The ELTons (English Language Teaching Innovation Awards) are international awards given annually by the British Council that recognise and celebrate innovation in the field of English language teaching. They reward educational resources that help English language learners and teachers to achieve their goals using innovative content, methods or media. The ELTons date from 2003 and the 2017 sponsors of the awards are Cambridge English Language Assessment and IELTS. Applications are submitted by the end of November each year and they are judged by an independent panel of ELT experts, using the Delphi Technique. The shortlist is published in March and the winners announced at a ceremony in London in June. The 2017 awards will be held in a new venue, Altitude 360, Millbank Tower.
Video ELTon awards
2003 winners
- Tim Kelly and Hilary Nesi -- University of Warwick
- Fiona Joseph and Peter Travis -- Flo-Joe
- Martin Mulloy -- BBC Worldwide
Maps ELTon awards
2004 winners
- Richard Cauldwell -- speechinaction (CD-ROM)
- Macmillan Education Dictionaries Team -- Macmillan Education, range of products (book, CD-ROM and online editions)
- Scott Thornbury, Oxford University Press -- Natural Grammar
2005 winners
- Vanessa Reilly, Oxford University Press -- Three in a tree (book and multimedia package)
- Simon Mellor-Clark and Yvonne Baker de Altamirano, Macmillan Education -- Campaign 1 coursebooks
- Sophie Ioannou-Georgiou and Pavlos Pavlou, Oxford University Press -- Assessing Young Learners
2006 winners
- Corony Edwards and Jane Willis, University of Birmingham and Aston University -- Teachers Exploring Tasks
- Carol Read, Ana Soberon, Maria Toth and Elisenda Papiol, Macmillan Education -- Bugs (multimedia course)
- Stuart Rubenstein, Greta Grinfeld, Sally McCrae, Emma Fisher, Camden College of English-- "English Language Cultural Experience"
2007 winners
- Alison Sharpe, Professor Ronald Carter and Professor Michael McCarthy, Cambridge University Press -- The Cambridge Grammar of English (CD-ROM and book)
- David Warr, Language Garden -- Language Gardening (CD-ROM)
- Nicky Hockly and Gavin Dudeney, The Consultants-E, ICT in the Classroom (online course)
2010 winners
- Russell Stanard -- www.teachertrainingvideos.com
- Mary Slattery, Catherine Kneafsey, Lucy Allen, Julia Bell -- Teaching with Bear: Using puppets in the language classroom with young learners, Oxford University Press
- Scott Thornbury, Luke Meddings, Lindsay Clandfield, Mike Burghall -- Teaching Unplugged, Delta Publishing
- James Thomas, Martina Pavlickova and Martina Sindelarova Skupenova -- Global Issues in the ELT Classroom, Spolecnost pro Fair Trade
- Stuart Wiffin and Helen Gibbons -- Award For Innovative Writing
2011 winners
- Neil Edgeller, Senjuti Masud, Sharif Sadique -- Rinku's World, BBC Learning English
- Ben Glynne, Dan Humm Soriano, David Wilkins -- Communication Station, United International College
- Rob Carter, Alice Castle, Abeer Hassan, Sean Keegan, Karim Kouchouk, Abigail Wincott -- BBCe!, BBC Learning English
- Marcos Benevides, Adam Gray -- Fiction in Action: Whodunit, ABAX ELT
- Simona Petrescu -- Macmillan Education Award For Innovative Writing
- Brian Abbs and Ingrid Freebairn -- Lifetime Achievement Award
2012 winners
- Kate Khoury, Sarah Raybould and Louise Salim -- Sensing Humour in English
- Nik Peachey -- Bell Blended Learning for ELT, Bell
- Macmillan Education-- Sounds: The Pronunciation App, Macmillan Education
- Kyle Mawer, Graham Stanley -- Digital Play: Computer games and language aims, Delta Publishing
- L2 -- Wordready Academic English, L2
- Colour Trick -- The Colour of Words, Colour Trick S.l.
