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ELTons 2012 nominees
This year there are five exciting new categories:
- Excellence in course innovation
- Innovation in learner resources
- Innovation in teacher resources
- Digital innovation
- Local innovation
as well as The Macmillan Education Award for Innovative Writing.
There will be one winner in each category and they will receive a £1,000 cash prize along with the much sought-after ELTon statuette. All the winners will be announced at the ceremony at The British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square on 23 May 2012. Scott Thornbury will be this year's guest presenter.
The winner of The British Council Lifetime Achievement Award will also be announced at the ELTons ceremony. This award recognises an ELT professional who has made a substantial contribution to the ELT profession throughout their career.
Here are the ELTons 2012 nominees:
Excellence in Course Innovation
Bell Blended Learning for ELT (website) - Bell
Career Paths Beauty Salon (book) - Express Publishing
English Unlimited (full course) - Cambridge University Press
Gateway (course) - Macmillan Education, Macmillan Publishers Ltd
Playtime (full course) - Oxford University Press
Speakout (course) - Pearson ELT
Writing for Business (website) - Reallyenglish
Innovation in Learner Resources
Collins English for Business: Listening (book) - HarperCollins Publishers UK
FOR REAL Intermediate (course) - Helbling Languages
Interactive (whole course) - Cambridge University Press
Our Discovery Island (CD-ROM, online game and book) - Pearson Education ELT
Sounds: The Pronunciation App (iPad app) - Macmillan Education
Truth or Dare for English Language Learners (game) - Brian Grover (Speekeezy Publication Workshop)
Innovation in Teacher Resources
#ELTchat (website) - #ELTchat
Digital Play (book) - Delta Publishing
How to help your class learn English (book) - Yellow House Ltd
Instant Academic Skills (CD and book) - Cambridge University Press
Learning Teaching 3rd Edition (DVD and book) - Macmillan Education
Teaching Young Learners to Think (book) - Helbling Languages
www.tuneintoenglish.com (website) - Tune Into English
Digital Innovation
Bubble and Pebble (website) - Terakki Foundation Schools
Efekta Classroom App (iPad app) - EF Education First Ltd
ExamSpeak (website) - RendezVu
Gobby (iPad app) - Stealth Education
Phonetics Focus HD (iPad app) - Cambridge English Online Ltd
WORDREADY Academic English (web cloud) - L2
Local Innovation
AGO (website and card game) - Leon Butchers
Creative Technology: online workshops for English Teachers (online workshops) - Creative Technology
Island Voices Videos (website) - Cothrom Ltd
Markoni’s Fancy-Dress Balls ( fancy dress balls) - The Markoni’s Language Centre
Stars (CD-ROM, books) - Oxford University Press
The Colour of Words (book, cd) - Colour Trick S.l.
The Macmillan Education Award for Innovative Writing
Dictionary of Vowels and their Sounds (website) - Bob Knowles
Micro-Phonics’ ESOL Pronunciation Coach (speech therapy) - Barry Hochfield and Colin Hamilton
Sensing Humour ‘in English’ (book) - Kate Khoury, Sarah Raybould and Louise Salim
The Tily-Wilma stories-learning English the alternative way (book) - Fiona Alexander Hamilton
Award categories for the 2012 ELTons
This year Innovative ELT products and services could be entered for one of the following awards:
The award for excellence in course innovation
Complete courses in any, or a variety of, media – books, websites, CD Roms, audio, teachers’ book.
The award for innovation in learner resources
Any product or service aimed at learners.
The award for innovation in teacher resources
Any product or service aimed at teachers, including training, education or development.
The award for digital innovation
A digital product or service that enhances learning through the innovative use of technology.
The award for local innovation
Learner or teacher solutions developed at a local, national or regional level to meet a specific local need and within a specific local context.
The Macmillan Education Award for Innovative Writing
Sponsored by Macmillan Education, this award is open to aspiring ELT authors who have not yet published any of their work. The winner receives £1,000 and the opportunity to publish their work.
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