ESL Skills - Recommended Books

Textbooks still play an important role in the field of teaching and learning English as a Second Language. Teachers and students will want to have their own printed materials that they can easily access, refer back to and keep as valuable resources. Many books out there today serve as a platform for learning and are timeless in their topics. 

Here are my recommended English language learning books (not in any specific order and of course an incomplete list) that I feel teachers should have on their ESL resource shelf. 




English Conversation by Jean Yates
Conversation and dialogue practice for Beginners.

See other Practice Makes Perfect textbooks such as Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners by Jean Yates, Basic English by Julie Lachance and Intermediate English Grammar by Robin Torres-Gouzerth


 
Ventures Series by Gretchen Bitterlin and Dennis Johnson.
All 4-Skills series books - Levels 1-4


See all other Ventures teacher and student books.




Side by Side 1 by Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss

See all other Side by Side books (4 levels) and student workbooks.






Grammar in Use Intermediate by Raymond Murphy
Student Book with Answers.

See all other Raymond Murphy books which focus on grammar practice.




 
  Basic Vocabulary in Use by Michael McCarthy and Felicity O'Dell
  Student Book with Answers.

  See Intermediate and High Intermediate.

How English Works by Michael Swan and Catherine Walter
A Grammar Practice Book with Answers. 

Interchange by Jack C. Richards, Jonathon Hull, and Susan Proctor
A four-series book with student workbooks focusing on grammar  and communication.

See all levels from beginner to high intermediate.

Oxford Picture Dictionary by Norma Shapiro and Jayme Adelson
Goldstein

See all other Oxford Picture Dictionaries in various languages.

Also see accompanying workbooks for beginners and intermediate learners.

Compelling Conversations by Eric H. Roth and Toni Aberson
Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics.

Zero Prep - Ready-to-Go Activities for Language Classrooms by Laurel Pollard







English is Stupid - Students Are Not by Judy Thompson

 

 

 

Canadian Oxford Grammar Spectrum 1-8 Reference and Practice by Oxford

 

 

 

 

The Grab Bag of Canada by Elizabeth Ganong and Dan Ingram.


See all books that are photocopiable at Canadian Resources for ESL.

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