- Alan Maley -- Lifetime Achievement Award
2013 winners
- Mary Glasgow Scholastic -- Mary Glasgow
- Y.L.Teresa Ting -- CLIL - Biology Towards IGCSE
- Herbert Puchta and Günter Gerngross -- Hooray! Let's play! Helbling Languages
- Kieran Donaghy -- "Film English"
- Richard Cauldwell -- Cool Speech: Hot Listening, Cool Pronunciation, Speech in Action/Firsty Group
- English in Action -- English in Action, Bangladesh
- Brita Haycraft -- Lifetime Achievement Award
2014 winners
- Excellence in Course Innovation - Dyslexia for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (Dystefl) by Dystefl Project
- Innovation in Learner Resources - Academic Skills Series by Collins
- Innovation in Teacher Resources - The Disabled Access Friendly campaign by Katie Quartano and Paul Shaw
- Digital Innovation - Doctors Speak Up: Communication and Language Skills for International Medical Graduates by R. Woodward-Kron, C. Bow, C. Fraser, J. Pill, E. Flynn
- Local Innovation - P.A.L.S Scheme, (Promoting Acceptance of Language Students) - Country Cousins Ltd
- The Macmillan Education Award for New Talent in Writing -Compass (Upper Intermediate) by Elizabeth (Lizzie) Pinard
- British Council The Lifetime Achievement Award - Michael Swan
Described at the ceremony as a name synonymous with "must-have texts" and "an influence on a generation of students", influential writer and award-winning poet, Michael Swan was announced as the winner of the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to English language teaching.
2015 winners
- Excellence in Course Innovation - Oxford Discover by Oxford University Press
- Innovation in Learner Resources - Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English by Oxford University Press, with Paragon Software GmbH (app)
- Innovation in Teacher Resources - "Life Skills" by Macmillan Education
- Digital Innovation - Little Bridge by Little Bridge
- Local Innovation -Talk English by Manchester Adult Education Service, Manchester City Council with The Department for Communities and Local Government (UK)
- The Macmillan Education Award for New Talent in Writing - EAP Shakespeare Dr Chris Lima
- The British Council Lifetime Achievement Award - Henry Widdowson
The 2015 British Council Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Henry Widdowson, is a leading authority in applied linguistics and in communicative language teaching, an approach which stresses the importance of interaction, authentic, natural language, a focus on the learning process, and on the student's personal experiences both inside and outside the classroom.
2016 winners
- Excellence in Course Innovation - Keynote by National Geographic Learning with Cengage Learning
- Innovation in Learner Resources - Literacy for Active Citizenship by Learning Unlimited LTD
- Innovation in Teacher Resources - Digital Video - A Manual for Language Teachers by PeacheyPublications.com
- Digital Innovation - Movies: Enjoy Language by Archimedes Inspiration, a.s.
- Local Innovation - Teaching English in Africa by East African Educational Publishers Ltd.
- The Macmillan Education Award for New Talent in Writing - "Academic English for the 21st Century Learner" by Aylin Graves
- The British Council Lifetime Achievement Award - "Catherine Walter"
Catherine Walter is known by many thousands of teachers and students worldwide as a teacher, lecturer and researcher, most recently as University lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Department of Education and Fellow of Linacre College, University of Oxford and Vice-Principal of Linacre College (until 2015), as well as Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Education, University of London, and at academic and teachers' conferences in over 30 countries worldwide. She is perhaps most renowned by the global ELT community, as the writer of many significant resources on the bookshelves of classrooms worldwide. These include: The Cambridge English Course, The New Cambridge English Course, The Good Grammar Book and How English Works (co-written with Michael Swan). Over the years, her expertise has been sought by the Bell Educational Trust, the British Publishers Association, the University Council for General and Applied Linguistics and the British Council. Catherine Walter has a passion for equality, holding welfare, equality and equal opportunities positions at the University of Oxford and the Institute of Education. Catherine Walter was also the first female chair of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) and then president.
2017 Winners
ELTons awards video
References & Notes
External links
- Official site of the British Council
- British Council ELT innovation awards
- 2012 ELTons red carpet interviews
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