Recommended Reading
As with all forms of study, background reading can be of immense importance, giving depth and significance to otherwise isolated ideas and areas.
We strongly recommend that you take advantage of the excellent range of materials now available in your local bookshop or library, which are not only full of useful and inspirational ideas, but will have a positive influence on your classroom teaching and awareness.
It is worth noting that you can also buy any of these books from Amazon by clicking on the book image. Please let us know if a link is out of date or broken.
 Keep Talking by Friederike Klippel Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
A must for everybody.
This is a practical guide to communication activities in the language classroom, suitable for use with students from elementary to advanced level. Part I contains instructions for over 100 different exercises, including interviews, guessing games, jigsaw tasks, problem solving, values clarification techniques, mime, role play and story telling. For each activity, notes are also provided on the linguistic and educational aims, the level, organisation, time and preparation required. Part II contains the accompanying worksheets, which can be copied, making many of the activities instantly available for use in class. A comprehensive table of activities and an index are included for ease of reference. "This is a worthy addition to the Cambridge Handbook series and should be on the shelf of every resource room" EFL Gazette. |
 The "Grammarway" series. 1, 2, 3 and 4. by Jenny Dooley and Virginia Evans Publisher : Express Publishing. |
An excellent four-level grammar series in full colour designed for learners from complete beginner to upper intermediate, revising all grammar structures in a user friendly and systematic way The series can be used to supplement any main course and is another must for student and teacher alike. |
Other resources worthy of mention include:
 Planning Lessons and Courses by Tessa Woodward Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
 Lessons from Nothing: Activities for Language Teaching with Limited Time and Resources by Bruce Marsland, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
 Discussions that Work Task-centred Fluency Practice by Penny Ur Publisher: Cambridge University Press |
 Games for Language Learning by Andrew Wright, David Betteridge, Michael Buckby Publisher: Cambridge University Press. |
 Penguin English Photocopiable Pair Work 1, 2, and 3 by Deidre Howard-Williams, Peter Watcyn-Jones Publisher: Longman |
Another excellent series designed for elementary, intermediate, upper intermediate and advanced students. |
 Sound Foundations by Adrian Underhill Publisher: Macmillan ELT |
An outstanding, "hands on" book on phonology. Section 1 shows the reader how sounds are physically made and section 2 shows how to teach students these sounds. |
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There are of course hundreds of very good books on the market, and a search through Amazon will introduce you to a breathtaking array of the resources available.
