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ESL/EFL Teacher Book Suggestions and Resources:

  • “How Languages are Learned by Patsy M. Lightbrown and Nina Spada (Oxford University Press)
  • “English Learners in American Classrooms: 101 Questions, 101 Answers” by James Crawford and Stephen Krashen (Diversity Learning K12 Press)
  • “Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching” by Diane Larsen-Freeman (Oxford University Press)
  • “The Grammar Book: an ESL/EFL Teacher’s Course by Marianne Celce-Murcia, Diane Larsen-Freeman, & Howard Alan Williams (Heinle & Heinle)
  • “Grammar Practice Activities: A Practical Guide for Teachersby Penny Ur
  • “Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroomby David Nunan (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
  • “Teaching American English Pronunciation” by Peter Avery and Susan Ehrlich (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers)
  • “Task-Based Language Teaching by David Nunan (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
  • “Teaching English to Young Learners, An Illustrated Guide” (w/Audio CD) by Vinodini Murugesan & Marcia Fisk Ong (Author), Casey Malarcher (Editor)
  • “Language Activities for Teenagers” by Seth Lindstromberg (Cambridge Handbooks for Langauge Teachers)
  • “Teaching Large Multilevel Classes by Natalie Hess (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)
  • “The Practice of English Language Teaching” (4th Ed. with DVD) by Jeremy Harmer (Longman Handbooks for Language Teachers)
  • “Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners” (3rd Ed.) by Adrienne L. Herrell & Michael L. Jordan (50 Teaching Strategies Series)
  • “Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners: Practical Approaches for Teachersby J. Michael O’Malley & Lorraine Valdez Pierce
  • “Keep Talking: Communicative Fluency Activities for Language Teaching by Friederike Klippel (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)
  • “Lessons from Nothing: Activities for Language Teaching with Limited Time and Resourcesby Bruce Marsland (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)
  • “Azar Grammar Series” by Betty Azar & Stacy Hagen
  • “Discussions that Work: Task Centered Fluency Practice” by Penny Ur
  •  “Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching” by Richards, Jack & Rodgers
  • “Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (4th Ed.) by Celce-Murcia, Brinton, & Snow
  • “Drama Techniques: A Resource Book of Communication Activities for Language Teachers” by Alan Maley & Alan Duff
  • “Games for Language Learning” by A. Wright, D. Betteridge, & M. Buckby
  • “In Their Own Words: Drama With English Language Learners” by Daniel Kelin III
  •  “Strategic Interaction: Learning Language Through Scenarios” by R. DiPietro
  • “The ELT Grammar Book: A Teacher-Friendly Reference Guide” by R. Firsten
  • “The Teacher’s Grammar of English w/Answers” by R. Cowan
  • “Personalizing Language Learning” by Griff Griffiths & Kathy Keohane
  • “Classroom Observation Tasks” by Ruth Wajnryb
  • FROM THE “HOW TO TEACH” SERIES:
  • “How to Teach Writing (How) by Jeremy Harmer
  • “How to Teach Speaking (How) by Scott Thornbury
  • “How to Teach Pronunciation” (Book with Audio CD) by Gerald Kelly
  • “How to Teach Vocabularyby Jeremy Harmer and Scott Thornbury
  • “How to Teach Grammar” by Scott Thornbury
  • FROM THE “COMMUNICATION GAMES” SERIES- by Jill Hadfield:
  • “Elementary Communication Games: A Collection of Games and Activities for Elementary Students of English”
  • “Intermediate Communication Games: A Collection of Games and Activities for Intermediate Students of English”
  • “Advanced Communication Games: A Collection of Games and Activities for Intermediate and Advanced Students of English” 
  • Click here for a complete and comprehensive list of additional teacher (and some student) resources, compiled by U.S. Department of State English Language Fellows worldwide: ELF Produced ELT Resources List
  • Click here for a list of activities for American Corners, compiled by volunteers and English Language Fellows in China: Activities for English Corners