English for International Communication. He was a writer of EFL course materials from the 1960s onwards. Alexander consistently supported the cause of the relatively untrained non-native speaking teacher of English. Louis Alexander died of leukemia on 17 June 2002 in Chambéry, Savoie, France. Legacy Tim Rix, former chairman of the Longman Group, praised Alexander as having "particular abilities and knowledge", combined with a "use of linguistics", which "meshed perfectly well with the requirements of ELT [English language teaching]" in his time. Alexander had an immense influence on English language teaching in China. In recognition of this, a statue was raised in his honour in the grounds of the "Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press..., one of China’s largest schoolbook publishers". The statue bears the following inscription: "...the man who cracked the linguistic code of the English language and made it learnable for millions of students worldwide through New Concept English and many other course books". Personal life Louis Alexander married Athina Voyatsis in Athens in 1956. They had had a daughter, Marianna (born 1961) and a son George (born 1963). Athina died in 1979. Louis married Julia née Mendus in 1980. Bibliography His publications include: Books Sixty Steps to Precis (1962) Poetry and Prose Appreciation (1963) A First Book in Comprehension (1964) Essays and Letter Writing (1965) A First Book in Comprehension (1965) New Concept English (1967) For and Against (1968) Look, Listen and Learn! (1968–71) Operation Mastermind (1971) Target (1972–74) Mainline (1973–81) Follow Me (1979–80) Excel (for Egyptian Secondary Schools, 1985) Plain English (1987–88) Longman English Grammar (1988) Longman English Grammar Practice (1990) Step by Step 1-3 (1991) Longman Advanced Grammar (1993) Right Word, Wrong Word (1994) K's First Case Good Morning, Mexico Dangerous Game (2000)Note: Many other books by Alexander are listed in his For and Against (1968). Articles "Fads and fashions in English language teaching", English Today, 21: 35-56, 1990. References Further reading Barry Tomalin, "Seeking the philosopher's stone" (interview transcript), English Today, 7: 17-18, 1986. Tom McArthur, "Louis Alexander: We looked, listened and learned", English Today, 72: 3-7, 2002. P.-Y. Li, W. Ethridge, X. Yang, and Julia Alexander, "L.G. Alexander: a statue in Beijing", English Today'', 78: 20-25, 2004. External links Louis Alexander on the history of English language teaching in the 20th century (audio recording in ELT Archive, University of Warwick) 1932 births 2002 deaths Schoolteachers from London Greek schoolteachers Writing teachers Alumni of the