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I want to bone up on some esl theory for some interviews, anybody have some recommendations for some good books to read? Esp ones aimed at adult education/teaching.

Cheers

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Check some of these out:

Post-CELTA revision

� Learning Teaching, Jim Scrivener, Macmillan Heinemann, 2005
� The Practice of English Language Teaching, Jeremy Harmer, Longman, 1983

Methodology and Approaches

� Uncovering Grammar, S. Thornbury, Macmillan Heinemann, 2001
� Language Teaching Methodology, D. Nunan, Prentice Hall, 1991
� Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching, D. Larsen-Freeman, OUP, 2000
� A Framework for Task-Based Learning, J. Willis, Longman, 1996
� The Lexical Approach, M. Lewis, LTP, 1993
� Implementing the Lexical Approach, M. Lewis, LTP, 1997
� Foreign and Second Language Learning, W. Littlewood, CUP, 1984
� The Language Teaching Matrix, J. Richards, CUP, 1990
� How Languages are Learned, P. Lightbown and N. Spada, OUP, 1999
� Inside Teaching, T. Bowen and J. Marks, Heinemann, 1994
� Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, J. Richards and T. Rogers, CUP, 1983

Grammar

� About Language, S. Thornbury, CUP, 1997
� Grammar for English Language Teachers, M. Parrott, CUP, 2000
� Grammar, R. Batstone, OUP, 1994
� The English Verb, Michael Lewis, LTP, 1986
� Practical English Usage, M. Swan, OUP, 1995
� How English Works, M. Swan and C. Water, OUP, 1997
� How to Teach Grammar, S. Thornbury, Longman, 1999

Lexis

� Teaching Collocation, M. Lewis (ed), LTP, 2000
� How to Teach Vocabulary, S. Thornbury, Longman, 2002
� Working with Words, R. Gairns and S. Redman, CUP, 1986


Phonology

� English Phonetics and Phonology, P. Roach, CUP, 1983
� Teaching English Pronunciation, Joanne Kenworthy, Longman 1987
� Sound Foundations, A. Underhill, Heinemann, 1994

Discourse

� Beyond the Sentence, S. Thornbury, Macmillan, 2005
� Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers, M. McCarthy, CUP, 1993

Listening

� Listening, A. Anderson and T. Lynch, OUP, 1988
� Listening, G. White, OUP, 1998

Reading

� Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language, C. Nuttall, Heinemann, 1996
� Developing Reading Skills, F. Grellet, CUP, 1981
Speaking

� Speaking, M. Bygate, 1987, OUP
� Teaching the Spoken Language, G. Brown and G. Yule, CUP, 1983

Writing

� Writing, T. Hedge, OUP, 1988
� Process Writing, R. White and V. Arndt, Longman, 1991

Testing

� Testing for Language Teachers, A. Hughes, CUP, 1989

Course Design

� Syllabus Design, D. Nunan, OUP, 1988
� Teachers as Course Developers, K. Graves (ed), CUP, 1996


You should also look at Instructed Second Language Acquisition by Rod Ellis and Applied S.L.A Theory by Rod Ellis.
Hope this helps out.

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wow thank you so much, that was much more than I was expecting.

Thank you