The ELLTA research group is interested in the following areas:

• Appropriate pedagogy
• Computer-assisted language learning
• English for academic purposes
• English for young learners
• History of language teaching and applied linguistics
• Language assessment
• Learner and teacher autonomy
• Motivation
• Task-based language learning and teaching
• Teacher education and development
• Teaching English in difficult circumstances
• Textbook analysis

We welcome applications from suitably qualified people who wish to undertake postgraduate research (PhD, MPhil, MA by Research) in any of these areas.

Conceptual Stance

We believe that language learning, teaching and assessment are complex social, cultural, psychological and educational processes, embedded in particular contexts of practice. We take a multidisciplinary approach that meshes broader educational values and cross-cultural concerns with ELT-related research, and draw on a wide range of work in linguistics, applied linguistics, ELT, psychology, education, autonomy theory, cultural studies, discourse analysis and critical pedagogy for the theoretical and analytical frameworks that underpin our research.

Currently active sub-groups within ELLTA:

• Teacher Research / Researching Teachers Reading and Discussion Group
• ELTED (English Language Teacher Education and Development) Journal
• APT (Appropriate Pedagogy Thinktank)