Comments on: What ESL books do you recommend?

By: Eric Roth

Eric Roth — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:44:51 +0000

Colin – We completely agree. Word by Word is an excellent picture dictionary, especially for adult learners with limited experience in formal education. Pearson-Longman also has an excellent support site for the book.
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/wordbyword/ that your students – and you – might appreciate.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. This list, originally written a few years ago, needs to be updated. Any and all suggestions are appreciated. You can also leave recommendations and reviews on http://www.esl-book.com that remains an abandoned web project.

By: Colin

Colin — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:00:05 +0000

My favourite is Word by Word – This visual dictionary – its a great book for those who are just starting to learn how to speak english and several students have told me that they found this book of real help in their studies.

By: Eric Roth

Eric Roth — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:01:49 +0000

The best ESL books are practical, engaging, and intellectually interesting for a sophisticated, international audience. They also meet both the immediate needs and longterm aspirations of English language learners. Ideally, these ESL and EFL books will help students both explore our rapidly changing world – and provide critical thinking skills.

Yet that’s from an English teacher’s perspective. Many impractical, boring, and grammar-filled tome sells quite well because they conform to both standardized tests and But marketing remains a mystery to me. Size matters here – from advertising budgets to publishing houses.

Or so it seems to me.

By: John Taylor

John Taylor — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:32:43 +0000

Interesting blog post. What would you say was the most important marketing factor?

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By: Books

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By: PLR Fast

PLR Fast — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:09:27 +0000

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Buy PLR — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:09:01 +0000

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