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MA ELT - suggested introductory reading (2012-13)

Books general(Reading all or part of any of these would be a good start)

Widdowson, H. (2003) Defining Issues in English Language Teaching. Oxford: OUP.McCarthy, M. (2001) Issues in Applied Linguistics. Cambridge: CUP.Lightbown P. & Spada, N. (2006) How Languages are Learned(3rd edn.)Oxford: OUP.Hall, G. (2011) Exploring English Language Teaching: Language in Action. Abingdon: Routledge.Atkinson, D. (2011)Alternative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition. Abingdon:

Routledge.Carter, R. & Nunan, D. (eds.) (2001) The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers

of Other Languages. Cambridge: CUP.Brown, J. & Rodgers, T. (2002) Doing Second Language Research. Oxford: OUP.Yule, G. (2010). The Study of Language (4

thedn.). Cambridge: CUP

Wei, L. (ed.) (2011) The Routledge Applied Linguistics Reader. Abingdon: Routledge.Burns, A. & Richards, J. (eds.) (2009) The Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher

Education. Cambridge: CUP.

Harmer, J. (2007) The Practice of English Language Teaching. (4th edn.) Harlow: Longman.Graddol, D. (2006) English Next. British Council. Available at:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-research-englishnext.htm

Recommended purchase for autumn term courses

Second Language Acquisition and Research (full-time & part-time year 1 students):

Saville-Troike, M. (2012) (2nd

edn.) Introducing Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge: CUP.

Language Analysis (full-time & part-time year 2 students):

Brjars, K. & Burridge, K. (2010). Introducing English Grammar. (2nd

edn.) London: HodderEducation.

Journal articles: available viahttp://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/electronic/

Lightbown, P. (2000) Anniversary Article: Classroom SLA Research and Second LanguageTeaching. Applied Linguistics 21/4; 431-462.

Borg, S. (2009) English Language Teachers Conceptions of Research.Applied Linguistics 30/3;358-388.

Canagarajah, S. (2006) TESOL at forty: What are the issues? TESOL Quarterly40/1; 9-34.Jenkins, J., Cogo, A. & Dewey, M. (2011) Review of developments in research into English as a

Lingua Franca. Language Teaching44/3; 281-315.

Kumaravadivelu, B. (2006) TESOL Methods: Changing Tracks, Challenging Trends. TESOLQuarterly40/1; 59-81.

ELT JournalPoint and Counterpoint (2011) an example of an academic exchange:Beaumont, M. & Chang, K-S. (2011) Challenging the traditional/communicative dichotomy.

ELT Journal, 65/3; 291-299.Griffiths, C. (2011) The traditional/communicative dichotomy. ELT Journal65/3; 300-308.Beaumont, M. (2011) A response to Carol Griffiths. ELT Journal65/3; 309-310.

Key Journals (available via the electronic library)

ELT Journal

Applied LinguisticsTESOL Quarterly

World Englishes

Language TeachingInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics

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