of and Issues in Applied LinguisticsLink opens in a new window ('podcast' based on personal experience by Keith Johnson for TESOLacademic.org)

The Evolution of the Language LaboratoryLink opens in a new window (graphic)

Finotti, I. 2008. Lambert Sauveur à l'ombre de Maximilian Berlitz: Les débuts de la méthode directe aux États-Unis. Bologna: Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria Editrice Bologna. Online: http://amsacta.cib.unibo.it/2739/1/Finotti_Quaderno_7.pdfLink opens in a new window

International House World Organisation: About us (history)Link opens in a new window

Language testing: Looking back and looking forwardLink opens in a new window (British Council lecture by Barry O'Sullivan)

Notes on the History of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, 1967-1997Link opens in a new window (by Rosamond Mitchell)

History of BALEAPLink opens in a new window (work in progress, Andy Gillett)

The History of Computer Assisted Language Learning Web ExhibitionLink opens in a new window (by Philippe Delcloque)

The History of EUROCALLLink opens in a new window (by Graham Davies)

History of IELTSLink opens in a new window

IH History (see also 'The House that John Haycraft Built' (Parts 1 to 4))

Methode Toussaint-LangenscheidtLink opens in a new window (blog post)

Nuffield Modern LanguagesLink opens in a new window

The Origins of ELT JournalLink opens in a new window (by Richard Smith)

Puren, C. 1988. Histoire des Méthodologies de l’enseignement des langues. Paris: Nathan - Clé International. Online: http://www.christianpuren.com/mes-travaux-liste-et-liens/1988a/Link opens in a new window

The rise of ELTLink opens in a new window [a history of language school chains] (by Amy Baker)

A Short History of ELTLink opens in a new window: Talk by Richard Smith in the British Council Seminar Series, 26 June 2012.

Streamline EnglishLink opens in a new window (by Peter Viney)

TESOL's HistoryLink opens in a new window (by James Alatis)

The Work of the Council of Europe in the field of Modern Languages, 1957-2001 Link opens in a new window(by John Trim)

30 years of TEFL/TESL: A personal reflectionLink opens in a new window (by Jack C. Richards). Published in RELC Journal, Vol 33, 2, 2002, pp.1-36.

 

Biographies / Bibliographies

David Brazil (1925-1995)Link opens in a new window (by Richard Cauldwell) [link currently broken]

John C. (Ian) Catford (obituary)

(Stephen) PIt Corder (1918–1990) by Hannah Bungard & Alexandra Ruhl (York Civic Trust website)

H.V. George publicationsLink opens in a new window (Victoria University of Wellington)

Daniel Jones (1881-1967)Link opens in a new window (UCL website)

Robert O'Neill (1933–2014) (Obituary, OUP website)

See also the various Short Biographies within this Warwick ELT Archive website

Associations:

AILA Research Network for the History of Language Learning and Teaching (HoLLT.net)

The Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic IdeasLink opens in a new window

The Textbook ColloquiumLink opens in a new window

SIHFLESLink opens in a new window (Société internationale pour l'histoire du français langue étrangère ou seconde)

APHELLE (Associação Portuguesa para a História do Ensino das Línguas e Literaturas Extranjeras)

CIRSILLink opens in a new window (Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sulla Storia degli Insegnamenti Linguistici)

PHG (Peeter Heynsgenootschap)

SEHEL (Sociedad Española para la Historia de las Enseñanzas Lingüísticas)

History of Reading SIG of the International Reading AssociationLink opens in a new window 

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Others:

Australian TESOL industry oral history projectLink opens in a new window

English Language Institute (University of Michigan), records (1940-2004) Link opens in a new window[catalogue only]

The Henry Sweet Society BulletinLink opens in a new window (back issues)

The John Trim CollectionLink opens in a new window (at ECML, Graz)

The St Giles Central London ELT Library: articleLink opens in a new window; websiteLink opens in a new window (collection of contemporary ELT materials)

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Links previously here, currently broken (to be repaired):

English Teaching Theatre Archive

Hunter Education Commission Report, 1884, and exerpts from Indian Education (La Trobe University Digital Colonial Documents)

Frank Bell: A mission born from belief (Bell Educational Trust website)

Background to the Threshold seriesLink opens in a new window by John Trim, 2005.

Cardinal VowelsLink opens in a new window (Linguaphone, 1956), recorded by Daniel Jones (1881-1967)

The History of English Teaching in EnglandLink opens in a new window: Various documents brought together by Dick Hudson.

International House - John HaycraftLink opens in a new window