What book do you recommend for ESL teaching?

Answer 1

There isno such thing as having one book. Teaching from a book has been so passe for many years. Today, good Esl teachers use a variety of sources and materials to make lessons interesting and relevant for the students. The problem with textbooks is this: 1. The topics are generic (one size fits all) and they may/may not be relevant to your students. 2. Topics are culturally bound with most textbooks published in Britain or North America and the students might not be able to identify with aspects of those cultures. 3. Topics/Chapters are seasonal, so if you start a book in, say, March, and the chapter on Winter/Christmas is in August or Halloween in May those will lose their timeliness. 4. Vocabulary is also culturally diversified and British, American, Canadian, Australian books will have vocabulary variants. It's OK to use a book, but you have to know when to and when not to use all or parts of it, when to suplement and what to suplement depending on the students age, interests, background....Better yet, check out eslcafe.com for many ideas on teaching ESL

Answer 2

Your question is not properly focused. It depends on what level you are teaching, what age-group, in what country, and why the students want to learn English. I will be able to help you once I have that information. If you just want general information and a list of about 10,000 books, you canjust Google "ESOL textbooks".

Answer 3

Maybe for a change use some original thought gained through experience? A bit radical I know.....