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Applied Linguistics & Methodology

Resource Books for Language Teachers

Cambridge Grammar of English

Cambridge Grammar of English

Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy

A major reference grammar offering the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of spoken and written English based on real everyday usage.

Developing Grammar in Context

Developing Grammar in Context

Mark Nettle and Diana Hopkins

This book offers a learner-centred approach to grammar study for intermediate level students.

Discourse and Context in Language Teaching: A Guide for Language Teachers

Discourse and Context in Language Teaching: A Guide for Language Teachers

Marianne Celce-Murcia and Elite Olshtain

Discourse and Context in Language Teaching: A Guide for Language Teachers is part of the Cambridge Handbooks for Language for Language Teachers series.

English Phonetics and Phonology

English Phonetics and Phonology 4th Edition

Peter Roach

This is a complete basic course in English phonetics and phonology.

Exploring Spoken English

Exploring Spoken English

Ronald Carter and Michael McCarthy

A practical, insightful exploration of natural spoken English based on 20 varied authentic extracts.

From Corpus to Classroom

From Corpus to Classroom

Anne O'Keeffe, Michael McCarthy and Ronald Carter

This book summarises and makes accessible recent work in corpus research, focusing on spoken data and on the place of lexis in grammar and discourse.

Grammar Games

Grammar Games

Mario Rinvolucri

Cognitive, affective and drama activities for EFL students

Issues in Applied Linguistics

Issues in Applied Linguistics

Michael McCarthy

This book provides a wide-ranging treatment of the major issues in applied linguistics.

Learning to Learn English

Learning to Learn English

Gail Ellis and Barbara Sinclair

A course in learner training which enables students to become more effective learners and take on greater responsibility for their own learning.

Management in English Language Teaching

Management in English Language Teaching

Ron White, Mervyn Martin, Mike Stimson and Robert Hodge

This book provides a comprehensive and practical introduction for teachers who are making the transition into management.

Methodology in Language Teaching

Methodology in Language Teaching

Jack C. Richards and Willy A. Renandya

This collection provides an overview of current approaches, issues, and practices in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages.

Performance and Competence in Second Language Acquisition

Performance and Competence in Second Language Acquisition

Edited by Gillian Brown, Kirsten Malmkjaer and John Williams

This volume explores the competence/performance distinction with reference to second language acquisition.

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Practice Teaching

Jack Richards and Thomas Farrell

Written for language teachers in training, this book surveys issues and procedures in conducting practice teaching.

Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics

Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics

Michael McCarthy

This book argues for putting spoken language at the centre of the syllabus.

Teaching Pronunciation

Teaching Pronunciation 2nd Edition

Marianne Celce-Murcia, Donna Brinton and Janet Goodwin, with Barry Griner

The second edition includes updates and insights on current research and pedagogical practice that have developed over the last decade.

Teaching Pronunciation

Teaching Pronunciation

Marianne Celce-Murcia, Donna Brinton and Janet Goodwin

This thorough book, drawing on theory and practice, offers a comprehensive treatment of pronunciation pedagogy.

The Bilingual Family

The Bilingual Family 2nd Edition

Edith Harding-Esch and Philip Riley

An up-to-date, accessible guide for parents of bilingual children.

The Cambridge Guide to Pedagogy and Practice in Second Language Teaching

The Cambridge Guide to Pedagogy and Practice in Second Language Teaching

Edited by Anne Burns and Jack C. Richards

This collection provides a state-of-the-art survey of key issues and approaches in contemporary second language teaching.

The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment

The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Assessment

Christine Coombe, Stephen Stoynoff, Barry O'Sullivan and Peter Davidson

This collection of original articles provides language teachers with a theoretical background of key issues associated with language testing.

The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Edited by Ron Carter and David Nunan

This book, written by leading practitioners, brings together a comprehensive overview of TESOL.

The Teacher's Grammar of English

The Teacher's Grammar of English

Ron Cowan

The Teacher's Grammar of English is a comprehensive resource text designed to help ESL/EFL teachers understand and teach American English grammar.

World Englishes

World Englishes

Andy Kirkpatrick

This book (with accompanying CD) describes selected varieties of World Englishes within the framework of ELT and validates the role of multilingual and multicultural ELT teachers.

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