Research publications
Find and download a wide variety of research publications and resource books for teachers, trainers and other English language teaching (ELT) professionals. In this section, you’ll find an extensive collection of publications that provide practical insights, perspectives and learning on current issues in English language teaching. These publications will help inform your work and ensure you remain up to date, whether you are a teacher, teacher educator, policymaker or other professional in the field.
Understanding my professional identity
Understanding the educational context
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
Starting, Stimulating and Sustaining English Language Teacher Education and Development
This is a collection of papers from the first international conference for English language teacher educators in 2011.
Knowing the subject
Understanding the educational context
Primary Innovations: a collection of papers, Bangkok, March 2008
The second Primary Innovations Research Seminar in Bangkok, March 2008.
Understanding my professional identity
Understanding the educational context
Primary Innovations: a collection of papers, Hanoi, March 2007
Assessing learning
Using digital technologies
Understanding the educational context
Supporting remote learning
Innovations in learning technologies for English language teaching
This publication offers a different approach to the uses of learning technologies in the language classroom.
Knowing the subject
Assessing learning
Understanding the educational context
New Directions: Assessment and Evaluation
This publication covers an important theme of evaluation and assessment of English language learning.
Using multilingual practices
Understanding the educational context
Managing teacher learning
English Bilingual Education Symposium: Collection of papers - Access English, Jakarta, June 2009
This is a collection of papers from the Access English Symposium.
The teaching of comprehension
This publication contains papers discussed at a British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL) seminar at the University of Edinburgh in September 1977.
Using multilingual practices
Identity in foreign language learning and teaching: why listening to our students’ and teachers’ voices really matters
This study explores the identity perceptions, declared learner achievement and teacher perceptions.
Individualization and autonomy in language learning
This 1988 publication consists of papers presented at the 1987 SELMOUS conference in Durham for EAP practitioners.
Knowing the subject
Understanding the educational context
British Council ELT Research Papers: Volume 1
The British Council works closely with universities and other research institutions to fund and publish ELT research.