Ever Since the Linguaphone Institute was founded in 1901, close links, with the academic world have been maintained. Jacques Roston, the founder and pioneer of self-study language course, was himself advised by distinguished scholars in the field of language learning. Of all such advisors, the best known was Daniel Jones, probably the best known phonetician in this century and author of the definitive 'English Pronouncing Dictionary'. In 1967, Linguaphone's relationship with the academic world was formalised with the appointment of an Academic Advisory Committee(AAC). The Committee has been enlarged over the years to deal with the continuing demands placed on it so that Linguaphone courses continue to maintain their high quality. It now consists of eight representatives from different specialist fields of language including linguistics, phonetics, language assessment and examination, lexicography and the cultural background to language. The AAC is chaired by Professor the Lord Quirk, Dlitt, FBA. Each of the eight members of the Committee is acknowledged as an eminent practitioner in his or her field with an impressive and distinguished record of specialist achievement.