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Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)

Reading List

You will find the recommended reading list for CELTA below. To check whether the Library has any copies available, please search for the title or author on the library catalogue.

Books in the Library are organised by Dewey Decimal classification (a numerical system). The Dewey reference is given at the start of the line for each title held by the Library.

Recommended Reading

428.2407 Teaching tenses by Rosemary Aitken (ISBN 0952280868)

428.34 Ship or sheep? by Ann Baker (ISBN 9780521606738)

428.34 Tree or three? by Ann Baker (ISBN 9780521685276)

423 Longman dictionary of contemporary English by Della Summers (ISBN 9781405862219)

407 Dictation: new methods, new possibilities by Paul Davis (ISBN 0521348196)

372.6521 The EL Gazette guide to teaching English around the world (ISBN 1899459022)

428.1 Working with words by Ruth Gairns (ISBN 9780521317092)

428.2407 Teaching practice: A handbook for teachers in training by Roger Gower et al. (ISBN 9781405080040)

428.24071 Teaching English abroad by Susan Griffith (ISBN 9781854583529)

428.2 Writing games by Charles Hadfield (ISBN 0175558981)

428.34 Beginners communication games by Jill Hadfield (ISBN 0582318912)

428.34 Elementary communication games by Jill Hadfield (ISBN 0175556954)

428.34 Intermediate communication games by Jill Hadfield (ISBN 0175558728)

428.34 Advanced communication games by Jill Hadfield (ISBN 0175556938)

428.34 Pronunciation games by Mark Hancock (ISBN 9780521467353)

428.24071 The practice of English language teaching by Jeremy Harmer (ISBN 0582403855)

428.2407 How to teach English by Jeremy Harmer (ISBN 9781405853095)

808.042 Writing by Tricia Hedge (ISBN 0194421902)

428.1071 How to teach pronunciation by Gerald Kelly (ISBN 9780582429758)

428.34 Keep talking by Friederike Klippel (ISBN 9780521278713)

428.221 An A-Z of English grammar and usage by G. Leech et al. (ISBN 0582405742)

428.24 English grammar in use by Raymond Murphy (ISBN 9780521537629)

428.2431 Essential grammar in use by Raymond Murphy (ISBN 9780521675437)

428.3 Conversation by Rob Nolasco (ISBN 9780194370967)

428.207 Grammar for English language teachers by Martin Parrott (ISBN 9780521477970)

428.2407 Role play by Gillian Porter Ladousse (ISBN 9780194370950)

428.24 Speaking personally by Gillian Porter Ladousse (ISBN  052128869X)

428.24 Grammar games by Mario Rinvolucri (ISBN 9780521277730) 

428.24071 The Oxford ESOL handbook by Philida Schellekens (ISBN 9780194422819)

428.24071 Learning teaching by Jim Scrivener (ISBN 9781405013994)

423 Collins Cobuild advanced learners' English dictionary by Harper Collins (ISBN 0007210124)

428.24 Basic English usage by Michael Swan (ISBN 0194311872)

428.24071 Learner English by Michael Swan (ISBN 0521779391)

425 How English works by Michael Swan and Catherine Walter (ISBN 9780194314565)

428.24071 An A-Z of ELT by Scott Thornbury (ISBN 97801405070638)

428.24 How to teach grammar by Scott Thornbury (ISBN 9780582339323)

428.121 How to teach vocabulary by Scott Thornbury (ISBN 0582429668)

428.1071 Sound foundations: learning and teaching pronunciation by Adrian Underwood (ISBN 9781405064101)

418.007 A course in language teaching by Penny Ur (ISBN 9780521449946)

428.24 Discussions that work by Penny Ur (ISBN 9780521281690)

428.219 Grammar practice activities by Penny Ur (ISBN 0521338476)

428.2 Pair work 1: elementary-pre-intermediate by Peter Watcyn-Jones (ISBN 0582514630)

428.2 Pair work 2: intermediate-upper intermediate by Peter Watcyn-Jones (ISBN 0582514622)