ESL Teaching Resources

Here are some very useful articles, books and publications we've found online recently discussing English teaching methodology. Hope you find them as useful and interesting as we do. If you have any suggestions for any additions to the list PLEASE let us know.

ARTICLES

“Problematizing Language Teaching Methods,” BAL KRISHNA SHARMA

“TESOL methods: Changing Tracks and Challenging Trends,” B. KUMARAVADIVELU

“The Concept of Method, Interested Knowledge, and the Politics of Language Teaching,” ALASTAIR PENNYCOOK

“Teaching English as a missionary language,” A PENNYCOOK, S COUTAND-MARIN

“Method: Approach, Design, and Procedure,” Jack C. Richards and Ted Rodgers



PUBLICATIONS

English Teaching Forum (free)

TESOL

The Modern Language Journal




BOOKS

“Non-native educators in English language teaching,” GEORGE BRAINE

“Approaches and methods in language teaching,” JACK C. RICHARDS, THEODORE STEPHEN RODGERS

“Speech Acts Across Cultures,” SUSAN M. GASS, JOYCE NEU

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