We're back!

added 7/7/25

After a 10-year hiatus, the site is back, and we are busy refreshing the current content and adding more.

Dictionary of ELT terms started

added 1/2/15

A dictionary of ELT related terms based on the definitions given by different sources
..see dictionary

Link to authors' details added to source's page

added 9/11/14

Authors' names now link to authors' details pages
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Additional events for the IELTS exam added

added 7/10/15

Additional events for the IELTS exam added including some for the computer-based version.
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'Case Studies in ELT' added

added 29/11/14

Events and biographical details from Jordan's 'Case studies in ELT' added.
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Howatt's 'Language teaching traditions: 1884 revisited' added

added 25/10/14

Howatt's 1984 look at Sweet's and Franke's papers added
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Article on the construct of writing added

added 2/4/15

Article looking at the changing views on the nature of writing, its purpose and the factors that help shape the writing process
..see article

Improved search results

added 26/11/14

Search results have been improved and now return results for both events and people
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Howatt's 'Language teaching must start afresh' added

added 22/10/14

Howatt's 1982 look at Vietor's pamphlet added
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What

A history of English language teaching as a second or other language

Why

elthistory.com believes that what is done in TESOL is shaped by what has gone before

For whom

Anyone interested in discovering what has gone on before in TESOL and in how events in the history of TESOL have been interconnected