Professional Development

Experienced authors, experts in their field, keep you up to date with current thinking, share ideas you can use immediately in class, and help you reflect on different approaches to teaching.

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Technology Enhanced Language Learning

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Connecting theory and practice

Aisha Walker and Goodith White

Understand why and how you can use technology to enhance learning in the language classroom.

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How Languages are Learned

Fourth Edition

New Edition

Patsy Lightbown and Nina Spada

New 4th edition of Lightbown and Spada's prize-winning readable introduction to research in language acquisition

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Thinking about Language Teaching

Selected articles 1982-2011

Michael Swan

A selection of Michael Swan's best known published articles on the theory and practice of teaching English as a foreign language.

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Designing and Analyzing Language Tests

A hands-on introduction to language testing theory and practice.

Nathan T. Carr

Learn how to write, analyze and assess language tests

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Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching (Third Edition)

Third Edition

Practical, step-by-step guidance for ESL teachers, and thought-provoking questions to stimulate further exploration.

Diane Larsen-Freeman and Marti Anderson

Learn about teaching methods and approaches in language teaching with this best-selling practical guide.

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Teaching the Pronunciation of English as a Lingua Franca

A user-friendly handbook which explores the benefits of an English as a Lingua Franca approach to pronunciation

Robin Walker

How could English as a Lingua Franca change your approach to teaching pronunciation?

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Bringing creative teaching into the young learner classroom

Ideas and activities to personalize for your young learners

Lynne Cameron and Penny McKay

Personalize your English lessons with these activities and ideas for young learners

Useful and free

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Bringing technology into the classroom

A practical, non-technical guide to technology and how to use it in the classroom

Gordon Lewis

A non-technical guide to technology and how to integrate it with your teaching.

Useful and free

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From Experience to Knowledge in ELT

Strategies and ideas to help you develop your personal teaching style.

Julian Edge and Sue Garton

A guide to help teachers of English to develop teaching skills through drawing on practical classroom experience.

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Teaching Second Language Listening

A guide to evaluating, adapting, and creating tasks for listening in the language classroom.

Tony Lynch

A guide to adapting, creating, and evaluating listening tasks for ELT/ESL teachers

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