Introduction to TESOL 












Introduction to TESOL
Readings and Texts



Required Texts available in the bookstore:

  • Brown, H.D. 1994. Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents.
  • Harmer, J. 1991. The practice of English language teaching. 1991. London: Longman.
  • Larsen-Freeman, D. 1984. Techniques and principles in language teaching. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  • Snow, D. 1996. More than a native speaker: An introduction for volunteers teaching abroad. Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.

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Students who are registered in the course can gain access to the shared document files containing summaries of the readings by logging on to Serval, Volume 2 and following the path to Winter Term 99/ID013/Text Summaries.


Books On Reserve From Which Readings Are Assigned:

  • Boswood, T. (Ed.) 1997. New ways of using computers in language teaching. Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.
  • Krashen, S.D. & Terrell, T.D. 1983. The natural approach: Language acquisition in the classroom. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
  • Lewis, M. 1993. The lexical approach: The state of ELT and a way forward. Hove, UK: Language Teaching Publications.
  • Oxford, R.L. 1990. "Chapter 1: Looking at language learning strategies" in Language learning strategies: What every teacher should know. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.

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