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| Cant, A. and Superfine, W.
(1997) Developing Resources for Primary. London: Richmond
Publishing.
This handbook shows how to extend the coursebook with lots of fun and interesting activities, especially games, songs and projects. There are photocopiable materials and clear explanations .Chaves & Superfine (1999) Fun and Games in English. Delta Holderness, J & A. Hughes (1997) 100 + Ideas for children. Topic-based activities. Oxford: MacmillanHeinemann Great fun, clearly set out, comes with a cassette with songs, photocopiable. JET (1996) Primary Teacher's resource books 1,2,3 Grey. Delta Lewis, G and Bedson, G (1999) Games for children. Oxford:Oxford University Press Fabulously wide range of games, very clear explanations. Nixon, C & Tomlinson, M (2001) Primary Activity Box. Games & activities for younger learners. Cambridge:CUP Easy to follow. Wide range. Clear explanations. Paul (1997) Songs & Games for Children. Heinemann Rinvolucri, M (1984) Grammar Games. Cognitive, affective and drama activities for EFL students. Cambridge:CUP Teacher's Resource Books for Primary E.F.L. (1997) Activity Box
Greenwood Toth, M (1995) Children’s Games – MacMillan Heineman ELT Games Series. Great Britain:MacMillan Heinemann Clear and easy to follow. Watcyn Jones ed (2001)Top Class Activities .Penguin Books Ur, P & Wright , A (1992) Five-Minute Activities. Cambridge:CUP Easy to follow. |
| Phillips, D, Burwood, D,
Dunford, H (1999) Projects with Young Learners. Oxford:Oxford
University Press A wonderful resource, carefully guiding both teacher and YL to applying integrated skills. Very motivating! |
| Brewster, J and Ellis, G (
)Tell it again - The New Story Telling Handbook for Primary Teachers.
Penguin Wonderful resource! Very easy to use, stories are great fun, comes with a cassette with stories being read and songs. Includes The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Funnybones.Dunn, O . www.realbooks.co.ukShe writes short articles in her biannual newsletters which are
excellent Garvie, E (1990) Story as Vehicle.Teaching English to Young Children. Philadelphia:Multilingual Matters Ltd Great resource to convince you why using stories works! Morgan, J & Rinvolucri, M (1988) Once Upon a Time. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press Mourão S. JET: REALBOOKS in the primary classroom 2003: Mary
Glasgow Ketchup on your cornflakes and Cheese and tomato spider, by Nick Sharrat and As big as a pig and Princess dress by Sue Heap. Wright, A (1995) Storytelling with Children. Oxford:Oxford University Press Wright, A. (1997) Creating Stories with Children. Oxford: OUP. This is another by Andrew Wright. Lesson ideas and plans for children to write their own stories . |
| Bell, J (1999) Doing your
Research Project. Buckingham:Open University Press Hopkins, D (1993) A Teacher’s Guide to Classroom Research. Buckingham:Open University Press Nunan, D (1992) Research Methods in Language Learning. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press Skehan, P (2002) 'Instructional Approaches. Task-based instructions:Theory, research, practice'. In A. Pulverness (ed) IATEFL 2002 York Conference Selections. Kent:IATEFL Skehan, P (1996). Second Language Acquisition Research and Task-based instruction. In J. Willis and D. Willis (eds) Challenge and Change in Language Teaching. Oxford: Heineman Van Lier, L (1988) The Classroom and the Language Learner. London:Longman Wallace, M.J. (1998) Action Research for Language Teachers. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press Very clearly presented. A must-have for all teachers wanting to set up small-scale research projects in their classrooms. |
| Allan, D (1996) ‘Why Test?
