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Michael West in India: a centenary salute
The late Dr Michael Philip West taught English in India in the early years of this century. He stayed close to the ordinary English classroom and from it learnt much that was new. But he suffered neglect because he stood away from and opposed to the dominant beliefs and practices of his day. In this centenary year of his birth, this article attempts to explore parts of what he left to English language teaching and to the bilingual education that he propounded. Special attention is paid to those aspects of ELT in India to which West made noteworthy additions.