Selected websites and online audio-visual contents to help you find out more about methods and approaches in ELT, their history, and important figures in the field.
Methods of Language Teaching (Brigham Young University)
This website describes foreign language teaching methods in depths, also using recordings of lessons where the methods are used. Selected references for each method are provided too.
Language Teaching: Learning from the Past (University of Nottingham)
These are materials created by Professor Nicola McLelland (University of Nottingham) and Dr Simon Coffey (King’s College London) that use the History of Language Learning and Teaching (HoLLT) to help language teachers reflect on language teaching practice and policy today. The materials are divided into five units, each taking a key theme, with a short introductory video, a handbook of activities, and a facilitator’s handbook with further information and guidance.
This is a playlist published in YouTube by CELT Athens. The videos in the playlist, introduced by D. Larsen-Freeman, show the application of the methods in real-life classroom settings.
A website by the British Council collecting the digitised version of several past publications that help trace the history of this institution and its role in ELT in the 20th Century.
Biographies – Warwick ELT Archive
This is the ‘hall of fame’ of the Warwick ELT Archive, dedicated to prominent figures in the development of ELT / the teaching of English as a foreign language. The biographies are accompanied by a wealth of references, digitised documents, and multimedia resources.
This is a podcast about ELT and Applied linguistics, where the presenters Matthew W. Turner, Matthew Y. Schaefer, and Robert J. Lowe invite experts to discuss current events, history, and methods and approaches in language education. The podcast is also available on major platforms such as Spotify, Stitcher, and Apple Podcast.