These books form part of the required and recommended reading list to help with CertTESOL pre-course tasks, during the course and as part of a core reference library for English language teachers.

Required Reading

The following titles are required pre-course reading:

Jim Scrivener
Learning Teaching (3rd edition)
Macmillan, 2011.

Martin Parrott,
Grammar for English Language Teachers (2nd edition)
CUP, 2010.

This is the minimum recommended reading. These books can be borrowed from the school on payment of a deposit and, at the end of the course, either returned or purchased for future reference at that stage.

Recommended Reading

We also recommend the following titles as part of an extended list for pre-course reading. For reference, multiple copies of these are also available in the school’s trainee resource library.

METHODOLOGY

Jeremy Harmer
The Practice of English Language Teaching(5th edition)
Pearson ELT, 2015

Scott Thornbury
The New A-Z of ELT: A Dictionary of Terms and Concepts
Macmillan, 2017

Peter Watkins
Learning to Teach English: A Practical Introduction for New Teachers
Delta, 2017

GRAMMAR REFERENCE

Michael Swan
Practical English Usage (4th edition)
OUP, 2016.

Rod Bolitho & Brian Tomlinson
Discover English
Macmillan, 2005.

Raymond Murphy
English Grammar in Use (5th edition)
CUP, 2019

All these books can be bought or ordered through International Books, 18 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2. The two required books are stock items so they usually have a few copies of each in the shop. It’s worth paying them a visit to browse through all the language learning books. www.internationalbooks.ie/

Tel 00 353 1 6799375
Email info@internationalbooks.ie

You could also get them from Hodges Figgis, 56-58 Dawson Street, Dublin 2.
If not in stock, the shop can easily attain them for you with a 7 to 10 day lead time.
Tel 00 353 1 6774754
Email enquiries@hodgesfiggis.ie

You could also look for them (new or second hand) in Kennys online bookshop:
www.kennys.ie

You can also order them online from the Bournemouth English Book Centre (BEBC): www.bebc.co.uk

Finally, you could try Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk, though we would encourage you to shop independently and locally first.