In this page you’ll find the most comprehensive bibliography ever written about TEFL and young learners.
Photocopiable and Printable Books for Primary English.
- Toth: Children’s Games. MacMillan- Heinemann
- Paul: Sons and Games for Children. MacMillan- Heinemann.
- Holderness/ Hugues: 100 + Ideas for Children. MacMillan- Heinemann.
- Various artists: Primary Hits. MacMillan- Heinemann.
- Granger: Play Games with English 1. MacMillan- Heinemann.
- Granger: 1000 Pictures for Teachers to Copy. Nelson.
- Hadfield: Elementary Vocabulary Games. Pearson Longman.
- Hadfield: Elementary Grammar Games. Pearson Longman.
- Hadfield: Beginners’ Communication Games. Pearson Longman.
- Palmer: Blueprints Festivals. Stanley Thornes.
- Hadfield: Elementary Communication Games. Pearson Longman.
- Hadfield: Writing Games. Pearson Longman.
- Palim/ Power: Jamboree. Pearson Longman.
- Nixon/ Tomlinson: Primary Activity Box. Cambridge University Press.
- Nixon/ Tomlinson: Primary Communication Box. Reading Activities and puzzles for younger learners. Cambridge University Press.
- Nixon/ Tomlinson: Primary Communication Box. Speaking and listening activities for younger learners. Cambridge University Press.
- Nixon/ Tomlinson: Primary Grammar Box. Cambridge University Press.
- Nixon/ Tomlinson: Primary Pronunciation Box. Cambridge University Press.
- Nixon/ Tomlinson: Primary Reading Box. Cambridge University Press.
- Nixon/ Tomlinson: Primary Vocabulary Box. Cambridge University Press.
- Greenwood: Activity Box. Cambridge University Press.
- Gray: Jet Primary Teachers’ Resource Book 1,2 & 3. Delta Publishing.
- Chaves/Graham/Superfine: Fun and Games in English. Delta Publishing.
- Birdsall: Festivals and Special Days in Britain. Delta Publishing.
- Marks: Puzzle Time for Starters, Movers and Fliers. Delta Publishing.
- Thomas: Picture Prompts: Clothes. Delta Publishing.
- Thomas: Picture Prompts: Prepositions and Directions. Delta Publishing.
- James/Superfine: Telling Tales in English. Delta Publishing.
- Lambert/Pelteret: J.E.T: Speaking Activities. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Hughes: J.E.T: Songs & Rhymes. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Mourão: J.E.T.: Real Books! In the Primary Classroom. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Myles: J.E.T: Mini Book Makers. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Beddall: J.E.T: Drama in the Classroom. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Graham: J.E.T: Clifford Songs and Chants. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Finnie/ Bourdais: Timesaver Vocabulary Activities (Elementary). Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Degnan-Veness: Timesaver Grammar Activities (Elementary). Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Fletcher/ Munns: Timesaver Visual Grammar. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Hardy-Gould: Timesaver Project Work. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Pelteret/ Punja: New Timesaver for English Teachers. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Myles: Timesaver Games. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Greet: Timesaver Elementary Listening. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Myles: Timesaver Read and React. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Ford/ King: Timesaver for real! English in Everyday Situations. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Berwick/ Thorne: Timesaver Writing Activities. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Sweeney: English Activities to Photocopy: Draw & Write. Mary Glasgow Magazines.
- Myles: Kids Only: Crazy Pictures. Mary Glasgow Magazine
- Myles: Kids Only: Get the Picture. Mary Glasgow Magazine.
- Myles: Kids Only: Songs, Chants & Action Rhymes (5 packs). Mary Glasgow Magazine.
- Johnston: Listening Activities (elementary). European Language Institute.
- Farrell: Vocabulary Builder 1. ELI.
- English with Crosswords 1& 2. Photocopiable edition. ELI.
- Easy Games in English. ELI
- Ellis/ Brewster: Tell it Again! Penguin English Photocopiables. Pearson Longman.
- Graham-Marr/Saito: Photocopiable Pairworks for Children. ABAX.
- Bazo/ Hernandez/Peñate: Think in English A & B. Oxford University Press.
- Grupo Eledos: De dos en dos. Actividades para el aula de inglés. Longman.
- Fletcher: Pictures of English Tenses for Young Learners. Brain Friendly Publications
- Gerngross/ Puchta: Do and Understand. Longman.
Reference Books related to Young Learners
General Handbooks
- Halliwell,S: Teaching English in the Primary Classroom. Longman Pearson.
- Moon, J: Children Learning English. MacMillan Heinemann.
- Brunfit/ Moon/Tongue: Teaching English to Children. Longman.
- Cameron,L : Teaching Languages to Young Learner. Cambridge University Press.
- Vale/ Feunteun: Teaching Children English. Cambridge University Press
- Phillips,S: Young Learners. Oxford University Press.
- Pinter, A: Teaching Young Language Learners. Oxford University Press.
- Schinke-Llano/ Rauff: New Ways in Teaching Young Children. TESOL.
- Van Oort, H: Challenging Children. Delta Publishing.
