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The Listening File

by Jeremy Harmer, Steve Elsworth This advanced listening skills book is based on an accompanying cassette of interviews with British people (or people living in Britain). It contains 15 four-page units, each divided into two-page sections which are independent of each other. There are also pre-listening discussions and...
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Discourse Analysis in Second Language Research

By: Diane Larsen-Freeman 10 articles include Discourse analysis, Contextual analysis of English: application to TESL, A discourse analysis of Tense in Adult ESL monologues, Language play in child second language acquisition etc. Download http://usafiles.net/G59/Discourse_Analysis_in_Second_Language_Research.pdf  
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Technical Communication, Fifteenth Edition

By: John M. Lannon, Laura J. Gurak Today’s workplace requires writing emails, memos, letters, and informalreports, as well as more complex communications such as formal reports,proposals, web pages, and presentations. Technical Communication, 15thEdition guides students to write persuasively, effectively, and withperspective on technological innovations and global communications. Lannon...
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Information Structure: The Syntax–Discourse Interface

By: Nomi Erteschik-Shir This introduction to information structure discusses a wide range of phenomena on the syntax-information structure interface. It examines whether information structure maps onto syntax, and if so how. The topics covered include definitions of topic and focus, architectures of grammar, information structure, word order, the...
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Reading and Adult English Language Learners: A Review of the Research

by Miriam Burt, Rebecca Adams, Joy Kreeft Payton Learning to read in English is difficult for adult English language learners. Teachers know that their learners come from diverse backgrounds, have different experiences with literacy in their first languages, and have various reasons for learning English. They also know...
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