ELT-43 The Foreign Language Learning Process

ELT-43

The Foreign Language Learning Process

Milestones in ELT

Milestones in ELT

The British Council was established in 1934 and one of our main aims has always been to promote a wider knowledge of the English language. Over the years we have issued many important publications that have set the agenda for ELT professionals, often in partnership with other organisations and institutions.

As part of our 75th anniversary celebrations, we re-launched a selection of these publications online, and more have now been added in connection with our 80th anniversary. Many of the messages and ideas are just as relevant today as they were when first published. We believe they are also useful historical sources through which colleagues can see how our profession has developed over the years.

The Foreign Language Learning Process

This 1978 publication is a report of a small-scale research project into language learning by adult learners. This was a relatively early attempt to ask learners about the `strategies and techniques' that they use to learn a language, and the author, GD Pickett, who was at the time Deputy Director of the British Council's English Teaching Information Centre, states that his intention was for the project to be `a starting off point' which could encourage further research in this area. Pickett presents the invitation letter he sent to around 30 friends and colleagues ? `a farflung assortment of linguists', though mostly male, British, and in the 30 to 50 age range ? to ask for their thoughts on their own experiences in language learning. The report provides insights into how a rather atypical sample of highly educated and cosmopolitan adult learners go about the language learning task, on the basis of the introspective accounts received. Finally, Steven McDonough of Essex University contributes a chapter in which he relates the report to other, existing and future, research.

. Occasional Paper

The Foreign Language Learning Process,

The British Council

ENGLISH TEACHING INFORMATION CENTRE

E TIC Occasional Paper The Foreign Language Learning Process

The British Council

ENGLISH TEACHING INFORMATION CENTRE

ISBN 0 900229 42X

? The British Council, 1978 Produced in England by The British Council, Printing and Publishing Department, London 2M/2/78

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