- Brewster/ Ellis: The Primary English Teacher’s Guide. Penguin Longman.
- Argondizzo, C: Children in Action. Prentice Hall.
- Scott/ Ytreberg: Teaching English to Children. Longman
- Kennedy/ Jarvis: Ideas and Issues in Primary ELT. Nelson.
- Curtain/ Pesola: Languages and Children: Making the Match. Longman.
- Rigg/ Enright (Ed.): Children and ESL: Integrating Perspectives. TESOL.
- Rixon, S: Young Learners of English: Some Research Perspectives. Longman.
- Enright/ McCloskey: Integrating English. Addison- Wesley.
- Davies Samway/ McKeon: Common Threads of Practice. Teaching English to Children…TESOL.
- Genesee, F (ED.): Educating Second Language Children. Cambridge University Press.
- Holden, S (Ed): Teaching Children. Modern English Publications.
- McCloskey/ Orr/Dolitsky(Ed): Teaching English As a Foreign Language in Primary Schools.TESOL.
- Rixon,S: Teaching English to Young Learners. Modern English Publishing.
- Hughes, A: How to teach Young Learners. Pearson Longman. (Not yet published)
- House, S: An Introduction to Teaching English to Children. Richmond.
- Cant/ Superfine: Developing Resources for Primary. Richmond.
- Read, C: 500 Activities for the Primary Classrom. McMillan
- Asher J.J: Learning Another Language Through Actions. Sky Oaks Productions, Inc.
- Dunn, O: Beginning English with Young Children. MacMillan.
- Dunn, O: Developing English with Young Children. MacMillan.
- Bright Ideas Teacher Handbooks Language Resources. Scholastic.
- Grundy, P: Beginners. Oxford University Press.
- Linse, C.T.: Practical English Language Teaching: Young Learners. McGraw Hill.
- Cameron, Lynne & McKay, Penny.: Bringing creative teaching into the young learner classroom. OUP
Very Young Learners
- Reilly/ Ward: Very Young Learners. Oxford University Press.
- Roth, G: Teaching Very Young Children. Richmond.
- Slattery, M.: Teaching with Bear. Oxford University Press.
Specialised
Assessment
- MCay, P: Assessing Young Language Learners. Cambridge University Press.
- Ioannou-Georgiou/ Pavlou: Assessing Young Learners. Oxford University Press.
- Heaton, J.B: Classroom Testing. Longman.
- Lazaro, L et al.: Acquisition and Assessment of Communicative Skills. Universidad de Alcalá.
- Harris & McCann: Assessment. Heinemann.
- WEIR,C. J: (1990). Communicative Language Testing. Prestince Hall.
- ANDERSON & BERETTA (Eds.) Evaluating Second Language Education. Cambridge University Press.
- Torrance, H Ed. : Evaluating Authentic Assessment. Open University Press.
Stories
- Ellis/ Brewster: The Storytelling Handbook for Primary Teachers. Penguin.
- Wright, A: Storytelling with Children. Oxford University Press.
- Morgan/Rinvolucri: Once Upon a Time. Cambridge University Press.
- Whright, A: Creating Stories with Children. Oxford University Press.
- Wajnryb, R: Stories. Narrative activities in the language classroom. Cambridge University Press.
- Taylor, E.K: Using Folktales. Cambridge University Press.
- Paran/ Watts Edit.: Storytelling in ELT. IATEFL.
- Watts, E: Storytelling. Oxford Basics for Children. OUP.
- Zaro/Salaberri: Contando Cuentos. Heinemann.
Games
- Lewis / Bedson: Games for Children. Oxford University Press.
- McCallum: 101 Word Games. Oxford University Press.
- Lee, W.R: Language Teaching Games and Contests. Oxford University Press.
- Mildford, A: New Bright Ideas: 10-Minute Games. Scholastic.
- Wright/ Betteridge/Buckby: Games for Language Learning. Cambridge University Press.
- Martin, M: Young Pathfinder 2: Games & Fun Activities. CILT.
- Retter/ Valls: Bonanza: 77 English Language Games for Young Learners. Longman.
- Kaye, P: Games for Learning. Noonday.
- Howard-Williams, D: Word Games with English. Heinemann.
- McKay/ Guse: Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners. Cambridge Handbooks for language teachers.CUP
Drama and Role Plays
- Phillips, S: Drama with Children. Oxford Universtity Press.
- Maley/ Duff: Drama Techniques in Language Learning: A Resource Book of Communicative Activities for Language Teachers. Cambridge University Press.
- McCaslin, N: Creative Drama in the Classroom and beyond. Longman.
- Wessels, C: Drama. Oxford University Press.
- Rooyarckers, P et al.:101 More Drama Games for Children. Hunter House.
- Scher/ Verrall: 100+ Ideas for Drama. Heinemann.
- Cassady, M: Acting Games: Improvisations and Exercises. Meriwether Publishing.
- MORRIS & MORT (1990) Learning through Play. Bright Ideas for Early years. Scholastic.
Classroom English
- Slattery/ Willis: English for Primary Teachers. Oxford University Press.
- Willis, J: Teaching English Through English. Longman.
