Practical ESL Teaching Books

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CONVERSATION and COMMUNICATION

• Klippel, F. (1991). Keep talking: Communicative fluency activities for language teaching. New York: Cambridge University Press.

• This book's activities include questions & answers [e.g.,guessing games, jigsaw tasks, etc.], discussions and decisions [e.g., problem solving activities], and stories & scenes [miming, role-play, simulations, etc.]

• Zleman, N. E. (1986). Conversation inspirations for ESL. Brattleboro, VT: Pro Lingua Associates.

• This book's activities include role-plays, interviews, chain stories, talks, problems, and discussions.

GRAMMAR

• Ur, P. (1988). Grammar practice activities. New York: Cambridge University Press.

• The second part of this book is full of activities to be used with all kinds of grammar lessons (e.g., all parts of speech, negative sentences, tag questions, indirect speech, etc.

READING

• Morgan, J. & Rinvolucri, M. (1983). Once upon a time. New York: Cambridge University Press.

• This book's activities include telling a story, stories & follow-up, retelling, co-operative telling, students' stories, vanishing stories, revision , and story pool.

WRITING

• Raimes, A. (1983). Techniques in teaching writing. New York: Oxford University Press.

• This book's activities include techniques in using pictures, readings, controlled writing, and all language skills; techniques in teaching practical writing and organization; and techniques in responding to students' writing.

JUST FOR FUN!

• Claire, E. (1988). Teacher's activity kit. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

• This activity book can be used for ESL/EFL students at all age levels-from kindergarten through adult! Activities include action games, action games with song and chants, seat games and chalkboard activities, speaking and guessing games, English in content areas, picture file and tape recorder activities, "English Bee," and "Building Social Security"!

• Clark, R. C. (1992). Index card games for ESL, French, and Spanish. Brattleboro, VT: Pro Lingua.

• Actually, Pro Lingua publishes a whole catalog of materials with a highly practical orientation, including More index card games, Story cards, Famous women of the twentieth century (cue cards), Discovery trail (a game to teach ESL/EFL, citizenship, history, geography, and many other subjects), and Families (ten card games for language learners) . Request a copy of their catalog for details.

• Lee, W. R. (1986). Language teaching games and contests. (2nd ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• This classic book ought to be on every ESL/EFL teacher's shelf. It contains descriptions of over a hundred games for teaching structure, vocabary, spelling, pronunciation, numbers, listening, reading, writing, discussion, etc.

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