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Smith, Richard (2013) Harold E. Palmer, IRLT and ‘historical sense’ in ELT. IRLT Journal, 12 . pp. 1-8.
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ELT (English Language Teaching) – as seen from the UK context where I work – is a dynamic, forward looking field, constantly reinventing itself via new approaches, methods, materials and techniques. Without a sense of history, however, we may at times be victims of fashion, reinventing the wheel as we think we progress. In this short article I argue for the importance to ELT professionalism of what I call ‘historical sense’ – an appreciation of the past which enables new ideas to be evaluated in the light of former experience, and forgotten ideas to be made available as a continuing resource.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | IRLT Journal | ||||
Publisher: | Institute for Research in Language Teaching, Tokyo | ||||
Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | 12 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-8 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Description: | Special issue to celebrate the Institute's 90th anniversary |
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