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John Haycraft

John & Brita Haycraft

John Haycraft (1926 - 1996) was passionate about language and language teaching. He was also a visionary, a man of great charisma who could enthuse others to take on new challenges.

Through his work in IH he created a new profession, English Language Teaching, bringing professionalism and intensive yet innovative teacher training to the teaching of English worldwide.

His work and its impact is well-described in the obituaries that appeared after his death in 1996:

John Haycraft's books

John Haycraft's other great passion was writing, and he found time to write a number of books - not all connected with ELT - throughout his career.

All are now out of print but some are available below as PDF downloads.

Babel in Spain - 1958
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Babel in London - 1965
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Autobiography of a Language Traveller - 1998
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Other books by John Haycraft:
Getting On In English
George and Elvira
Choosing Your English
Action
Introduction To English Language Teaching
Think, Then Speak
Italian Labyrinth
In Search Of The French Revolution

Brita Haycraft's books

One of Brita's special interests has always been phonology and pronunciation. Her innovative ideas for teaching 'pron' have been incorporated into these books:

Teaching Pronunciation

English Aloud