You don’t need to buy any books for our course but the following books will be very useful in your teaching career. We particularly recommend Practical English Usage by Swan…every teacher should have this book!

If you can’t see the book links on this page your browser may be blocking them and you need to allow.

Please also visit our TEFL TESOL and More Bookstore for a full range of EFL ESL books including activity books and lesson plans.

There are more books at  NorwoodEnglish TEFL TESOL Books

Teachers describe Michael Swan’s book on English language problems as ‘indispensable’. 600+ A-Z entries explain common problems with clear, concise information. The best book any EFL teacher can buy.

How to Teach English: An Introduction to the Practice of English Language Teaching (2nd Edition) (With DVD) (How To Series) by Jeremy Harmer
An excellent introductory book with a useful dvd demonstrating basic techniques.

An uncomplicated analysis of the nature of writing, particularly in terms of process, product and genre
Discussion of the practical implications of teaching the theory of writing
Descriptions of a broad spread of writing tasks, simple and extended, to help teachers select those that will most effective in developing their students’ writing skills

How to Teach Listening is a practical guide to the theory of listening in the language classroom. It includes:

key topics such as authenticity, testing, and using technology for listening
practical ideas for conducting an effective listening lesson
strategies to ensure the long term development of students’ listening skills
an audio CD of stress samples, sound bites and lesson ideas

Looks in detail at the theory of words and at how students learn new vocabulary
Offers practical advice on how to help students build vocabulary in new and effective ways and how to test students’ word knowledge
Major developments, such as language corpora and lexical approaches, are clearly explained and related to your needs as a teacher
The Task file develops a teacher’s skill in identifying parts of speech including lexical fields, word families, etc. to build more confidence in teaching and explaining words and their use.

Learning a language and being able to speak it do not go hand in hand. This book provides both structured activities to get students speaking and ideas for developing confidence in using English outside the classroom. Essentailly it

Examines the different approaches and activities that can be used for teaching and testing speaking
Covers areas of speech such as articulation, fluency and register
Looks at classroom approaches such as drilling, discussions, drama, dialogues and conversation