Cambridge Delta Course Recommended Reading List

Cambridge DELTA Course Recommended Reading List

Grammar

Batstone, R. Grammar

Bygate, M., Tonkyn, A. & Grammar and the Language Teacher

Carter, R., Hughes, R., McCarthy, M. Exploring Grammar in Context

Leech, G. Meaning and the English Verb

Leech, G., Ivanic, R. & Cruickshank, B. An A to Z of English Grammar and Usage

Lewis, M The English Verb

Parrott, M. Grammar for English Language Teachers

Swan, M. Practical English Usage

Swan, M. & Walter, C. How English Works

Thornbury, S. About Language

Thornbury, S. How to Teach Grammar

Thornbury, S. Uncovering Grammar

Lexis

Gairns, R. & Redman, S. Working with Words

Lewis, M (ed) Teaching Collocation

Lewis, M Implementing the Lexical Approach

McCarthy, M. Vocabulary

Schmitt, N. Vocabulary in Language Teaching

Thornbury, S. How to Teach Vocabulary

Pronunciation

Dalton, C. & Seidlhofer, B. Pronunciation

Kelly, G. How to Teach Pronunciation

Kenworthy, J. Teaching English Pronunciation

Roach, P. English Phonetics and Phonology

Underhill, A. Sound Foundations

Discourse

Cook, G. Discourse

McCarthy, M. Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers

Listening

Anderson, A. / Lynch, T Listening

Rost, M. Introducing Listening

White, G. Listening

Reading

Nuttall, C. Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language

Wallace, C. Reading

Speaking

Brown, G. & Yule, G. Teaching the Spoken Language

Bygate M. Speaking

Nolasco, R. & Arthur, L. Conversation

Writing

Hedge, T. Writing

Raimes, A. Techniques in Teaching Writing

White, R. & V. Arndt Process Writing

Tribble, C. Writing

Learning and Teaching

Bartram, M. & Walton, R. Correction

Baxter, A. Evaluating Your Students

Bowen, T & Marks, J. Inside Teaching

Ellis, R. Second Language Acquisition

Hedge, T. Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom

Hughes, A. Testing for Language Teachers

Larsen-Freeman, D. Techniques and Principles in Language

Lightbown, P. & Spada, N. How Languages are Learned

Nunan, D. Language Teaching Methodology

Richards, J. The Language Teaching Matrix

Richards, J., Platt, J. & Platt, H. Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics

Richards, J. & Rogers, T. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching

Scrivener, J. Learning Teaching

Swan, M. & Smith, B. Learner English

Willis, D & Willis, J (eds) Challenge and Change in Language Teaching

Course Design/ Materials

Dudeney, G. The Internet and the Language Classroom

Graves, K. Designing Language Courses

Nunan, D. Syllabus Design

SUGGESTED READING

Learning New Languages, Scovel

The Language Instinct, Pinker

Working With Teaching Methods, Stevicks

Language Two, Dulay/Krashen/Burt

How Language Are Learned, Patsy M. Lightblown & Nina Spada

The Grammar Book, Celcia-Murcia/Larsen-Freeman

Words and Rules, Pinker

Sound Foundations, Underhill

About Language, Thornbury

Discover English, Bolitho/Tomlinson

Principles and Practices in Applied Linguistic, (ed) Cook/Seidlhofer

Corpus, Concordance, Collocation, (ed) Sinclair/Carter

The Atoms of Language, Mark Baker

COBUILD Grammar, (ed) Sinclair

Practical English Usage, Swan

A Grammar of Speech, (ed) Brazil/Sinclair

An Introduction to Syntactic Theory, University of Pennsylvania

Working With Teaching Methods, Stevicks

The Lexical Approach, Lewis

Implementing the Lexical Approach, (ed) Lewis/Hill

The Natural Approach, Krashen

Learning Teaching, Scrivener

The Practice of English Language Teaching, Harmer

Challenge and Change in Language Teaching, (ed) Willis/Willis

Teacher, Ashton-Warner

Teaching By Principles, H. Douglas Brow

The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Freire

Reflective Teaching in Second Language Classrooms, Richards

Doing Teacher Research, Freeman