Annotated
Richards, Jack. 2001. Curriculum Development in Language Teaching, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
This is an introduction to Curriculum Development.
Richards, J. C., and Theodore S. Rodgers. 2001. Approaches and Methods
in Language Teaching, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Approachess and Methods in language learning explained in terms of
theory of language and language learning, goals, syllabus, activites, teacher and learner roles. materials and classroom techniques.
Readable and informative introduction to language teaching approaches.
Tudor, Ian. 2001. The Dynamics of the Language Classroom, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Readable introduction about teaching language in the classroom. The
author suggest moving away from educational technology (traditional methodologies) to a more ecological approach where
class dynamics can be explored.
Good sites on how to build a teaching unit.
The following 3 books are about portfolios:
Campbell et al. (2000). Portfolio and Performance
Assessment in Teacher Education. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Green, James E., and Sheryl O. Smyser (1996). The teacher portfolio:
A strategy for professional development and evaluation. Lancaster, PA: Technomic Publishing.
Stronge, James H. (Ed.) (1997). Evaluating Teaching: A guide to current
thinking and best practice. Thousand Oakes, CA: Corwin Press.
http://www.language.ca/bench.html
Two documents
on Canadian Language Benchmarks that discusses the twelve levels of speaking, listening, writing and reading.
CLB
2000: English as a Second Language for Adults
CLB
2000: ESL for Literacy Learners
http://www.lincpeelhalton.com/
About Language
Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) and the guidelines for this training program under the guidance of the Department
of Citizenship and Immigration.
Robinson, P. 2001.
Cognition and Second language Instruction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Introduction
to the psycholinguistic processes that underlies second language acquisition.
Henkel, E. Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning, 1999. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Addresses
the concerns of culture in second language acquisition
Nunan, David. 1999.Second Language Teaching and Learning, Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers.
Contemporary
issues in methodology courses: the context of second language teaching and learning, language skills in action and the learning
process.
McCroskey, J. C.
2001. An Introduction to Rhetorical Communication, Massachusetts: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
A history of
rhetorical theory and the elements that make up rhetorical communications.
Ur, P. 1991. A Course in Language Teaching, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
This book covers
the process of teaching and it includes: what to teach, how to teach, lesson planning, material development and learner differences.
Goh, D. S. 2004.
Assessment Accommodations for Diverse Learners, Pearson Education, Inc.
Accommodating
assessments for students with linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Fromkin, V. and R.
Rodman. 1998. An Introduction to Language, Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
This introductory
book to linguistics touches on pedagogical grammar, morphology, phonetics, psychology of language and language in society.
James Legge: Series on The Chinese Classics
Series of books on Chinese canonical texts
Lionel Giles: Tao Teh Ching
Wisdom of Laozi based on mysteries and subtleties and how they can overcome the world in a harmoniues state.
Richard Wilhelm: Yi Jing: Translation rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes
Looking into the future and trying to make sense of the universe
Mortimer Adler, The Great Books of the Western World
Introduces all the major thinkers and their ideas that shaped the western world from antiquity
to the twentieth century. Every human concept has been given an explanation by these great thinkers.
Yijing (Book of Changes)
Cohesion in English, Halliday and Hasan
