Liberating the Minds and Actions of English Language Teachers

Abstract

In 2021, The English Teacher, one of the two journals published by the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA), commemorates its 50th year of publication, making it the oldest continuously published journal in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) in Malaysia. The English Teacher promotes research and reflections on English language teaching and learning practices, and policies at all levels of education. This aim continues to underlie the spirit of the journal and echoes the words of the late Tun Hamdan Sheikh Tahir upon launching The English Teacher in 1971:

“All information gained, whether by researchers or classroom teachers should be pooled and disseminated as widely as possible so that all involved in the teaching of this subject will benefit. Hence the birth of The English Teacher is most opportune.” (cited by Nair, 2016, p. 62)