Russell Stannard

Russell wins 4th Major Award

In just 3 years, Russell Stannard has picked up 4 major awards for his website www.teachertrainingvideos.com. The latest award is the British Council ELTons award in recognition of Russell's work in the field of English Language Teaching and Technology. Watch the video below and see Russell collecting the award from Ken Wilson.

ELTons 2010 Awards Ceremony Video from Sheraz Alvi on Vimeo

About Russell

Russell Stannard is a principal teaching fellow at the University of Warwick. He works in the Centre for Applied Linguistics. Contact the Centre for Applied Linguistics and inquire about the MA/Post-graduate coures as well as the short courses that Russell works on.

Russell is a specialist in the use of media and technology in ELT and he has won several big awards for his website www.teachertrainingvideos.com

In 2008 he was award the University of Westminster "Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award."
In 2008 he also won the highly prestigous Times Higher "Outstanding Initiative in ICT Award" beating Oxford University in the process.
In 2009 he won TEFLnet "Website of the year"
In 2010 he won the British Council "ELTons award for Innovation"

He has a regular column in the English Teaching Professional called Webwatcher where he writes about technology and language teaching. He also writes regular articles in the Modern English Teacher and the TESOL Spain Quartely. He has 20 years experience in teaching ELT and was the Director of Studies of International House in Seville for 9 years. He has worked on many books and publications including Wavelength, Inside Out, Headway, Hello English and New Standard English. He has also worked on many CD ROMs and Websites for English Language Teaching.

Russell is also known for his work in feedback, which has led to widespread national and international coverage. His has taken his idea all over the world including France, Spain, Italy, China, Japan and Germany. His work has been covered in several national newspapers and even led to an appearance on the news on the TV channel France 2. You can read and find out more about his work on feedback.