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| Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press | |
|---|---|
| Name | Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press |
| Native name | 北京外语教学与研究出版社 |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Country | China |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
| Publications | Books, journals, digital resources |
| Topics | Language learning, linguistics, pedagogy |
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press is a Beijing-based publishing house specializing in language instruction, applied linguistics, and pedagogical materials for learners and teachers of foreign languages. Founded in 1986, the press has produced textbooks, reference works, multimedia resources, and research journals that connect Chinese institutions, international partners, and global language communities. Its catalog and collaborations span primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors and engage with universities, ministries, cultural institutes, and scholarly associations.
The press was established in 1986 amid reforms linked to Deng Xiaoping's policy shifts and the opening associated with the Reform and Opening-up era, aligning with initiatives from the Ministry of Education (People's Republic of China) and academic directives at Peking University, Tsinghua University, and the Beijing Foreign Studies University. Early projects involved cooperation with foreign publishers such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Pearson Education, and with cultural organizations including the British Council, the Alliance Française, and the Goethe-Institut. Landmark collaborations drew on research from scholars at the University of Oxford, Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia University, and the Australian National University, while international trainers from the Peace Corps, TESOL International Association, and the International Association of Applied Linguistics contributed to curriculum design. During the 1990s and 2000s, partnerships with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Confucius Institute network expanded distribution to institutions like the University of Cambridge, University of Chicago, University of Toronto, McGill University, and the National University of Singapore.
The press states goals influenced by inputs from bodies such as the China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Corporation, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (People's Republic of China). Its remit encompasses materials for learners of English language, Japanese language, Russian language, German language, French language, Spanish language, Arabic language, Korean language, Italian language, and Portuguese language, while liaising with academic centers including the Beijing Language and Culture University, the Shanghai International Studies University, the Nanjing University, the Fudan University, and the Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University. The press aims to support teacher-training programs associated with institutes like the National Institute of Education (Singapore), the Institute of Education, University College London, the University of Melbourne, and the University of Edinburgh.
Major textbooks and series have been co-developed with editorial boards drawing on scholarship from journals such as TESOL Quarterly, Applied Linguistics (journal), Language Learning, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, and Modern Language Journal. Series include coursebooks comparable in approach to materials used by British Council programs, immersion curricula modeled on designs from the United Nations language services, and reference grammars reflecting frameworks from Noam Chomsky-inspired generative linguistics and Michael Halliday's systemic functional linguistics. The press publishes dictionaries, phrasebooks, graded readers, and bilingual editions that complement works by Cambridge Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary, Le Robert, Diccionario de la lengua española, and resources from Merriam-Webster. It also distributes academic monographs and edited volumes featuring contributors from Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, Princeton University, Duke University, and University of California, Berkeley.
Governance has links to provincial and national education authorities, with oversight reflecting connections to entities such as the State Council (People's Republic of China) and advisory input from the Chinese Ministry of Education. Editorial committees include specialists affiliated with Beijing Normal University, Sichuan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Renmin University of China, Zhejiang University, and international experts affiliated with institutes like the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, and the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales. Production and rights management coordinate with the China International Publishing Group, the China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Corporation, and distribution partners such as Amazon (company), Barnes & Noble, and major university presses.
The press has formal and informal ties with cultural diplomacy organizations including the Confucius Institute, the British Council, the Goethe-Institut, the Institut Français, and the Instituto Cervantes. Academic exchange programs have linked it to faculties at the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Michigan, Indiana University Bloomington, Pennsylvania State University, Michigan State University, and the University of Glasgow. Collaborative research projects have been conducted with the European Commission's language initiatives, the Asia-Europe Meeting network, the World Bank education projects, and UNESCO-led literacy campaigns.
The press has developed platforms and apps inspired by trends set by Duolingo, Rosetta Stone, BBC Learning English, VOA Learning English, and MOOC providers like Coursera, edX, and FutureLearn. It has produced multimedia CD-ROMs, streaming video series, interactive e-books, and Learning Management System integrations compatible with platforms used at Open University (United Kingdom), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of London. Initiatives include digital corpora projects echoing models from the British National Corpus, the Corpus of Contemporary American English, and partnerships for online testing analogous to IELTS, TOEFL, and TestDaF frameworks.
Scholarly reception spans citations in journals such as Language Teaching Research, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Journal of Pragmatics, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, and Foreign Language Annals, and reviews in periodicals associated with Times Higher Education and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Educational ministries and provincial departments, as well as institutions like the Ministry of Education (Singapore), Hong Kong Education Bureau, and the Taiwan Ministry of Education, have used its materials. Alumni and educators trained with its resources include faculty at Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, National Taiwan University, Seoul National University, University of Tokyo, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and many other international centers, contributing to its reputation across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Category:Publishing companies of China Category:Language education