The David Riley Award for Innovation in Business English and ESP 2008

David Riley was a teacher, writer and publisher of Business and ELT materials. He was renowned in the ELT world for his creation of materials for a range of publishers, big and small. You might not have met David in person but it is very likely that you will have used some of his excellent materials. Respected for his true understanding of the ELT classroom, and the motivation he inspired in his students, he used this experience to create truly innovative publishing projects.

David passed away last year leaving a big gap in the ELT world. To remember him and his rare talent, BESIG and Macmillan are honoured to launch a new industry award - ‘The David Riley Award for Innovation in Business English and ESP’.

2008 is the inaugural year of the David Riley Award whose purpose is to recognise new talent and creativity in the field of Business and ESP publishing. The award is open to the whole ELT industry. It will run annually, and accept submissions in any medium, print or digital, to the BESIG committee by August 31st of each year. The submissions will be judged by the BESIG committee and announced at the BESIG conference.

David Riley would have been very proud to be associated with an award that singles out true innovation in an area that he loved very much.

For award criteria please click here; a flyer is available here. The submission deadline is 31 August 2008.

For further information and to submit entries please contact davidrileyaward at besig dot org .

 

 

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