Where teachers meet and learn

    Books and Materials for Review

    Top image credit: mind on fire / Foter / CC BY-SA

    ETAS is fortunate to have the support of publishers and materials providers who make available the latest in teacher support materials: course books, resource books, teaching tools, apps and other resources as they come on the market. We offer the materials for review and the Book Reviews Editor sometimes asks ETAS members to review materials directly. ETAS members are invited to offer to review materials and can also suggest materials for review. The lists of materials are updated on a regular basis as required.

    Writing reviews is not as difficult as you might think if you have never done it; we provide Guidelines and support so nobody should feel daunted. Review writing is a good way to hone your general writing skills. Selected reviews are printed in the ETAS Journal and reviewers may keep the materials they have reviewed.

    Contact the Book Reviews Editor for more information: bookreview@e-tas.ch

    Books and Materials for Review:

    Books for review

    ETAS Journal Book Review Guidelines:

    Guidelines

    Cambridge English for Nursing, Intermediate +

    Virginia Allum and Patricia McGarr

    Cambridge University Press, 2008

    ISBN 978-0-521-71540-9

    This is Cambridge University Press’s answer to OUP’s Nursing books. The level is given as Intermediate + (B1-B2), but the emphasis on listening and speaking offers students considerable leeway. There is also a lower-level (pre-intermediate) book available.

    Read more

    Cambridge School Dictionary with CD-ROM

    Cambridge University Press 2008/2010

    ISBN 978-0-521-71263-7

    This handy monolingual wordbook (plus more!) claims to be for intermediate and upper-intermediate learners, but I think it could very well be introduced to a pre-intermediate English class.

    Read more

    DELTA Business Communication Skills – Meetings

    David King

    with CD

    Delta Publishing, 2008

    ISBN 978-1-905085-18-7

    This is a slim volume that punches above its weight.

    Working with architects and project managers who increasingly had to hold meetings with clients in English, I was searching for a coursebook that could help me deliver quick results.

    Read more

    English Grammar in Use

    English Grammar in Use

    Raymond Murphy

    4th edition, book with answers

    Cambridge University Press (2012)

    ISBN 978-1-107-64138-9 (ca. CHF 40.- from Thalia)

    390 pages, including 145 two-page units, 7 appendices, 24 pages of additional exercises, a study guide, answer key, and index

    Read more

    English Unlimited, Pre-intermediate (CEF level B1)

    English Unlimited, Pre-intermediate (CEF level B1)

    Alex Tilbury, Theresa Clementson, Leslie Anne Hendra and David Read, with a team from CUP

    Cambridge University Press (2010)

    Coursebook with e-Portfolio DVD-ROM

    ISBN 978-0-521-69777-4

    Class Audio CDs (3 CDs, total playing time approx. 3 hrs)

    ISBN 978-0-521-69779-8

    Self-study Pack (Workbook with DVD-ROM)

    Read more

    Film, TV, and Music

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 29 No. 1 Winter 2011

    Multilevel activities for teenagers

    Olha Madylus

    Cambridge University Press (2009)

    ISBN 978-0-521-72838-6

    Read more

    Objective PET (CEF level B1)

    Louise Hashemi, Barbara Thomas

    Cambridge University Press (2010)

    Student’s book with answers with CD-Rom ISBN: 978-0-521-73266-6

    Workbook with answers ISBN: 978-0-521-73271-0

    Teacher’s Book ISBN: 978-0-521-73269-7

    Read more

    Oxford English for Careers

    Medicine 1                                                                                                                          

    Sam McCarter

    Oxford University Press, 2009

    Student’s Book, ISBN 978-0-19-402300-9

    Class Audio CD, ISBN 978-0-19-402303-0

    Read more

    Passport to Academic Presentations: New Edition

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 32 No. 3 Summer 2015

    Douglas Bell

    Garnet Education (2014)

    Student’s Book, with free audio CD and online video presentations

    ISBN 978-1-90-861468-1

    79 pages, paperback

    Teacher’s Book, with free audio CD and online video presentations

    ISBN 978-1-90-861469-8

    62 pages, paperback

    Read more

    Collins English for Life: Listening

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 33 No. 3 Summer 2016

    Ian Badger

    HarperCollins Publishers, London (2014)
    ISBN: 978-0-00-754268-0
    128 pages, paperback
    B2 Level to Upper Intermediate
    Collins English for Life: Listening

