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The Warwick ELT Archive

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Since 2002, the Centre for Applied Linguistics (formerly, CELTE) has been building up a historical collection of materials relating to the teaching of English as a foreign language and the development of applied linguistics, c.1880–c.1980. In March 2005 we took over the care of a substantial existing collection, the Edinburgh Dakin Collection. Housed mainly in the Centre's Learning Resources Room, the Warwick ELT Archive now constitutes a unique resource for students, teachers, researchers and others interested in the history of ELT, and/or history of language teaching and applied linguistics more broadly. We welcome enquiries from potential doctoral students and other researchers interested in working with the Archive. We are also exploring ways of making selected resources accessible online.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: During 2009 The British Council has given significant support to the Warwick ELT Archive, enabling a large number of previously uncatalogued items to be catalogued and shelved.

 

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The Warwick ELT Archive consists primarily of:

  • course books and associated printed materials
  • graded readers
  • audio- and audio-visual materials
  • teacher resource books
  • books on teaching methodology
  • pedagogical grammars
  • learner dictionaries
  •  journals
  • newsletters
  • official reports

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There is also provision for storage and consultation of primary sources, including:

  • correspondence
  • photographs
  • mimeographed reports
  • recorded interviews

We continue to welcome all offers of donations to the collection in the above or other categories, within the broad field of ‘Development of ELT and Applied Linguistics, c.1900–c.1980’. Any donation which is accepted will be fully acknowledged on the material itself and in our catalogue.

To date we have received significant donations from the following institutions and individuals, to whom we are very grateful:

  • The British Council
  • The Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
  • The School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, University of Reading
  • The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
  • Brian Abbs
  • Palmer Acheson
  • Victoria Angela
  • Clare Bentall
  • Almut Billows
  • Rod Bolitho
  • Roger Bowers
  • Christopher Brumfit
  • Peter Collier
  • Vivian Cook
  • Janelle Cooper
  • A.P. Cowie
  • John Eckersley
  • Sultan Erdoğan Smith
  • Peter Fries
  • Andy Gillett
  • Jan van Griethuysen
  • Susan Holden
  • A.P.R. Howatt
  • Bob and Jane Jordan
  • Masataka Kizuka
  • Keith Mitchell
  • Rosamond Mitchell
  • André Moulin
  • John Norrish
  • Randolph Quirk
  • Hilary Rees-Parnall
  • Richard Rossner
  • Rafael Salguero
  • John Spencer
  • Frances Stacey
  • Adam West
  • Jan Whetstone
  • Dede and Ken Wilson
  • Present and former members of staff including Meriel Bloor, Richard Forsyth, Sheena Gardner, Tricia Hedge, Thelma Henderson, Tim Kelly, Judith Kennedy, Julia Khan, Hilary Nesi, Keith Richards, Shelagh Rixon, Rod Revell, Liza Sandell, Richard Smith

If you are interested in consulting items in the Archive or in donating material please write to:

The Warwick ELT Archive, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL

or contact Dr Richard Smith, the founder and curator of the collection, at: R.C.Smith@warwick.ac.uk

 

 

 

Page contact: Richard Smith Last revised: Wed 18 Nov 2009
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