Research Methods for Language Studies
Research Methods in Education David Nunan (1992)
The Good Research Guide: for small-scale social research project Martyn Denscombe (1998)
Working with spoken discourse Deborah Cameron (2001)
Fieldwork in educational settings: methods, pitfalls and perspectives Sara Delamont (2002)
Quantitative data analysis for social scientists Alan Bryman, Duncan Cramer (1990)
Using Survey in Language Progams, Brown, J. D. (2001)
Ethnography: principles in practice Martyn Hammersley, Paul Atkinson (2007)
Interviews: an introduction to qualitative research interviewing Steinar Kvale (1996)
Doing Qualitative Research David Silverman (2008)
Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Creswell, J. W. (2008)
Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication. (book for case study) Kress, Banathy, B.H. & Jenlink, P.M. (eds) (2005)
Case Study Research Methods. Gillham, B. 2000.
The initiation and introduction of first topics in Hong Kong telephone calls. (book chapter) Luke, K.K. 2002.
How to Analyse Talk in Institutional Settings. McHoul, A. and Rapley, M. (eds) 2001.
Second Language Research: Methodology and Deisgn. Alison Mackey, Susan & M. Gass (2005)
Designing Qualitative Research. Marshall, C. a& Rossman, G, B. (2006)
Continuum Companion to Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. Patridge, B. & Phakti, A. (eds.) (2010)
Professional Language Training
Course Design: Developing Programs and Materials for Language Learning Dubin, Fraida. (1986)
English for Specific Purposes: A Learning-centred Approach. Hutchinson, Tom and Waters, Alan. (1987).
Materials and Methods in ELT: a teacher’s guide. McDonough, Jo and Shaw, Christopher. (2003).
The Hong Kong School Curriculum: Development, Issues and Politics (2nd ed.) Morris, Paul. (1998).
Curriculum Development in Language Teaching. Richards, Jack C. (2000)
Task-based Language Education: From Theory to Practice. Kris van den Branden(Ed.) (2006)
The ELT Curriculum: Design, Innovation and Management White, Ron. (1988)
Planning Lessons and Courses: Designing Sequences of Work for Language Classroom Woodward, Tessa. ( 2001).
Teach Business English ,Donna, S. (2000)
Development in English for Sepcific Purposes: A Multi-disciplinary Approach. Duley-Evamce, T. & St John, M. J. (1999)
Establishing Self-access: from Theory to Practice. Gardne, D. & Miller, L. (1999),
Mentor Development in the Education of Modern Language Teachers, Gary, C. (2001)
Critical Pedagogies and Language Learning. Norton, B. & Toohey, K. (2004)
Second Language Needs Analysis. Long, M. H. (ed.) (2005)
Language Curriculum Design. Nation, I.S.P. & Macalister, J. (2010)
Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes. Basturkmen, H. (2006)
Five-minute Activities for Business English. Emmersonm P. (2005)
Task-based Instruction in Foreign Language Eductaion: Practices and Progams. Leaver, B. L. & Willis, J. (2004)
Materials Development in Language Teaching. Tomlinson, B. (ed.) (2011)
English Language Learning Materials. Tomlinson, B. (ed.) (2008)
Innovations in English Language Teaching. Hall, D.R. & Hewing, A. (eds.) (2001)
Psycholinguistics and Second Language Acquisition
Second Language Acquisition: An Advanced Resource Book. De Bot, K. Lowie, W. & Verspoor,M. (2005)
The Cambridge guide to teaching English to speakers of other languages. Carter, R. & Nunan, D. (eds) 2001.
Language, knowledge and pedagogy : functional linguistic and sociological perspectives. Christie, F. & Martin, J.R. (eds) 2007.
Bridging discourses in the ESL classroom: students, teachers and researchers Gibbons, P. 2006.
Researching Language in Schools and Communities: Functional Linguistic Perspective Unsworth, L. (ed). 2000.
The ecology and semiotics of language learning : a sociocultural perspective. Van Lier, L. 2004.
Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course. Gass, S. M. & Selinker, L. (2001)
How languages are learned Patrick J. M. Costello, Sally Lightbown, Patsy M & Spada, Nina (1999).
The study of second language acquisition Ellis, R. (1994).
Psycholinguistics: A resource book for students Field, J. (2003)
Introducing second language acquisition. Saville-Troike, M. (2006).
Approaches to second language acquisition Towell, R. & R. Hawkins (1994).
Literature in English
Asian American literature. Bella. A. (2008)
The Joy Luck Club. Tan, Amu, (1989)
Dictionary for Modern Critical Terms. Flower, R. (1987)
Dictionary of Poetic Terms. Jack Myers, Don C. Wukasch (2003)
The Rise of the Novel Ian P. Watt (2000)
Back from the far field : American nature poetry in the late twentieth centuryl Bernard W. Quetchenbach. (2000)
Orientalism, modernism, and the American poem Robert Kern (1996)
Stylistics Richard Bradford (1997)
Evanescent Isles Xu Xi(2000)
Authors of Victorian age
Fitzgerald literature
Torre Wenaus
Felix Cheong
Electronic poetry centre
Language Assessment for Professional Purposes
Testing for Language Teachers (2nd Ed.) Hughes, Arthur (2003).
Assessing reading Alderson, Charles (2000).
IELTS Washback in Context: Preparation for academic writing in higher education Anthony Green (2001)
Language testing construction and evaluation Alderson, J. C., Clapham, C. & Wall, D. (1995)
Assessing listening. Buck, Gary (2001)
Assessing speaking. Luoma, Sari (2004)
Assessing grammar. Purpura, James (2004)
Assessing vocabulary Read, John (2000)
Assessing Writing. Weigle, Sara Cushing (2002)
English and the discourses of colonialism. Pennycook, A. (1998).
Translation
Interpreting Culture through Translation. Ames, R.T., Chan S. W. & Ng, M,S, (1991)
Critical Language and Cultural Studies
Trajectories: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. Chen, K-H.,et al.(eds.) (1998)
Gendered Talk at Work: Constructing Gender Identity Through Workplace Discourse. Holmes, J. (2006)
Discourse as Cultural Struggle Shi-xu (2007)
Talk at Work: Interaction in Institutional Settings Paul Drew & John Heritage (eds.) (1992)
Language and Gender: A Reader. Coates, Jennifer (ed.). (1998)
Analyzing Identities in Discourse Ian P. Watt (2000)
Language and Globalization Norman Fairclough (2006)
Talking Politics in Japan Today Feldman, Ofer. (2004).
Negotiation and Power in Dialogic Interaction Edda Werigand & Marcelo Dascal (eds.) (2001)
Discourse as Data: A Guide for Analysis. Wetherall, M., Taylor. S. & Yates, S. J. (eds.) (2001).
Broadcast Talk, Paddy, Scannell (ed.) (1991)
Investigating Media Discourse Anne O'Keeffe (2006)
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Parliamentary Discourse Bayley, Paul (ed.). (2004).
Discourse and Discrimination: Rhetorics of Racism and Anti-semitism. Reisgil, M., & Wodak, R. (1999).
Resisting McDonaldization. Smart, B. (1999)
Other ESL resources
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