ETV Programmes for English Language Learning and Teaching

Abstract

How can ETV programmes help English teaching and learning? This was the question we asked ourselves and our panels of TEFL/TESL people at the start of planning the pilot programmes early in 1973. We took a long hard look at the English syllabus for primary schools and accompanying teachers’ handbooks, pupils’ textbooks and teachers’ schemes of work; we considered the content of TESL in-service courses, and the audio-visual aids teachers were recommended to use. What could we do to support and complement the programme in schools?