A. S. Hornby can justly be considered the "father" of UK-based ELT. He was the founder and first Editor of English Language Teaching (now known as ELT Journal); he established the ground rules for situational language teaching, the dominant ELT methodology in the United Kingdom up until the 1970s; he was the chief originator of the "Oxford…

Roger Bowers talks to Numa Markee, Director of the Language Learning Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, about people, computers, and language teaching. (Author/VWL)

Presents an interview with Costas Markou, the Chief Education Officer for the Ministry of Education in Cyprus, about cooperative education, focusing on his personal history as a learner, teacher trainer, inspector, and administrator. (Author/SM)

Applied and theoretical linguist and author David Crystal is interviewed concerning his career and his interest in both public and academic approaches to language. Topics discussed include Crystal's formative experiences, the emergence of public interest in language, concerns about the current and future role of languages and language diversity,…

The relationship between language learning and cross-cultural awareness is of increasing interest, particularly in the wider European context. Aspects of the relationship are considered and exercises to assist in defining the components of cultural awareness and the notion of the cultural group are offered. (one reference) (JL)