ESL BOOK REVIEWS

David M. Scraggs 👨🏽‍🏫If you teach beginner-level/ young English learners, you already know the struggle. Some days, you walk into the classroom and your carefully crafted lesson evaporates because the students are tired, overwhelmed, or simply not ready for another dense grammar explanation. On those days, what you really need is a simple, motivating, and […]

David M. Scraggs 👨🏼‍🏫How did this get in here! Well, if I can’t promote a book or two on my own website, where can I?😎 When I was doing my teacher training I used to peer-review ESL classes and noticed that teachers often left a portion of the lesson for a game or fun activity

Jack C. Richards Richard Schmidt 👩‍🏫If you’re a language nerd like me and enjoy exploring the wonderful aspects of language and linguistics, then this is the book for you. At 644 pages, it’s coming in heavy, but I’m determined to read the whole thing. That is why it is in the magazine rack in my

Shelley Ann Vernon 👩🏻‍🏫If you search on Amazon these days, you will be presented with a plethora of ESL teacher help books. Some are worth the money, while others.. not so much. The last time I checked, one ‘author’ seems to have ‘written’ over 400 books ( AI cough). Above the piles of pedagogic dross,

Practical English Usage by Michael Swan, Oxford University Press 👩🏽‍🏫Michael Swan is the godfather of English grammar books, and this book is a mainstay of any serious ESL/TEFL teacher’s toolbag. It is always on the pre-reading list for those about to take Cambridge’s famous CELTA (Certificate of English Language ) course, which is a recommendation

English Grammar in Use: A self-study reference and practice book for intermediate students, Raymond Murphy Cambridge University Press 👩‍🏫 English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy is the book you recommend to your students who want to improve their grammar skills. It is one of the most widely used grammar books for intermediate-level English learners. What I

What are the must-have books for ESL teachers? 👩🏽‍🏫Being a new ESL teacher can sometimes feel overwhelming. Every teacher can remember that first time walking into a classroom to teach their first class, to be greeted by a room full of expectant eyes. The feeling of being a complete fraud and not knowing what you’re