Books for Teaching English as a Second Language Courses

Research in Applied Linguistics

Becoming a Discerning Consumer, 2nd Edition

By Fred L. Perry, Jr.

Newly updated and revised, this popular text provides a solid introduction to the foundations of research methods, with the goal of enabling students and professionals in the field of applied linguistics to become not just casual consumers of research who passively read bits and pieces of a...

Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge

Teaching the Arts to Engage English Language Learners

By Margaret Macintyre Latta, Elaine Chan

Series: Teaching English Language Learners across the Curriculum

Written for prospective and practicing visual arts, music, drama, and dance educators, Teaching the Arts to Engage English Language Learners offers guidance for engaging ELLs, alongside all learners, through artistic thinking. By paying equal attention to visual art, music, drama, and dance...

Published December 12th 2010 by Routledge

Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms

Integrating Form-Focused Instruction in Communicative Context

By Hossein Nassaji, Sandra S. Fotos

Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

Recent SLA research recognizes the necessity of attention to grammar and demonstrates that form-focused instruction is especially effective when it is incorporated into a meaningful communicative context. Designed specifically for second-language teachers, this text identifies and explores the...

Published November 7th 2010 by Routledge

What English Language Teachers Need to Know Volume II

Facilitating Learning

By Denise E. Murray, MaryAnn Christison

Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

Designed for pre-service teachers and teachers new to the field of ELT, Volume II and its companion are companion textbook, Volume I, are volumes organized around the key question: What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order for their students to learn English? Volume&...

Published August 29th 2010 by Routledge

What English Language Teachers Need to Know Volume I

Understanding Learning

By Denise E. Murray, MaryAnn Christison

Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

Designed for pre-service teachers and teachers new to the field of ELT, What English Teachers Need to Know I and II are companion textbooks organized around the key question: What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order for their students to learn English? The focus throughout is on...

Published August 23rd 2010 by Routledge

Teaching Science to English Language Learners

By Joyce Nutta, Nazan U. Bautista, Malcolm B. Butler

Series: Teaching English Language Learners across the Curriculum

Books in the Teaching English Language Learners (ELLs) across the Curriculum Series are written specifically for pre- and in- service teachers who may not have been trained in ELL techniques, but still find themselves facing the realities and challenges of today's diverse classrooms and learners....

Published August 1st 2010 by Routledge

Doing Action Research in English Language Teaching

A Guide for Practitioners

By Anne Burns

Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

This hands-on, practical guide for ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators outlines, for those who are new to doing action research, what it is and how it works. Straightforward and reader friendly, it introduces the concepts and offers a step-by-step guide to going through an action research...

Published November 9th 2009 by Routledge

Leadership in English Language Education

Theoretical Foundations and Practical Skills for Changing Times

Edited by MaryAnn Christison, Denise E. Murray

Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

Leadership in English Language Education: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Skills for Changing Times presents both theoretical approaches to leadership and practical skills leaders in English language education need to be effective. Discussing practical skills in detail, and providing readers...

Published November 20th 2008 by Routledge

Teaching English Language Learners through Technology

By Tony Erben, Ruth Ban, Martha Castañeda

Series: Teaching English Language Learners across the Curriculum

In Teaching English Language Learners through Technology, the authors explore the use of computers/technology as a pedagogical tool to aid in the appropriate instruction of ELLs across all content areas. The special focus of this book is on the informed use of various technologies and software...

Published August 13th 2008 by Routledge

International English in Its Sociolinguistic Contexts

Towards a Socially Sensitive EIL Pedagogy

By Sandra Lee McKay, Wendy D. Bokhorst-Heng

Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

Present-day globalization, migration, and the spread of English have resulted in a great diversity of social and educational contexts in which English learning is taking place. A basic assumption of this book is that because English is an international language, effective pedagogical decisions...

Published June 5th 2008 by Routledge

Cultures, Contexts, and World Englishes

By Yamuna Kachru, Larry E. Smith

Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

This volume aims to familiarize readers with the varieties of world Englishes used across cultures and to create awareness of some of the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that have given rise to them. It emphasizes that effective communication among users of different...

Published May 7th 2008 by Routledge