    Read more

    Focus on oral interaction

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 33 No. 2 Spring 2016

    Rhonda Oliver and Jenefer Philp

    Oxford University Press (2014)

    ISBN: 978-0-19-400084-0

    162 pages, paperback

    Read more

    Film in Action

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 33 No 1 Winter 2015

    Kieran Donaghy

    Delta Publishing (2015)

    ISBN 978-1-90-978307-2

    112 pages

    Read more

    The Legal English Manual

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 32 No. 1 Winter 2014

    Alison Wiebalck, Clemens von Zedwitz, Richard Norman, and Kathrin Weston Walsh

    Hebling Lichtenhahn Verlag, Verlag C.H. Bech oHG, MANZ’sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung GmbH in cooperation with Lawbility AG (2013)

    ISBN 978-3-7190-3423-8

    179 pages, paperback

    Read more

    English for Economics in Higher Education Studies

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 31 Number 2 Spring 2014

    Mark Roberts
    Garnet Education (2012)
    ISBN 978-1-85964-448-5
    139 pages with Audio CD (with seminar/lecture excerpts) and a wordlist
    Teacher’s book ISBN 978-1-85964-449-2
    308 pages with lesson guidance, full key, audio transcripts and extra photocopiable resources

    Read more

    Business Benchmark Upper Intermediate

    Business Benchmark Upper Intermediate 2nd Edition (BEC Vantage Edition)

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 31 No. 2 Spring 2014

    Guy Brook-Hart

    Cambridge University Press (2013)
    ISBN 978-1-107-68098-2
    208 pages

    Read more

    International Negotiations

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 31 No. 1 Winter 2013

    Mark Powell

    Cambridge University Press (2012)
    ISBN 978-0-521-14992-1
    112 pages, Student’s Book with Audio CDs (2) [Paperback]
    CHF 36.20

    Read more

    Vocabulary Activities

    ETAS Journal Volume 31 No. 1 Winter 2013

    Penny Ur 

    Cambridge University Press (2012)

    ISBN 978-0-521-18114-3

    260 pages plus CD ROM

    Read more

    Advanced Trainer

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 30 Number 2 Spring 2013

    Felicity O’Dell

    Six Practice Tests with Answers and Audio CDs (3)
    Cambridge University Press (2012)
    ISBN 978-0-521-18700-8    
    256 pages and a 24-page colour Speaking appendix

    Read more

    Exploring British Culture

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 30 Number 2 Spring 2013

    Jo Smith

    Cambridge University Press (2012)
    ISBN 978-0-521-18642-1

    128 pages, Book with Audio CD

    Read more

    The Oxford ESOL Handbook

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 30 No. 1 Winter 2012                                                               

    Philida Schellekens                                                   

    Oxford University Press (2007)

    ISBN 978-0-19-442281-9     

    236 pages

    Read more

    Classroom Management Techniques

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 29 No. 3 Summer 2012

    Jim Scrivener

    Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2012)

    306 pages, £23.40 paperback

    ISBN 978-0-521-74185-9

    Read more

    From Teacher to Manager: Managing language teaching organizations

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 29 Number 1 Winter 2011

    From Teacher to Manager: Managing language teaching organizations 

    Ron White, Andy Hockley, Melissa Laughner and Julie van der Horst Jansen

    Cambridge University Press (2008)
    ISBN 978-0-521-70909-5
    282 pages, including appendix and references for further reading

    Read more

    Teaching Unplugged

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 29 Number 1 Winter 2011

    Luke Meddings and Scott Thornbury
    Delta Publishing (2009)
    ISBN 978-1-905085-19-4

    Read more

    The Developing Teacher

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 29 Number 1 Winter 2011

    The Developing Teacher 

    Delta Teacher Development Series

    Duncan Foord
    Delta Publishing (2009)
    ISBN 978-1-905085-22-4

    Read more