Why not assess?’ In IATEFL Newsletter. IATEFL Harris, M & McCann, P (1994) Assessment. Oxford:Heinemann Very sensible definitions and uncomplicated assessment suggestions. Raths, J.D. (1971) Teaching without Specific Objectives in Educational Leadership He puts forward an intriguing suggestion which is worth considering. Smith, K (1995) Assessing and Testing Young Learners:Can we? Should we?. In Entry Points:Papers from a symposium of the Research, Testing and Young Learners Special Interest Groups. IATEFL |
| Graves, K (1996) Teachers
as Course Developers. Cambridge:CUP Graves, K (2000) Designing a Language Course:A Guide for Teachers. Boston:Heinle & Heinle Publishers A very comprehensive and readable guide for teachers developing their own courses or a published coursebook. Nunan, D (1988) Syllabus Design. Oxford: Oxford University Press Nunan, D (1989) Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press Tomlinson, B (1998) Materials Development in Language Teaching. United Kingdom:Cambridge University Press A must-have to understand the whys and whats of developing your own materials. White, R.V (1988) The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Management. Oxford:Blackwell Willis, J (1996) A Framework for Task-Based Learning. Essex:Pearson Education Limited A great framework with an individual one for YL! Great way to focus lesson planning, as well as overall course development. |
| Chambers, F (1997) Seeking
concensus in coursebook evaluation. In ELT Journal Vol. 51/1 January
1997. Great Britain:Oxford University Press Rea-Dickins, P & Germaine, K (1992) Evaluation. Oxford:OUP Tomlinson, B (1998) Materials Development in Language Teaching. United Kingdom:Cambridge University Press |
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Brown, H.D (1994) Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. USA: Prentice Hall, Inc All you ever need to know about putting theory and practice together. Very readable. Brown, H.D. (2001) Teaching by Principles.AnInteractive approach to Language pedagogy-2nd edition. NY:Addison Wesley Longman Cook, V (2001) Second Language Learning and Language Teaching-3rd edition.London:Arnold Very readable and comprehensive. Donaldson, M (1978) Children’s Minds. London: Fontana Lots of inspirational ideas about how children think and learn and very interesting overview of the theoretical landscape at the time she wrote the book. Still available because it's so good Ellis, R (1985) Understanding Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press Kyriacou, C (1997) Effective Teaching in Schools. Theory & practice – 2nd edition. UK:Stanley Thornes Lightbown P. M & Spada, N (1999) How Languages are Learned. Oxford:Oxford University Press Very comprehensive. Identifies some interesting perceptions of how languages are learned .Sylva, K & Lunt, I (1982) Child Development. A First Course.Oxford:Blackwell Vygotsky, L.S. (1978) Mind in Society:The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Great Britain:Harvard University Press Wells, G (1986) The Meaning Makers. Children Learning Language and Using Language to Learn. London: Hodder & Stoughton His research shows so clearly the importance of the role of parents and the implications of a similar role in the classroom of the teacher. |
| Bearne, E – ed 1996)
Differentiation and diversity in the primary school. London:Routledge
Falmer Rubin, D (2002) Diagnosis and correction in reading instruction – 4th edition. Boston:Allyb & Bacon Westwood, P (1997) Commonsense methods for Children with Special Needs – 3rd edition. London:Routledge Falmer Winebrenner, S ( ) Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom :Free Spirit Publishing |
| Fisher, R (1990) Teaching
children to think. England:Nelson Thornes Fisher, R (1995) Teaching children to learn. England:Stanley Thornes Great ideas! The ‘think-pair-share’ suggestion works extremely well. Gardner, H (1994) ‘The theory of multiple intelligences’. In B. Moon and A Shelton Mayes (eds) at The Open University. Teaching and learning in the secondary school. London and New York:Routledge Acknowledging, identifying and respecting the many ways learners learn. Oxford, R.L. (1990) Languages Learning Strategies. What every teacher should know. Massachusetts:Heinle & Heinle A very detailed breakdown of the different types of strategies, both direct and indirect and how to implement them in the classroom. Raffini, J. P (1993) Winners without Losers. Structures and Strategies for increasing Student Motivation to Learn. Massachusetts:Allyn & Bacon |
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Brewster, J. Ellis, G. & Girard, D (1991) The Primary English Teachers ‘ Guide. London: Penguin Really good rewrite, with lots of new chapters and
interesting diagrams and C. Brumfit, J. Moon & R. Tongue (eds) (1991)Teaching English to Children: From Practice to Principle. Great Britain: Longman, 2 Excellent articles on a wide range of issues. A ‘must-have’! Cameron, L. (2001) Teaching languages to Young Learners. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. This gives a very thorough background to the theoretical basis for making choices in teaching YLs. That said its very approachable and includes a lot of practical examples and ideas that can be adapted to different situations. I particularly liked the chapters on "Learning through stories" and "theme-based teaching and learning" (because those are my pet subjects!) Dunn (1995) Developing English With Young Learners. Prentice
Hall Dunn (1990) Beginning English With Young Children .Prentice Hall Feunteun & Vale (1995) Teaching Children English Cambridge:C.U.P. Halliwell (1992) Teaching English in the Primary Classroom.
