Scott Thornbury

Scott Thornbury (born 1950, New Zealand) is an internationally recognized academic and teacher trainer in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). Along with Luke Meddings, Thornbury is credited with developing the Dogme language teaching approach, which emphasizes meaningful interaction and emergent language over prepared materials and following an explicit syllabus. Thornbury has written over a dozen books on ELT methodology.[1][2][3] Two of these, 'Natural Grammar' and 'Teaching Unplugged', have won the British Council's "ELTon" Award for Innovation,[4] the top award in the industry (in 2004 and 2010, respectively).

Thornbury is also the series editor for the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers,[5] and the author of many academic papers on language teaching. His 'A-Z of ELT' blog[6] is one of the most influential and well-visited blogs in the field of ELT. His approximately 15 textbooks for beginning and intermediate learners have been published by major academic presses, including both Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, although his recent stance regarding 'Teaching Unplugged'--also the title of one of his methodology books—is often described as being strongly anti-textbook.

Currently, Thornbury is Associate Professor of English Language Studies at the New School in New York, and Academic Director at the International Teacher Development Institute (iTDi).[7]

Publications

Academic books

Academic articles

School textbooks

He has also published many school textbooks (add their associated workbooks and teachers' guides), mostly for Pearson Longman.

References

  1. http://eltcatalogue.pearson.com/Product.asp?CallingPage=Catalogue&ISBN=9780582339323&SearchTerm
  2. http://www.macmillanenglish.com/Course.aspx?id=28688
  3. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/catalogue/subject/project/pricing/isbn/item1169783/?site_locale=en_GB
  4. http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-innovation-awards-2004.htm
  5. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/catalogue/subject/item382380/?site_locale=en_GB
  6. http://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/ A-Z of ELT
  7. http://itdi.pro International Teacher Development Institute
  8. Grammar (Book, 2006) [WorldCat.org]
  9. Conversation : from description to pedagogy (Book, 2006) [WorldCat.org]
  10. Natural grammar : [the keywords of English and how they work] (Book, 2004) [WorldCat.org]
  11. [WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/660581320&referer=brief_results]
  12. How to teach grammar (Book, 1999) [WorldCat.org]
  13. About language : tasks for teachers of English (Book, 1997) [WorldCat.org]
  14. Thornbury, Scott (February–March 2000). "A Dogma for EFL" (153). IATEFL Issues: 2. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

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