reading list for delta module one
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Reading List for DELTA Module One Page 1
Reading List for DELTA Module One A recommended “starter” selection of some key books is marked in yellow highlight.
In addition to these, candidates will need to select their own choice of books on language systems (Discourse, grammar, lexis, phonology), Skills (Reading, writing, speaking, listening) and other key topic areas (such as testing, course design etc).
Prices are given as guidance only – to indicate how much the books cost when last checked online.
Syllabus Area
Author(s) Title Pub RRP Amazon
General books
Crystal The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language
CUP £25.00 £23.75
Crystal The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Language CUP £23.99 £22.79
Douglas Brown Principles of Language Learning and Teaching Pearson £17.95 £17.95
Bowen & Marks
Inside Teaching Macmillan o/p o/p
ed Willis Challenge and Change in Language Teaching Macmillan £15.00 £14.25
Terminology Thornbury A to Z of ELT Macmillan £14.95 £14.49
Richards, Platt, Weber
Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics Longman £19.99 £15.00
Language acquisition
Lightbown & Spada
How Languages are Learned OUP £17.00 £14.73
Pinker The Language Instinct Penguin £9.99 £6.49
Mitchell & Miles
Second Language Learning Theories (2nd edition)
Arnold £17.99 £16.14
Ellis Second Language Acquisition OUP £12.00 £9.03
Methods & approaches
Larsen-Freeman
Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching (2nd Edition)
OUP £17.50 £15.68
ed. Richards & Renandya
Methodology in Language Teaching CUP £21.55 £19.86
Richards & Rogers
Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching CUP £18.55 £17.62
Stevick Teaching Languages: A Way and Ways Longman o/p o/p
Krashen & Terrell
The Natural Approach: Language Acquisition in the Classroom
Alemany £39.70 £26.20
Skehan A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning OUP £26.00 £23.28
General methodology
Harmer Practice of English Language Teaching Longman £26.05 £23.39
Carter and Nunan
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
CUP £19.10 £17.62
Scrivener Learning Teaching Macmillan £18.90 £18.00
Littlewood Foreign & Second Language Learning CUP £15.95 £14.49
Nunan Second Language Teaching and Learning CUP £24.50 £23.27
Douglas Brown Teaching by Principles Pearson £29.00 £29.00
Ur A Course in Language Teaching (NB Trainer’s book not trainee’s)
CUP £19.10 £16.89
Nunan Language Teaching Methodology Prentice Hall
o/p o/p
Grammar reference
Thornbury About Language: Tasks for Language Teachers CUP £19.10 £17.29
Parrott English Grammar for Language Teachers CUP £16.55 £15.72
Collins Cobuild Cobuild English Grammar Collins £16.50 £14.96
Swan Practical English Usage OUP
Carter & McCarthy
Cambridge Grammar of English CUP £25.00 £23.75
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Swan & Walter How English Works OUP £16.00 £14.25
Murphy English Grammar in Use (Intermediate) CUP £18.63 £16.08
Biber, Leech, & Conrad
The Longman Student's Grammar of Spoken and Written English
Longman £26.60 £23.37
Yule Explaining English Grammar OUP £19.00 £16.63
Leech &Svartik A Communicative Grammar of English Longman £24.99 £23.74
Aitken Teaching Tenses ELB £16.95 £16.39
Carter,Hughes ,McCarthy
Exploring Grammar in Context: Upper-int and Advanced
CUP £13.30 £13.30
Books about language
Lewis The English Verb LTP / Heinle
£22.00 £20.90
Leech Meaning and the English Verb Longman £21.99 £20.89
Bolitho &Tomlinson
Discover English Macmillan £16.95 £11.18
Swan &Smith Learner English (2nd Edition) CUP £19.05 £18.99
Crystal Rediscover Grammar Longman £15.99 £14.99
Thornbury Uncovering Grammar Macmillan £16.95 £15.68
Lewis The Lexical Approach LTP / Heinle
