Hunter, D. and Smith, Richard C., 1961-. (2012) Unpackaging the past : "CLT" through ELTJ keywords. ELT Journal, Vol.66 (No.4). pp. 430-439. ISSN 0951-0893

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Abstract

ELT history is often viewed as a succession of methods, but such a view tends to rest on a opackaging up' and labelling of complex and often contested past developments. This process ignores both continuity with earlier developments and diversity of contemporary opinion and often seems to serve as a way to clear the ground for self-proclaimed oprogress'. This article describes a study that was undertaken to promote an alternative view of the past. Taking as a starting point the way communicative language teaching (CLT) seems to be currently in the process of being packaged up in readiness for the odustbin of history', the study combined corpus-based and qualitative procedures to explore keywords in ELTJ articles during the early communicative period. By identifying themes discussed by contemporary writers themselves, we highlight areas of continuity with opre-communicative' methodology, and diversity within the communicative discussion itself, thus subverting the assumption that there was ever a wholly distinct, unitary, or oclassical' CLT to be lightly superseded.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Journal or Publication Title:	ELT Journal
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0951-0893
Date:	October 2012
Volume:	Vol.66
Number:	No.4
Page Range:	pp. 430-439
Identification Number:	10.1093/elt/ccs036
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/48137

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