ELTon Award

The **ELTon Award** is given by the British Council for English language teaching innovation.

## 2003 winners

- Tim Kelly and Hilary Nesi — University of Warwick
- Fiona Joseph and Peter Travis — Flo-Joe

## 2004 winners

- Richard Cauldwell — speechinaction (CD-ROM)
- Macmillan Education Dictionaries Team — Macmillan Education, range of products (book, CD-ROM and online editions)
- Scott Thornbury, Oxford University Press — _Natural Grammar_

## 2005 winners

- Vanessa Reilly, Oxford University Press — _Three in a tree_ (book and multimedia package)
- Simon Mellor-Clark and Yvonne Baker de Altamirano, Macmillan Education — Campaign 1 coursebooks
- Sophie Ioannou-Georgiou and Pavlos Pavlou, Oxford University Press — _Assessing Young Learners_

## 2006 winners

- Corony Edwards and Jane Willis, University of Birmingham and Aston University — _Teachers Exploring Tasks_
- Carol Read, Ana Soberon, Maria Toth and Elisenda Papiol, Macmillan Education — _Bugs_ (multimedia course)
- Stuart Rubenstein, Greta Grinfeld, Sally McCrae, Emma Fisher, Camden College of English— "English Language Cultural Experience"

## 2007 winners

- Alison Sharpe, Professor Ronald Carter and Professor Michael McCarthy, Cambridge University Press — _The Cambridge Grammar of English_ (CD-ROM and book)
- David Warr, Language Garden — _Language Gardening_ (CD-ROM)
- Nicky Hockly and Gavin Dudeney, The Consultants-E, _ICT in the Classroom_ (online course)

## 2010 winners

- Russell Stanard — www.teachertrainingvideos.com
- Mary Slattery, Catherine Kneafsey, Lucy Allen, Julia Bell — _Teaching with Bear: Using puppets in the language classroom with young learners_, Oxford University Press
- Scott Thornbury, Luke Meddings, Lindsay Clandfield, Mike Burghall — _Teaching Unplugged_, Delta Publishing
- James Thomas, Martina Pavlickova and Martina Sindelarova Skupenova — _Global Issues in the ELT Classroom_, Spolecnost pro Fair Trade
- Stuart Wiffin and Helen Gibbon — Award For Innovative Writing

## 2011 winners

- Neil Edgeller, Senjuti Masud, Sharif Sadique — _Rinku's World_, BBC Learning English
- Ben Glynne, Dan Humm Soriano, David Wilkins — _Communication Station_, United International College
- Rob Carter, Alice Castle, Abeer Hassan, Sean Keegan, Karim Kouchouk, Abigail Wincott — _BBCe!_, BBC Learning English
- Marcos Benevides, Adam Gray — _Fiction in Action: Whodunit_, ABAX ELT
- Simona Petrescu — Macmillan Education Award For Innovative Writing
- Brian Abbs and Ingrid Freebairn — Lifetime Achievement Award

## 2012 winners

- Kate Khoury, Sarah Raybould and Louise Salim — _Sensing Humour in English_
- Nik Peachey — _Bell Blended Learning for ELT_, Bell
- Macmillan Education— _Sounds: The Pronunciation App_, Macmillan Education
- Kyle Mawer, Graham Stanley  — _Digital Play: Computer games and language aims_, Delta Publishing
- L2 — _Wordready Academic English_, L2
- Colour Trick — _The Colour of Words_, Colour Trick S.l.
- Alan Maley — Lifetime Achievement Award

## 2013 winners

- _Mary Glasgow Scholastic_ — Mary Glasgow
- Y.L.Teresa Ting — _CLIL - Biology Towards IGCSE_
- Herbert Puchta and Günter Gerngross — _Hooray! Let’s play!_ Helbling Languages
- Kieran Donaghy — "Film English"
- Richard Cauldwell — _Cool Speech: Hot Listening, Cool Pronunciation_, Speech in Action/Firsty Group
- English in Action — _English in Action_, Bangladesh
- Brita Haycraft — Lifetime Achievement Award

## 2014 winners

- Excellence in Course Innovation - _Dyslexia for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (Dystefl)_ by Dystefl Project
- Innovation in Learner Resources - _Academic Skills Series_ by Collins
- Innovation in Teacher Resources - _The Disabled Access Friendly campaign_ by Katie Quartano and Paul Shaw
- Digital Innovation - _Doctors Speak Up: Communication and Language Skills for International Medical Graduates_ by R. Woodward-Kron, C. Bow, C. Fraser, J. Pill, E. Flynn
- Local Innovation - _P.A.L.S Scheme, (Promoting Acceptance of Language Students)_ - Country Cousins Ltd
- The Macmillan Education Award for New Talent in Writing -_Compass (Upper Intermediate)_ by Elizabeth (Lizzie) Pinard
- British Council The Lifetime Achievement Award - _Michael Swan_

## 2015 winners

- Excellence in Course Innovation - _Oxford Discover_ by Oxford University Press
- Innovation in Learner Resources - _Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Academic English_ by Oxford University Press, with Paragon Software GmbH (app)
- Innovation in Teacher Resources - "Life Skills" by Macmillan Education
- Digital Innovation - _Little Bridge_ by Little Bridge
- Local Innovation -_Talk English_ by Manchester Adult Education Service, Manchester City Council with The Department for Communities and Local Government (UK)
- The Macmillan Education Award for New Talent in Writing - _EAP Shakespeare_ Dr Chris Lima
- The British Council Lifetime Achievement Award -  _Henry Widdowson_

## 2016 winners

- Excellence in Course Innovation - _Keynote_ by National Geographic Learning with Cengage Learning
- Innovation in Learner Resources - _Literacy for Active Citizenship_ by Learning Unlimited LTD
- Innovation in Teacher Resources - _Digital Video – A Manual for Language Teachers_ by PeacheyPublications.com
- Digital Innovation - _Movies: Enjoy Language_ by Archimedes Inspiration, a.s.
- Local Innovation - _Teaching English in Africa_ by East African Educational Publishers Ltd.
- The Macmillan Education Award for New Talent in Writing - "Academic English for the 21st Century Learner" by Aylin Graves
- The British Council Lifetime Achievement Award - "Catherine Walter"

## Other websites

- Official site of the British Council
- British Council innovation awards