To all practitioners

Scott Thornbury

Books

Books

About Language.

Scott Thornbury
1999. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

How to Teach Grammar.

Scott Thornbury
2000. London: Pearson. (source)

Uncovering Grammar.

Scott Thornbury
2001. Basingstoke: Macmillan. (source)

How to Teach Vocabulary.

Scott Thornbury
2002. London: Pearson. (source)

Natural Grammar.

Scott Thornbury
2004. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (source)

How to Teach Speaking.

Scott Thornbury
2005. London: Pearson. (source)

Beyond the Sentence.

Scott Thornbury
2005. Basingstoke: Macmillan. (source)

Conversation From Description to Pedagogy.

Scott Thornbury, Diana Slade.
2006. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

Teaching Grammar Creatively.

Scott Thornbury, Gunter Gerngross.
2006 (2nd Edition 2021). Innsbruck: Helbling Languages. (source)

Grammar.

Scott Thornbury
2006. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (source)

The New A-Z of ELT.

Scott Thornbury
2006. Basingstoke: Macmillan. (source)

The Celta Course – Trainee Book.

Scott Thornbury, Peter Watkins.
2007. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

Teaching Unplugged.

Scott Thornbury, Luke Meddings.
2009. Stuttgart: Delta Publishing by Klett.(source)

Big Questions in ELT.

Scott Thornbury
2013. E-book. The Round. (source)

30 Language Teaching Methods.

Scott Thornbury
2017. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

101 Grammar Questions.

Scott Thornbury
2019. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

Book chapters

2002.  Training in Instructional Conversation. In Trappes-Lomax, Ferguson (eds.) Language in Language Teacher Education. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 95-106. (source)

2010. What Can a Corpus Tell Us About Discourse? In O'Keeffe A., McCarthy, M. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics. London: Routledge. (source).

2010. The Grammar of Conversation. In Cook, G., North, S. (eds.) Applied Linguistics in Action: A Reader. Milton Keynes: The Open University / London: Routledge. (source).

2011. Language Teaching Methodology. In Simpson, J. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics. London: Routledge (source).

2011. Speaking Instruction. In Burns, A., Richards, J. (eds.) The Cambridge Guide to Pedagogy and Practice in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source).

2013. Resisting Coursebooks. In Gray, J. (ed.) Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching Materials. Houndsmill: Palgrave Macmillan. (source)

2013. The Learning Body. In Arnold, J, Murphy, T. (eds.) Meaningful Action: Earl Stevick’s Influence on Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source).

2016. Communicative Language in Theory and Practice. In Hall,G. (ed.) Handbook of English Language Teaching. London: Routledge. (source)

2016. Educational Technology: Assessing its Fitness for Purpose. In McCarthy, M. (ed.) The Cambridge Guide to Blended Learning for Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source).

2022. Materials for Developing Speaking Skills. In Norton, J., Buchanan, H. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching. London: Routledge (source).

(In press). The Structure Comes First: How Coursebooks Commodify Grammar. In Tomlinson, B. (ed.) Developing Materials for Language Teaching. London: Bloomsbury (source).

Series Editor for Cambridge Handbooks for Teachers

2007. Penny Mckay, Jenni Guse. Five-minute Activities for Young Learners. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2007. Cindy Leaney. Dictionary Activities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.(source)

2007. Nick Bilbrough. Dialogue Activities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.(source)

2008. Ben Goldstein. Working with Images. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2009. Penny Ur, Michael Swan. Grammar Practice Activities 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press. (source)

2010. John Corbett. Intercultural Language Activities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2010. Ingrid Wisniewska. Learning One-to-One. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2011. Penny Ur. Vocabulary Activities. Cambridge University Press. (source)

2011. Nick Bilbrough. Memory Activities for Language Learning. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2011. Jenni Guse. Communicative Activities for EAP. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2012. Jim Scrivener. Classroom Management Techniques. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2013. Graham Stanley. Language Learning with Technology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2014. Ben Goldstein, Paul Driver. Language Learning with Digital Video. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2014. Philip Kerr. Translation and Own-Language Activities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2016. Penny Ur. 100 Teaching Tips. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2017. Karen Elliot, Herbert Puchta. Activities for Very Young Learners. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2017. Lindsay Clandfield, Jill Hadfield. Interaction Online. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2017. Peter Watkins. Teaching and Developing Reading Skills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2017. Jack C Richards. 50 Tips for Teacher Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2017. Scott Thornbury. 30 Language Teaching Methods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2018. Alan Maley. 50 Creative Activities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2018. Leo Selivan. Lexical Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2019. Scott Thornbury. 101 Grammar Questions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2020. Carol Read. 101 Tips for Teaching Primary Children. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2020. Craig Thaine. Off the Page. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2020. Mark Hancock. 50 Tips for Teaching Pronunciation. Cambridge Cambridge University Press. (source)

2021. Herbert Puchta. 101 Tips for Teaching Teenagers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2021. Chris Sowton. Teaching in Challenging Circumstances. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2021. David Crystal. 50 Questions about English Usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2021. Philip Kerr. 30 Trends in ELT. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (source)

2022. Jeremy Harmer. 50 Communicative Activities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press and Assessment. (source)

2022. Penny Ur. 77 Tips for Teaching Vocabulary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press and Assessment. (source)

2022. Nicky Hockly. 50 Essentials for Using Learning Technologies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press and Assessment. (source)

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Teacher.

Sylvia Ashton-Warner.

1963. Harmondsworth: Penguin. (source)

Teaching as a Subversive Activity.

Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner.

1969. Harmondsworth: Penguin. (source)

Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

Paulo Freire.

1070. Harmondsworth: Penguin. (source)

Teaching Languages: A Way and Ways.

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1980. Rowley,MA: Newbury House. (source)

Interaction in the Language Curriculum: Awareness,Autonomy and Authenticity.

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Place in HLT

From 2007 to 2020, Scott Thornbury designed and taught a Masters in TESOL at the New School in New York and was Academic Director at the International Teacher Development Institute.  He is in high demand as a conference speaker and travels extensively to give workshops and presentations.   He is a trustee for the Hands Up Project, which promotes drama activities in English for children in under-resourced regions of the Arab world.  Recently, he was working for Mosaik Education, training teachers of refugees in the Middle East in how to integrate communicative activities into their online classes.

— Jeremy Harmer
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