This volume brings together, for the first time, N. S. Prabhu’s thoughts and ideas on language pedagogy as they have evolved over the decades. It captures different stages in an intellectual journey, from making a quiet entry into the world of ELT through an article published in a daily newspaper in 1966 to becoming one of the best-known practitioners and radical thinkers in the field. Geetha Durairajan has edited this collection taking care to draw attention to those arguments which are specially relevant to the ELT debate.
The twenty-nine articles of this volume encapsulate a lifetime of contemplation and articulation on language pedagogy. Spanning more than half a century, the author's articles offer theoretical discussion, and analysis of existing situations, assumptions and practices, often leading to radical proposals for change, in successively more convergent and persuasive stages.;