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    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 these for review and the Resources Editor sometimes asks ETAS members to review materials directly. You are invited to offer to review some resources and can also suggest others you have seen. Subscribe to the ETAS Newsletter to discover our latest additions!

    Writing reviews is not as difficult as you might think; we provide guidelines and support so nobody should feel daunted. Review writing is a good way to hone your general writing skills while informing other teachers about the many resources available. Reviews are printed in the ETAS Journal and you may keep the materials as a thank you for your valuable contributions.

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

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    A Fractured Winter

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 36 Number 1 Winter 2018

    Alison Baillie

    Williams and Whiting Publishing (2018)

    Bloodhound Books (February 2019)

    ISBN 978-1912582051

    357 pages, paperback, also available as Kindle Edition (Amazon)

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    Brainstorming

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Spring 2018

    Gerhard Erasmus and Hall Houston

    The Round (2016)

    ASIN: B01ACW18OC

    37 Pages, e-book

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    Great Writing 4 Student’s Book C1

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Summer 2018

    Keith S. Folse, April Muchmore-Vokoun, Elena Vestri Solomon

    National Geographic Learning CENGAGE Learning (2014)

    ISBN: 978-1-285-75074-3

    210 pages, paperback

    With access code for online Workbook

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    Keynote Intermediate

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 34 Number 3 Summer 2017

    Paul Dummett

    Helen Stephenson

    Lewis Lansford

    National Geograpic Learning (Student's Book with DVD-ROM)

    United Kingdom (2015)

    ISBN: 978-1-305-39909-9

    181 pages, paperback

    Keynote Intermediate

    Lewis Lansford

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    Real Business English Coursebooks B2

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 36 Number 1 Winter 2018

    Rebecca Buller and Suzanne Vetter-M’Caw

    Delta Publishing (2017/18)

    ISBN:   978-3-12-501675-0 TB

    978-3-12-501673-6 SB

    978-3-12-501674-3 WB

    88  pages (TB), 144 pages (SB), 96 pages (WB); paperback

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    Swiss History in a Nutshell

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 34 Number 3 Summer 2017

    Grégoire Nappey, Mix and Remix

    Bergli Books (2010)

    ISBN 978-3-90-525219-4

    Paperback, 91 pages, CHF 19.90

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    The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 35 Number 1 Winter 2017

    Clare O’Dea
    Bergli Books( 2016)

    ISBN: 978-3-905252-90-3

    231 pages

    If you are Swiss, know someone who is Swiss, or are simply interested in the Swiss and Switzerland, then this book is for you!

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    THINK Student’s Book B2

    Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks, Peter Lewis-Jones

    Cambridge University Press (2016)

    ISBN 978-1-107-57328-4

    128 pages, paperback

    What initially attracted me to this book was the brightly coloured promotional video that one can watch on the website, which promises something REALLY (and I don’t hesitate to use capital letters here) revolutionary, capable of waking up the most discouraged students. 

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    English Empower B1

    Book Review: ETAS Journal Volume 35 Number 1 Winter 2017

    English EMPOWER B1 Student’s Book

    Adrian Doff, Craig Thaine, Herbert Puchta, Jeff Stranks, and Peter Lewis-Jones

    Cambridge University Press (2015)

    ISBN 978-1-107-46651-7

    176 pages, paperback

    English EMPOWER B1 Workbook with Answers

    Peter Anderson

    Cambridge University Press (2015)

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    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

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    Focus with MyEnglishLab

    Focus 4 Student’s Book with MyEnglishLab Access Code

    Sue Kay, Vaughan Jones, Daniel Brayshaw, Beata Trapnell

    Pearson Education Limited (2016) Harlow, England.

    ISBN 978-1-292-11009-7

    Workbook

    Daniel Brayshaw, Bartosz Michalowski, Beata Trapnell

    ISBN 978-1-4479-9839-6

    Teacher’s Book with Multirom

    Arek Tkacz

    ISBN 978-1-292-11010-3

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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)

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    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

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    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

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    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.

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    Moral Dilemmas

    Lindsay Clandfield

    Smashwords (2016)

    ISBN: 978-1-31-090285-7

    4,530 words, pdf/epub/mobi/pdb

    How important is it to keep a promise? When is killing someone an act of self-defence? Is it right to torture a terrorist when the lives of many are at stake? Does it matter where money comes from if it ultimately does good?

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    Foundation IELTS Masterclass: Student’s Book, Teacher’s Pack

    Foundation IELTS Masterclass Student’s Book

    Nick Thorner and Louis Rogers

    Oxford University Press (2015)

    ISBN: 978-0-19-470529-5

    173 pages, paperback

    with Online Practice, including an online Academic level practice test

    Foundation IELTS Masterclass Teacher’s Pack

    Katy Simpson with Nick Thorner               

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    Moving into Tourism and Hospitality

    Moving into Tourism and Hospitality

    Hans Mol

    Garnet Publishing Ltd (2014)

    ISBN: 978-1-90-757553-2

    220 pages

    Coursebook & Audio DVD

    Moving into Tourism and Hospitality

    Hans Mol

    Garnet Publishing Ltd (2014)

    ISBN: 978-1-90-757554-9

    176 pages

    Teacher’s Book

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