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The ELTonsThe ELTons, sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, are the only international awards that recognise and celebrate innovation in the field of English language teaching. Find out below who the ELTons shortlisted nominees are for 2013. Watch the ELTons ceremony here, recorded on Wednesday 22nd May and discover this year's winners. |
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2013 Winners
"And the winners are..."
Excellence in Course Innovation
Hooray! Let’s play! - Helbling Languages
Hooray! Let’s play! is a brand new innovative course for teaching English to 3 to 5-year-olds. The course has a unique multisensory approach that develops young children’s core thinking and motor neuron skills.
Innovation in learner resources
DVD Readers – Mary Glasgow Scholastic
British TV comes straight to the classroom with the Scholastic DVD Readers series! The Scholastic DVD Readers are a new innovative form of graded reader, blending non-fiction content area topics with episodes from top British TV series.
Innovation in teacher resources
Film English – Kieran Donaghy
Film English is a website which seeks to explore the possibilities which moving images, especially short films, offer to both language teachers and language learners.
Digital innovation
Cool Speech: Hot Listening, Cool Pronunciation – Speech in Action/Firsty Group
Cool Speech: Hot Listening, Cool Pronunciation is an iPad application - a course in listening and pronunciation for upper-intermediate and advanced learners.
Local innovation
English in Action: Teaching and Learning Programme – English in Action, Bangladesh.
English in Action is a professional development programme, which helps teachers in Bangladesh teach English more effectively. Teachers are provided with a low-cost mobile phone, pre-loaded with resources.
The Macmillan Education Award for Innovative Writing
CLIL-Biology Towards IGCSE: Content and Language Integrated Learning towards International Science standards – Y.L. Teresa Ting
Can EFL-teachers deal with science-content at upper-secondary? What if science-teachers master “only” elementary-level English?” CLIL-Biology Towards IGCSE is a product that answers these challenges in a pragmatic way.
The Lifetime Achievement Award
Described at the ceremony as ‘having total commitment to the school, its teachers and students’. Brita and her husband John started International House.
The 2013 ELTons award ceremony was held on 22nd May in central London.
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2013 Nominees
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The ELTons 2013 shortlists have been announced! Below are the nominees, selected by a panel of expert judges using the Delphi technique, who are in the running to win a prestigious ELTon award at the ceremony on 22 May 2013 in London. Here are the 2013 nominees in full: Excellence in Course InnovationBrainwave - Macmillan Education Hooray! Let’s play! - Helbling Languages Life - National Geographic Learning Progressive Skills in English - Garnet Education Smart English A2 - Brookemead ELT Super Minds, Starter to Level 4 - Cambridge University Press Innovation in Learner ResourcesA Handbook of Spoken Grammar – Strategies for speaking natural English - Delta Publishing Ltd Baby Beetles English/Russian Edition - Yellow House English Ltd DVD Readers - Mary Glasgow Scholastic English Grammar in Use Online - Cambridge University Press Owl Hall - Macmillan Education Oxford Wordpower Dictionary, 4th edition, with Oxford iWriter on CD-ROM - Oxford University Press Innovation in Teacher ResourcesClassroom Management Techniques - Cambridge University Press #eltpics - #eltpics ELT Teacher 2 Writer - ELT Teacher 2 Writer Film English - Kieran Donaghy Get on Stage! - Helbling Languages Teaching Spelling to English Language Learners - Johanna Stirling Digital InnovationApps by Kids - Terakki Foundation Schools Cool Speech: Hot Listening, Cool Pronunciation - Speech in Action/Firsty Group Happy Rhymes 1 - Express Publishing Spywalk: A Pervasive Game for Language Learners - Paul John Driver Teacher EDU - 4n Media Group The Round - The Round Local InnovationAdvanced English Lessons for Non-native English Teachers - Stowarzyszenie Nauczycieli Języka Angielskiego w Polsce IATEFL Poland BBC Janala Amar Engreji Course (My English Course) - BBC Media Action Discuss with Us - Meltem Akbulut Yıldırmış, Aslı Abak Şen English for tour guide: Destinations in NhaTrang city - Vo Tu Phuong (ed), Vo Van Dung, Hoang Minh Tuan English in Action: Teaching and Learning Programme - English in Action TIC en el AULA - Rita Zeinstejer and Jennifer Verschoor The Macmillan Education Award for Innovative WritingAcademic speaking that works - Christina Gkonou, Cynthia Rocha CLIL-Biology Towards IGCSE: Content and Language Integrated Learning towards International Science standards - Y.L. Teresa Ting E-Syllabus For Spoken English Promoters - Prof .Mangayarkarasi More English More Fun - Mahmoud Ashry Mohammad The Ever Realms - Daniel Brown The linguistic genius of babies: what does it mean for grown-ups? - Katie Harris |
Sponsors
The sponsorsCambridge ESOLCambridge ESOL is pleased to sponsor the ELTons, which aim to identify and reward innovative ELT products, services and research in English language teaching around the world and in the UK. Macmillan EducationMacmillan Education embraces innovation through its award-winning publishing and its approach to delivering high-quality products in various media and to new niche markets. We're delighted to sponsor the British Council’s new Award for Innovative Writing to help give new authors a chance to make their first step into a writing career with the help of an internationally recognised publisher. |
Previous ELTons
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2012The 2012 ELTons Award ceremony was held on 23rd May at BMA House in central London. Scott Thornbury presented the awards. For the first time, UK and international ELT professionals competed alongside each other in the same categories – in recognition of the increased mobility and globalisation in the sector. |
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2011The 2011 awards ceremony took place on 23rd February in central London. Jeremy Harmer was the guest presenter for the evening. Sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, awards were given in four categories; The UK Award for Innovation, The Cambridge ESOL International Award for Innovation, The Macmillan Education Award for Innovative Writing and, new for 2011, The Lifetime Achievement Award for English Language Teaching. |
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2010The ceremony, sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, took place on 3 March in London, marking the eighth year of the prestigious awards. Ken Wilson was the guest presenter. |
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2009The ELTons 2009 awards ceremony, sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, took place on 4 March in London, marking the seventh year of the prestigious awards. The winners in the UK and International categories were nominated by an expert panel of judges. Lord Neil Kinnock, Chairman of the British Council at that time, presented the awards. |
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2008The ELTons 2008 awards ceremony took place at the Delfina studios near London Bridge on 7th March. The guest presenter for the evening was the world-famous linguist, David Crystal. |
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About the ELTons
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The ELTons, sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, are the only international awards that recognise and celebrate innovation in English language teaching (ELT). They reward educational resources that help English language learners and teachers to achieve their goals. Applications are submitted online by the end of November and they are judged by an independent panel of ELT experts, using the Delphi Technique. The nominees are announced in March and the winners are announced at the awards ceremony in central London in May. |
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