TEACHING RESOURCE BOOKS
GENERAL ACTIVITIESFive-Minute Activities: A Resource Book of Short Activities
Penny Ur and Andrew Wright (1992, Cambridge) Quick ideas for warmups or for rounding out a lesson The Standby Book: Activities for the Language Classroom Seth Lindstromberg, editor (1997, Cambridge) An anthology of ideas contributed by 33 teachers Communicative Ideas: An Approach with Classroom Activities David Norman, Ulf Levihn, Jan Anders Hedenquist (1991, Heinle) Organized by skill categories Classroom Dynamics Jill Hadfield (1992, Oxford) A slightly different type of activity book: these activities are designed to foster group dynamics in the classroom VOCABULARYVocabulary Activities
Penny Ur (2012, Cambridge) Teaching Vocabulary: Strategies and Techniques I. S. P. Nation (2008, Heinle) Word Knowledge Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman (2008, Oxford) Essentials of Teaching Academic Vocabulary: English for Academic Success Averil Coxhead (2005, Cengage) New Ways in Teaching Vocabulary Paul Nation, editor (1994, TESOL) METHODOLOGYTeachers Exploring Tasks in English Language Teaching
Corony Edwards and Jane Willis (2005, Palgrave Macmillan) An inspiring and informative collection of task-based learning ideas contributed by teachers Classroom Observation Tasks: A Resource Book for Language Teachers and Trainers Ruth Wajnryb (1992, Cambridge) Tasks designed for teachers and trainees to observe, analyze, and reflect on classroom teaching Practical English Language Teaching David Nunan, editor (2003, McGraw-Hill) |
GRAMMARGrammar Practice Activities: A Practical Guide for Teachers
Penny Ur (2012, Cambridge) Doing Grammar (5th ed.) Max Morenberg (2013, Oxford) The author explains sentence structure in an engaging way with useful model sentences for practice and sentence diagramming Understanding and Using English Grammar: Chartbook (4th ed.) Betty S. Azar and Stacy A. Hagen (2010, Pearson) A quick reference book containing the grammar charts from Azar’s Understanding and Using English Grammar textbook New Ways in Teaching Grammar Martha C. Pennington, editor (1995, TESOL) A compilation of activities contributed by teachers and organized by parts of speech Practical English Usage (3rd ed.) Michael Swan (2005, Oxford) A grammar reference READINGA Short Course in Teaching Reading: Practical Techniques for Building Reading Power (2nd ed.)
by Beatrice S. Mikulecky (2011, Pearson) A very helpful introduction to teaching an ESL reading class WRITINGTreatment of Error in Second Language Student Writing (2nd ed.)
Dana R. Ferris (2011, University of Michigan Press) Useful guidance on which errors to treat with examples for error coding and error logs Response to Student Writing: Implications for Second Language Students Dana R. Ferris (2003, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates) A literature review and advice on teacher training and suggestions for error categories and peer response Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics Eric H. Roth and Toni Aberson (2007, BookSurge) Useful reference for quick write topics CULTURETips for Teaching Culture: Practical Approaches to Intercultural Communication
Ann C. Wintergerst and Joe McVeigh (2011, Pearson) |