Longman House, S.(1997) An Introduction to Teaching English to Children. London: Richmond Publishing. A very straightforward, simple and practical handbook for teachers, with teaching tips, ideas and photocopiable materials related to classroom language, classroom dynamics including discipline, lesson planning, correction techniques, making resources, using stories etc. Kennedy (1989) Ideas & Issues in Primary E.L.T. Longman Moon, J. (2000) Children Learning English. Oxford: Macmillan Heineman. A great handbook for teachers with theoretical insights accompanied by lots of accompanying lesson plans and ideas. Phillips, S (1993) Young Learners. Oxford:Oxford University Press Very easy to read. Lots of wonderful ideas. Reilly& Ward (1997) Very Young Learners. Oxford: O.U.P. Rixon, S (1992) ‘English and other languages for young children:practice and theory in a rapidly changing world’. In Language Teaching. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press B. Tomlinson (ed) (1998) Materials Development in Language Teaching. United Kingdom:Cambridge University PressScott & Ytreburg (1990) From Practice to Progress.Teaching English to Children .Longman Slattery & Willis (2001) English for Primary Teachers. O.U.P. |
| Woodward, T (1991) Models
and Metaphors in Language Teacher Training.Cambridge:Cambridge
University Press Cary, Stephen (1997). Second Language Learners, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers/The Galef Institute. ISBN: 1-57110-065-2 Sections in this book include info on second language instruction, effective instructional practices, connecting theory to practice, instructional supports, and continuous learning through authentic assessments, homework and parental involvement. Nunan, D (1991) Language Teaching Methodology. Hertfordshire: Prentic Hall International Nunan, D (ed) (1992) Collaborative Language Learning and Teaching. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press Parrot M. (1993) Tasks for language teachers CUP: Cambridge Richards, J. & Lockhart, C (1994) Reflective Teaching in Second Language Classrooms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Richards & Nunan (eds) (1990) Second Language Teacher Education. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press Richards, J.C. & Rodgers, T (1986) Approaches and methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Stern, H.H (1983) Fundamental Concepts of Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press Underhill, A (ed) (1997)The Teacher Development Series. Oxford: Heinemann ELT Ur, P(1991) A course in Language Teaching.Practice and theory. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press Very comprehensive .Vale, D & Feunteun, A ( ) An Activity Based Training Course. Cambridge:CUP It's a brilliant book! |
| Bearne, E 2002)
Making progress in writing. London:Routledge Falmer Feldgus, E.G. & Cardonick, I (1999) Kid Writing: A systematic approach to phonics, journals and writing workshop. Bothell:The Wright Group Fisher, R (2002) Inside the Literacy Hour. Learning from Classroom Experience. London: Routledge Falmer Nuttall, C (1996) Teaching Reading Skills in a foreign language. Oxford:Macmillan Heinemann Vacca, J Vacca, R & Gove, M (2000) Reading and learning to read –4th edition. New York:Longman Westwood, P (1999) Spelling. Approaches to teaching and assessment.Victoria:Acer Westwood, P (2001) Reading and Learning Difficulties. Approaches to teaching and assessment. Victoria:Acer |
| C. Mifsud ed (2000) Ways and
Measures Uni Malta/ IATEFL Gika & Superfine eds 1998 Young Learners. Creating a Positive and Practical Learning Environment IATEFL Turkey Conference Proceedings YLs SIG Issue IATEFL J. Moon & M Nikolov (2000) Research into Teaching Young Learners
Budapest Conference |
| Aitken, R ( )Teaching
Tenses. Nelson
Argondizzo, C ( 1993)Children In Action. Prentice Hall Accelerated learning Books Bailey, K.M & Nunan, D eds (1996) Voices from the Language Classroom. Cambridge:CUP A must-have, written for teachers, by teachers. Cant & Superfine (1997) Developing Resources for Primary.
Richmond Hannaford, C ( )Smart Moves - Why Learning is not all in your Head. Great Ocean Publishers Smith, C, A ( ) The Peaceful Classroom. Floris Books ISBN 0-86315-277-5It contains a range of activities which focus on attitudinal aims and is divided into 4 sections:- belonging and friendship, compassion, cooperation and kindness. The book is aimed at general teachers of 3-5 year olds, however I've incorporated many of the ideas into my EFL lessons with older children. Swan, M & Smith, B - eds (1987) Learner English-2nd edition. Cambridge:CUP Fantastic! All English language teachers should have this, find out what are the common problems your learners (of just about every nationality) will have in learning English, from phonemics to syntax and more! Tomalin, B & Stempleski, S (1993) Cultural Awareness. Oxford:Oxford University Press How to try and NOT to stand on others toes! Williams, M & Burden, B (1997) Psychology for Language Learners. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press Another must-have! How to create the ideal conditions for learning language. Wingate, J ( )How to be a peaceful teacher.' ISBN 1 899528 05 9 Full of sound advice and practical ideas. Wright, A (1989) Pictures for Language Learning. Cambridge:CUP Wright, A (1994) 1000 pictures plus for Teachers to copy. Longman A fabulous resource for all non-artistic teachers! |
| Biggs, J & Watkins, D
eds (1995) Classroom Learning. Educational psychology for the Asian
Teacher. Singapore:Prentice Hall Bunton, D (1989) Common English errors in Hong Kong. Hong Kong:Longman Explains some common pitfalls .Falvey, P & Kennedy, P - eds (1997) Learning Language through Literature. A sourcebook for Teachers of English in Hong Kong. Hong Kong:Hong Kong University Press Watkins, D.A. & Biggs, J.B. eds (1996)The Chinese Learner:Cultural, psychological and contextual influences.Hong Kong:CERC & ACER A must-have for English teachers in Hong Kong. Watkins, D.A. & Biggs, J.B. eds (2001) Teaching the Chinese Learner: psychological and pedagogical perspectives. Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong Helps to explain some misconceptions about rote learning! |
