Book Reviews

Here are some reviews of our books. Below each review you can add your own comment, with feedback or to ask us any questions you have about the books.

Mark Hancock's 50 Tips for Teaching Pronunciation

Review by: 
Jean L. Arnold
Appeared in: 
TESOLANZ Newsletter Vol42-3 2022

"A phoneme [distinctive sound] is like a chess piece. The knight, for example, can be many different shapes in different chess sets, but that doesn’t affect how the piece functions – what is important is how the piece moves in the game” (p. 44). This is one of many images Mark Hancock uses to help teachers grasp concepts to facilitate clever, effective pronunciation teaching.

Mark Hancock's 50 Tips for Pronunciation Teaching

Review by: 
Robin Walker
Appeared in: 
Speak Out!, 64, 79-81.

This review first appeared in the newsletter of the IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group. For more information about membership and the events and publications of this group go to https://pronsig.iatefl.org

Mark Hancock's 50 Tips for Pronunciation Teaching

Review by: 
Judy Tobin
Appeared in: 
IATEFL Voices issue 278

(From IATEFL Voices issue 278 (Jan / Feb 2021)

PronPack

Review by: 
Ellen Rosenfield
Appeared in: 
The CATESOL Journal 30.1
Overiew page: 
PronPack Series - Overview

Find the full review in The CATESOL Journal by following this link and going to the to the (Special Issue Reviews) at the bottom of the page. Here are a few quotes...

PronPack 1-4 Review

Review by: 
Brian Brennan
Appeared in: 
Modern English Teacher
Overiew page: 
PronPack Series - Overview

Read the full review here. Here's an excerpt:

PronPack 1-4

Review by: 
Steve Hirschhorn
Appeared in: 
English Teaching Professional
Overiew page: 
PronPack Series - Overview

Great to see a lovely review of PronPack in English Teaching Professional here, (Issue 113, November 2017, pp. 35, 36) by Steve Hirschhorn in Hungary. Here are a few quotes:

PronPack 1: Pronunciation Workouts

Appeared in: 
Kobo | iBooks

***** Excellent Resource
This is the best pronunciation book I’ve seen. The way the book is laid out really makes the phonemic sound system easy to understand both for teachers and language learners. The activities are also excellent. I highly recommend this and the other books in the series.
by Danyah.A. 8 April, 2017 on iBooks

PronPack 2: Pronunciation Puzzles

Appeared in: 
Kobo | iBooks

***** Creative and fun
Practical and entertaining activities that learners enjoy.
by Oksana on May 10, 2017

PronPack 3: Pronunciation Pairworks

Appeared in: 
Kobo | iBooks
Overiew page: 
PronPack Series - Overview

***** Great stuff
Tried some activities with my B2 learners and they enjoyed them a lot.
by Oksana on May 05, 2017 (Kobo.com)

PronPack 4: Pronunciation Poems

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Kobo | iBooks | Amazon
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PronPack Series - Overview

***** Fantastic!
Fantastic series for teaching the basics of English sounds to EFL learners. One-of-a-kind!
Alfredo Bilopolsky on August 08, 2017

Authentic Listening Resource Pack

Review by: 
Robin Walker
Appeared in: 
ELTJ Volume 70/4, Oct 2016
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Authentic Listening Resource Pack - overview

Final paragraph of review by Robin Walker in ELTJ. Another extract can be viewed on the ELTJ website:

http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/content/70/4/464.extract

Authentic Listening Resource Pack review

Review by: 
William Chaves Gomes
Appeared in: 
English Teaching Professional Issue 106 Sept 2016
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Authentic Listening Resource Pack - overview

Authentic Listening Resource Pack

Review by: 
Rory O'Kane
Appeared in: 
Modern English Teacher Volume 25 Issue 4 (Oct 2016)
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Authentic Listening Resource Pack - overview

 

English Result

Review by: 
Book of the Month
Appeared in: 
EL Gazette
Overiew page: 
English Result - overview

This is an impressive new general English coursebook. Highly practical, it focuses largely on speaking, for production and interaction. The ‘can do’ statements given for each lesson are clear for the students, and the ‘tickline’ at the bottom of each lesson allows them to reflect on and evaluate the class and their achievements. The two-page lesson format makes this book easy to use.

English Result Elementary Teacher's Book

Review by: 
lagouge
Appeared in: 
Amazon.co.uk
Overiew page: 
English Result - overview

I have used English Result (Elementary) throughout this summer, and find it has many virtues.

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