£25.00 £21.99
Teaching Grammar
Thornbury How to Teach Grammar Longman £22.60 £19.86
Batstone Grammar: A Scheme for Teacher Education Oxford £17.00 £17.00
Ur Grammar Practice Activities CUP £17.20 £16.34
Errors & Correction
Bartram & Walter
Correction LTP / Heinle
£19.50 £18.52
Vocabulary Gairns & Redman
Working with Words CUP £17.20 £16.34
Thornbury How to Teach Vocabulary Longman £22.60 £20.90
McCarthy Vocabulary: A Scheme for Teacher Education OUP £17.00 £15.50
Lewis Implementing the Lexical Approach LTP / Heinle
£24.00 £21.99
ed. Lewis Teaching Collocation LTP / Heinle
£23.15 £21.99
Willis Rules, Patterns and Words: Grammar and Lexis in ELT
CUP £18.55 £17.10
Schmitt Vocabulary in Language Teaching CUP £16.85 £15.53
Pron. Underhill Sound Foundations Macmillan £17.95 £16.99
Roach English Phonetics and Phonology- St's & Ts Books (3rd edition)
CUP £14.40 £13.68
Bowler, Cunningham et al
New Headway Pronunciation Course (Elem, Pre-Int, Int, Upper Int)
OUP £11.50 £10.45
Kelly How to Teach Pronunciation Longman £22.60 £16.35
Hancock English Pronunciation in Use Int (or Elem or Adv) CUP £30.45 £27.89
Kenworthy Teaching English Pronunciation Longman o/p o/p
Discourse Cook Discourse: A Scheme for Teacher Education OUP £17.00 £14.73
McCarthy Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers CUP £18.55 £17.10
Thornbury Beyond the Sentence - Introducing Discourse Analysis
Macmillan £16.95 £16.10
Reading Wallace Reading: A Scheme for Teacher Education OUP £17.00 £17.00
Grellet Developing Reading Skills CUP £18.55 £17.10
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Nuttall Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language (3rd Edition)
Macmillan £16.95 £16.10
Listening Anderson & Lynch
Listening: A Scheme for Teacher Education OUP £17.00 £17.00
Ur Teaching Listening Comprehension CUP £17.20 £15.58
Rost Introducing Listening (Applied Linguistics Series) Penguin o/p o/p
White Listening (Resource Books for Teachers) Oxford £17.50 £11.55
Writing Hedge Writing (Resource Books for Teachers) OUP £17.50 £16.50
Tribble Writing: A Scheme for Teacher Education OUP £17.00 £17.00
White & Arndt Process Writing Longman o/p o/p
Raimes Techniques in Teaching Writing OUP £14.50 £9.57
Harmer How To Teach Writing Longman £27.30 £23.05
Speaking Brown & Yule Teaching the Spoken Language CUP £16.45 £15.15
Ur Discussions That Work CUP £15.35 £13.87
Bygate Speaking: A Scheme for Teacher Education OUP £17.00 £17.00
Thornbury How to Teach Speaking Longman
Nolasco Conversation (Resource Books for Teachers) OUP £17.50 £16.50
Syllabus / Course Design
Nunan Syllabus Design: A Scheme for Teacher Education
OUP £17.00 £14.73
Richards Curriculum Development in Language Teaching CUP £20.69 £19.00
Graves Designing Language Courses Heinle £22.50 £21.00
Testing Hughes Testing for Language Teachers CUP £18.55 £17.62
McNamara Language Testing OUP £12.00 £7.88
Baxter Evaluating Your Learners Richmond £23.25 £16.25
Technology Sharma & Barrett
Blended Learning Macmillan £14.95 £13.95
Dudeney & Hockly
How to Teach English with Technology Longman £22.10 £18.95
Dudeney The Internet and the Language Classroom CUP £16.40 £15.58
ESP / EAP Hutchinson & Waters
English for Specific Purposes CUP £15.95 £15.15
Dudley-Evans & St John
Developments in English for Specific Purposes CUP £20.70 £19.66
Jordan English for Academic Purposes CUP £20.70 £19.10
Business English
Donna Teach Business English CUP £20.00 £19.00
Frendo How to Teach Business English Longman £22.60 £19.86
Current Issues
Jenkins English as a Lingua Franca OUP £22.00 £19.95
Jenkins The Phonology of English as an International Language:
OUP £24.50 £23.27
Kirkpatrick World Englishes CUP £25.75 £22.99
Kumarava- divelu
Cultural Globalization and Language Education Yale £26.00 £24.70