Aleksandar Hemon
Not only is English his second language, but Alexsandar Hemon moved to the United States just eight years ago, and then with a minimal grasp of the language. He has since perfected his English and penned the much-talked-about A native of ... [... more]
Random House |
David Deans
David Deans was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, and educated at the University of Aberdeen and the London School of Economics. He has spent many years abroad teaching English as a second language and currently lives in Italy. In a ... [... more]
Random House |
Teach Yourself Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language
useful, but flawed: the book is useful, and offers some practical information on its subject. much of the information is helpful for the novice teacher or one with no formal tefl qualification. however, i would not call it either well written or well [... more]
CDN$16.95
Amazon CA |
Molly Katz
Molly Katz is a former stand-up comic and the author of several romance and suspense novels as well as Jewish as a Second Language. She lives in East Haven, Connecticut. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Sarah Stone
Sarah Stone lived in Bujumbura, Burundi, from 1991 to 1993, when she volunteered at the Jane Goodall Institute, taught English as a second language, and reported on human rights. She is on the faculty of the College Writing Programs at the ... [... more]
Random House |
Treatment of Error in Second Language Student Writing
Finally, a book about L2 writing that we can all understand!: The field of SLA, or Second Language Acquisition, is relatively new, but the language teaching profession is not. In the short history of SLA, however, researchers have sought to conduct solid [... more]
CDN$22.92
Amazon CA |
An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research
not an easy introduction to SLA: I read An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research a number of years ago while I was studying for my Master's in TESOL, and picked it up again only recently in order to review it. I had no recollection of it [... more]
CDN$47.95
Amazon CA |
Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course
Only for Hard-Core SLA Folk: While SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION is well-researched and provides a thorough overview of the field, it is only for college folks (probably graduate students and up), and there is little if any value for the utiltarian teacher. [... more]
CDN$65.22
Amazon CA |
Second Language Learning Through Cooperative Learning
Second Language Cooperative Learning.: This book extends cooperative learning for second language learners. Cooperative learning is very important for second language learners. My complaint is that there is the belief that second language learning is all [... more]
CDN$25.08
Amazon CA |
Exploring Second Language Reading
A wonderful teacher source: Whether you are a beginning second language teacher or a very experienced one, this book is a "must-read." It covers the most important aspects of teaching reading in a second language. It provides the reader with [... more]
CDN$40.58
Amazon CA |
Teach Yourself Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language
useful, but flawed: the book is useful, and offers some practical information on its subject. much of the information is helpful for the novice teacher or one with no formal tefl qualification. however, i would not call it either well written or well [... more]
CDN$18.95
Amazon CA |
Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition
useful to know about but difficult to teach from: Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition looks at language as a complex cognitive skill which can be defined within the context of cognitive theory. There is a lot of research in cognitive [... more]
CDN$31.95
Amazon CA |