This book (freely downloadable by clicking on the link below) provides an overview of the Decentring ELT initiative to date. It shows how decentring has been characterized, offers case studies from English language teacher associations in Africa, Latin America and Africa and raises questions for further reflection. The book can be used by teacher groups and in teacher education as a basis for critical discussion.
Download Decentring ELT: Practices and Possibilities here
Contents
Watch an interview with the book's editors for
The Teacher Trainer
(Journal) here
On 18 April 2023, Hornby scholars studying at the University of Warwick gave this talk at the IATEFL conference in Harrogate You can watch a video-recording of their very well-received presentation by clicking on the link below. Their PowerPoint slides (as pdf) are here.
Watch a video-recording of the presentation
here.
The Hornby Trust marked its 60th anniversary with the first online conference, on decentring ELT (December 2021), organized in association with AINET Association of English Teachers and the Centre for English Language Teacher Education, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Delhi. The conference aimed to:
Downloadable here are:
A 2-page summary of the conference, with links to video-recordings of presentations and discussions
The full conference programme, with information about presentations and speakers
This was followed by a second Decentring ELT conference (March 2023) to enable us to continue to:
Published in the January 2022 issue of ELT Journal, this is an 'Editor's Choice' article and free to view by anyone.
The article aims to explore the notion of ‘decentring’ in ELT by means of a provisional characterization and by presenting examples of activities carried out by ELT teacher associations in Africa, Latin America, and South Asia which involve: localization/devolution; encouragement of success-sharing; support for teacher research; investigation of members’ needs and/or capabilities; and/or attempts to bring about wider change. On the basis of feedback received so far on the authors' provisional characterization of decentring, they highlight some ways in which this notion, and outside support for it, may need to be not only extended but also problematized and critiqued.