- Hughes, G.S: A Handbook of Classroom English. Oxford University Press.
- SALABERRI, S. (1993). Uso del inglés en el aula. Heinemann
Tools and teaching techniques or methods.
- Gerngross & Puchta: Pictures in Action. Prentice Hall.
- Wright, A: Pictures for Language Learning. Cambridge University Press.
- Wright /Haleem: Visuals for the Language Classroom. Longman.
- Dobbs, J: Using the Board in the Language Classroom. Cambridge University Press.
- Davis & Rinvolucri: Dictation. Cambridge Universtiy Press.
- Phillips, Burwood & Dunford: Projects with Young Learners. Oxford University Press.
- Whiteford & Fitzsimmons: Bright Ideas: Display. Scholastic.
- Estaire/Zanon: Planning Classwork. A Task Based approach. Heinemann.
- Willis, J: A Framework for Task-Based Learning. Longman.
- Cambell, C /Kryszewska, H: Learner-Based Teaching. Oxford University Press.
- ALLAN, M: (1985). Teaching English with Video. Longman.
- Sherman, J: Using Authentic Video in the Language Classroom. Cambridge University Press.
- COOPER /LAVERY/ RINVOLUCRI: (1991). Video. Oxford University Press.
- Kenworthy, J: Language in Action. Longman.
- Willis/Paterson: English Through Music. Oxford Basics for Children. OUP
- Moir, N.: Starting and Ending Lessons. Oxford basics for children. OUP
Grammar and vocabulary.
- Lewis, G & Mol, H.: Grammar for Young Learners. Oxford University Press.
- Slatery, M.: Vocabulary Activities. Oxford basics for children. OUP
- Harmer, J.: Teaching and Learning Grammar. Longman keys to languange teaching
English, Primay Education & Technology
- Bennet, R: Using ICT in Primary English Teaching. Learning Matters.
- Bennet, R: Learning ICT with English. David Fulton Publishers.
- Dudeney & Hockly: How to Teach English with Technology. Pearson Longman.
- Dudeney, G: The Internet and the Language Classroom. Cambridge University Press.
- Elston, C: Using ICT in the Primary School. Paul Chapman Publishing.
- Lewis, G: The Internet and Young Learners. Oxford University Press.
- Lewis, G.: Bringing Technology into the Classroom. Oxford University Press.
- Rudd & Tyldesley: Literacy and ICT in the Primary School. David Fulton Publishers.
- Loveless & Dore (Ed.): ITC in the Primary School. Open University Press.
- Trythall, A: The Little Book of ICT. Featherstone Education.
- Sharp J et alia: Primary ICT: Knowledge, Understanding and Practice. Learning Matters.
- Sharma & Barrett: Blended Learning. Using Tech in and beyong the language classroom. Macmillan.
- Leask / Meadows: Teaching and Learning with ICT in the Primary School. Routledge Falmer.
Mixed Ability and Diversity
- Billbrough, N: Memory Activities for Language Learning. Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teacher Develorpment
- Haslam/Wilkin/ Kellet: English as an Additional Language. David Fulton Publishers.
- Tice, J: The Mix Ability Class. Richmond Publishing.
- Promodou, L:Mixed Ability Classes. Phoenix.
- Willing, K: Teaching How to Learn. NCELTR.
- Gibbons, P: Learning to Learn in a Second Language. Heinemann.
Language & Psychology
- Donaldson M: Children’s Minds. Fontana Press.
- Ellis/ Sinclair: Learning to Learn English. Cambridge University Press.
- Fisher, R: Teaching Children to Think. Nelson Thornes.
- Fisher, R: Teaching Children to Learn. Nelson Thornes.
- Lightbown/ Spada: How Languages are Learned. Oxford University Press.
- Vygotsky, L.S: Mind in Society. Harvard University Press.
- Williams/ Burden: Psychology for Language Teachers. Cambridge University Press.
- Wood, D: How Children Think and Learn. Blackwell.
Language Learning Skills.
- Reilly & Reilly: Writing with Children. Oxford University Press.
- Tann, S: Developing Language in the Primary Classroom. Cassell Education.
- Svecova, H: Listen and Do. Oxford Basics for Children. OUP.
- Bringing extensive reading into the classroom.Oxford University Press
Classroom Management & General Primary Teaching Skills.
- Byrne, D: Techniques for Classroom Interaction. Longman.
- Underwood, M: Effective Class Management. Longman.
- Croll / Hastings (ED.) : Effective Primary Teaching. David Fulton Publishers.
- Wragg, E.C: Primary Teaching Skills. Routledge Falmer.
- Kyriacou, C: Essential Teaching Skills. Nelson Thornes.
- Proctor, A et Al.: Learning to Teach in the Primary Classroom. Routledge Falmer.
- Pollard/ Tann: Reflective Teaching in the Primary School. Cassell Education.
- Cullingford, C (Ed.) : The Primary Teacher. Cassell Education.
- Cullingford, C (Ed.) : The Inner World of the School. Cassell
- Nitsche, P.: Talk less. Teach more! Pearls of Learning Press.