Thornbury, S

About Language

1997 Cambridge University Press

Grammar (one of the following)

Author

Title

Edition

Carter, R., Hughes, R. & McCarthy,

M.

Cambridge Grammar of English

2006 Cambridge University

Press

Bygate, M., Tonkyn, A. & Williams, E.

Grammar and the Language

1994 Prentice Hall

(eds)

Teacher

International

Writing and Speaking

Author

Title

Thornbury, S.

Beyond the Sentence

Edition

2005 Macmillan

Terminology (one of the following)

Author

Title

Edition

Thornbury, S.

An A-Z of ELT

2002 Macmillan

Macmillan Richards, J. &

Schmidt, R

Longmans Dictionary of Language Teaching and

Applied Linguistics 4th Edition

2010 Longman

Teaching Approaches (one of the following)

Author

Title

Edition

Thornbury, S.

An A-Z of ELT

2002 Macmillan

Lightbown P. & Spada, N.

How Languages are Learned

2006 OUP

Alderson, J. C. 2005 The testing of reading; in Nuttall, C. 2005 Teaching Reading Skills in
a Foreign Language (3rd Edition) (2nd edition) Macmillan: Oxford [link to 3rd edition]
Brown, H. D. 2003 Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices Longman:
New York
Burgess, S. and Head, K. 2005 How to Teach for Exams Pearson Longman: Harlow
Graves, K. (ed.) 1996 Teachers as Course Developers Cambridge University Press:
Cambridge
Graves, K. 2000 Designing Language Courses: A Guide for Teachers Heinle & Heinle:
Boston
Gronlund, N. E. 1998 Assessment of Student Achievement , 6th edition Allyn & Bacon:
Boston [link to 8th edition]

Harmer, J. 2007 The Practice of English Language Teaching Pearson Longman: Harlow
[link to 5th edition]
Harris, M. and McCann, P. 1994 Assessment Macmillan: Oxford
Hedge, T. 2000 Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom Oxford University
Press: Oxford
Hughes, A. 2003 Testing for Language Teachers , 2nd edition Cambridge University Press:
Cambridge
IELTS.org, undated IELTS | Researchers Band descriptors, reporting and
interpretationhttp://www.ielts.org/researchers/score_processing_and_reporting.aspx,
accessed 20 January 2013
May, P. 1996 Exam Classes Oxford University Press: Oxford
Murphy, D. April 2000 Key concepts in ELT: Evaluation; in ELT Journal, Volume 54/2 April
2000, Oxford University Press: Oxford
Nuttall, C. 2005 Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language (3rd Edition) (2nd edition)
Macmillan: Oxford [link to 3rd edition]
Prodromou, L. 1995 The backwash effect: from testing to teaching; in ELT Journal,
Volume 49/1 January 1995, Oxford University Press: Oxford
Puchta, H. November 2005 Making the most of multiple intelligences; in English Teaching
Professional, Issue 41 November 2005
Richards, J. 2001 Curriculum Development in Language Teaching Cambridge University
Press: Cambridge
Thornbury, S. 2006 A Z of ELT: English Language Teaching Macmillan: Oxford
UCLES (University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate) 2002 Cambridge IELTS 3
Students Book with Answers: Examination Papers from the University of Cambridge Local
Examinations Syndicate (IELTS Practice Tests) (IELTS Practice Tests) Cambridge
University Press: Cambridge
Woodward, T. 2001 Planning Lessons and Courses Cambridge University Press:
Cambridge

Tricia Hedge: Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom * a good Deltalevel overview. It covers each area of ELT in separate chapters.
Michael Lewis: The English Verb one of the few books I had time to read coverto-cover during my Delta, I can honestly say that this book changed the way I thought
about English grammar.
Adrian Underhill: Sound Foundations a great guide to all of the sounds of
English, designed to raise your awareness of how they are produced.
Scott Thornbury: About Language half of the book has tasks to make you really
think about English in depth, the other half has commentaries to tell you if youre on the
right track.
Scott Thornbury: An A-Z of ELT not necessarily one to read from cover to cover,
but good to open at random and test yourself. It will quite possibly become your bible
during certain parts of the course.
Introduction to Teaching Pronunciation on YouTube one hour, but well worth it
Sound Foundations the book mentioned in part 2 of this post
Adrians Pron Chart blog breaks down the phonemic chart into easy sections,
often comparing two or three sounds, and goes into depth about how the sounds are
produced

I learnt phonemics largely thanks to the English File pronunciation chart. I found the
pictures really helped me to remember the sounds. However, my accent is largely standard
British English, so most of the sounds arent a problem for me I find the u in bull and
the ou in tourist the most challenging sounds, and most of the time drop the latter, as its
dying out in British English.
If you have an iPad or iPhone (possibly Android too, but Im not sure), you could also try
these apps:

English File Pronunciation 3.99 at present, limited free version available. Record
yourself and compare your pronunciation to the original.

Macmillan Sounds 3.99 at present, limited free version available. Read and write
phonemics throughout the app great for forcing you to match sounds to symbols.

British Council Sounds Right free, but no activities.

You can type IPA (International Phonemic Alphabet) using various typewriters online, for
example here, then paste it into Word. When typing your documents, use a Unicode
font, for example Lucida Sans Unicode. If youre not using a Unicode font, it may well turn
into boxes like this [][][][][][] when printed.
Harmer, The Practice of English Language Teaching (3rd Edition) Longman
Scrivener, Learning Teaching MacMillan
Parrott, Grammar for English Language Teachers: With Exercises and a Key CUP
Harmer Teaching and Learning Grammar Longman
Gairns and Redman Working with Words: A Guide to Teaching and Learning Vocabulary CUP
Kenworthy, Teaching English Pronunciation Longman

In addition, it would be worthwhile having a look at any of the following which you have access to. Many

of these will be on the recommended booklists for the three modules of the course. You will receive the
exact list on enrolment.

Thornbury About Language: Tasks for Teachers of English CUP

Lewis The English Verb: An Exploration of Structure and Meaning Thomson Heinle
Thornbury How to Teach Grammar Longman
Willis A Framework for Task-based Learning Longman
McCarthy Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers CUP
Scott Thornbury Beyond the Sentence: Introducing Discourse Analysis Macmillan Heinemann
Bartram and Walton, Correction Thomson Heinle
Thornbury How to Teach Vocabulary Longman
Lewis Implementing the Lexical Approach: Putting Theory into Practice Thomson Heinle
Thornbury How to Teach Speaking Longman
Brown and Yule Teaching the Spoken Language CUP
Bygate, Speaking OUP
Anderson and Lynch Listening OUP
White, Listening OUP
Harmer How to Teach Writing OUP
Hughes Testing for Language Teachers 2nd edition, CUP
Richards and Rogers Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching CUP
Lightbown and Spada How Languages Are Learned (revised edition) OUP

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