Christine Nuttall (1931 - 2020), OBE[1] was a British academic and teacher of English as a Foreign Language who worked for over 30 years globally, and had published a guide to Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language[2] which remains a key resource[3] for international teaching and learning a foreign language.[4][5][6][7]
Christine Nuttall | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christine Elizabeth Nuttall 1931 |
| Died | 21 May 2020 |
| Education | University of St. Andrews, University of Manchester |
| Occupation(s) | specialist in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and applied linguistics |
| Years active | 1950s to 1980s |
| Employer(s) | British Council, University of Edinburgh |
| Notable work | "Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language" |
| Honours | OBE |
Early life and education
editBorn Christine Elizabeth Nuttall in 1931 in Holcombe Brook, Bury, Manchester to Alfred Nuttall, a stockbroker, and Marjorie (née Broome), a teacher. She had a younger sister, Barbara. Her father died when she was five years old.[1]
Nuttall went to Bury Grammar School before going to St. Andrew's University graduating in English and philosophy in 1953, and then completed a Masters (M.A.) in linguistics at Manchester University.[1]
Career
editNuttall spent a year teaching English in Finland, then four years in Nigeria as a lecturer in English and studied the Hausa language.[8]
Starting in the 1960s she became an English Language teaching advisor and by 1994 was also a product development manager for the British Council.[9] Her postings were in Nigeria, Milan, Ghana, Iran and Malaysia as well as working in China and Namibia. Her work Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language was published in three editions and quoted by language teachers and linguistics specialists in different countries from 1982 up to at least 2017.[4][5][6][7][10]
She was awarded an OBE in 1982,[1] and joined the University of Edinburgh applied linguistics department in 1985, becoming the director of the MSc course before retiring in 1989. She moved to her home in Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria (which she had lent to friends to use during the years when she had travelled) and joined development committee the Cumbria Wildlife Trust.[1]
Nuttall died on 21 May 2020, aged 89.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Baines, Joanna (2020-05-31). "Christine Nuttall obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ Nuttall, Christine (1982). Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language. Heinemann. ISBN 9780435289737.
- ^ Hutchinson, Tom (1987). English for specific purposes : a learning-centred approach. Alan Waters. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-521-26732-3. OCLC 13456229.
- ^ a b English teacher education in Europe : new trends and developments. Pamela B. Faber. Frankfurt am Main: P. Lang. 1999. p. 135. ISBN 0-8204-4321-2. OCLC 41977215.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Techniques of teaching : from theory to practice. Susan Holden, British Council. Oxford [England]: Modern English Publications. 1986. p. 147. ISBN 0-906149-60-6. OCLC 14081070.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b Estudios de Lingüìstica Aplicada y Literatura - homenaje póstumo al profesor Juan Conesa Sánchez (in Spanish). Murcia: Universidad de Murcia. 1997. p. 182. ISBN 84-7684-829-3.
- ^ a b Bachiri, Houssienne (2017). The Need for Extensive Reading in the Production of English Academic Writing by Non-English Speakers. Germany: GRN Verlag. p. 19. ISBN 9783668569416.
- ^ Nuttall, Christine E. (1965). Phonological Interference of Hausa with English. Department of Languages, Ahmadu Bello University.
- ^ Council, British (1994). The British Council Annual Report and Accounts. The Council. p. 53.
- ^ Forum: A Journal for the Teacher of English Outside the United States - GREECE Reading Skills. 1-4. Vol. 28. United States Information Agency. 1990. p. 30.