Date:
November 2022
A list of texts and resource materials for language teachers is available for book reviews in TLT and JALT Journal. Publishers are invited to submit complete sets of materials to Julie Kimura at the Publishers’ Review Copies Liaison postal address listed on the Staff page on the inside cover of TLT.
Recently Received Online
An up-to-date index of books available for review can be found at https://jalt-publications.org/tlt/departments/recently-received
* = new listing; ! = final notice — Final notice items will be removed on December 31. Please make queries by email to the appropriate JALT Publications contact.
Books for Students (reviews published in TLT)
Contact: Julie Kimura
- Penguin Readers—Penguin Books, 2019. [Penguin Readers is a series of classics, contemporary fiction, and non-fiction, written for learners of English.]
- ! The Hound of the Baskervilles—Doyle, A. C. [Retold by A. Trewin. Sir Charles Baskerville is dead. Can Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson stop the hound from killing again? Level: Starter, CEFR Pre-A1.]
- ! Tales of Adventurous Girls—[Retold by F. Mackenzie & F. Mauchline. Four folk tales tell the stories of brave girls from four different countries: Zanzibar, Japan, India, and China. Level: 1, CEFR A1.]
- ! Boy—Dahl, R. [Illustrated by Q. Blake. Retold by E. Dowsett. The story of the famous writer Roald Dahl when he was a boy. Level: 2, CEFR A1+.]
- ! Dracula—Stoker, B. [Adapted by H. Holwill. Jonathan Harker visits Count Dracula to buy a house in England. While he is there, he discovers terrible things about his client. As strange things begin to happen in England, Jonathan sees that Count Dracula must be stopped! Level: 3, CEFR A2.]
- ! Pride and Prejudice—Austen, J. [Retold by C. Degnan-Veness. Elizabeth Bennett meets Mr. Darcy, a rich man who owns land. At first, she hates him, but slowly her feelings start to change. Can she fight her pride and find happiness? Level: 4, CEFR A2+.]
- ! Wuthering Heights—Brontë, E. [Retold by A. Trewin. A man rides through Yorkshire to visit a house called Wuthering Heights, where he learns about Catherine, who lived there years before. Her story of love and sadness still affects those in the present. Level: 5, CEFR B1.]
- ! New Getting into English—Cronin, J., & Bray, E. Nan’un-do, 2021. [This coursebook was written for Japanese learners of English who need to review what they learned in junior high and high school. The text is filled with enjoyable, communicative activities, so students will have opportunities to improve speaking, listening, and pronunciation skills. Audio download available.]
- Teaching and Learning Haiku in English—McMurray, D. The International University of Kagoshima, 2022. [The practice of writing haiku in second language classrooms is demonstrated in this English language education text for students from elementary school through high school. The book provides examples of how students can learn to write English in the classroom, suggests ways to teach haiku in English using information and communication technologies (ICT), and explains how to organize contests by and for students.
- Writing a Graduation Thesis in English: Creating a Strong Epistemic Argument — Smiley, J. Perceptia Press, 2019. [This book helps students prepare for the main task of their academic careers. Students will develop an understanding of argumentation and develop a robust relationship between themselves and knowledge. The teacher’s guide is available through the publisher’s website.]
- Teaching English in Secondary School: A Handbook of Essentials—Siegel, J. Studentlitteratur, 2022. [This book provides a summary of the fundamental concepts in the field of second language acquisition. Topics covered include communicative language teaching, the psychology of language learning, as well as the four main skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This book serves both as an introduction to novice second language instructors and as a reference for practicing teachers.]
Books for Teachers (reviews published in JALT Journal)
Contact: Greg Rouault — jaltpubs.jj.reviews@jalt.org
- *Researching language and social media: A student guide (2nd ed.)—Page, R., Barton, D., Lee, C., Unger, J.W., & Zappavigna, M. Routledge, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003121763
- *Research methods in vocabulary studies—Durrant, P., Siyanova-Chanturia, A., Kremmel, B., & Sonbul, S. John Benjamins, 2022.
