Millin’s reading list for a Module 3 on a 20-hour IELTS reading and writing course: exam classes, testing, course design, reading methodology.
Exam classes
- Burgess & Head, How to Teach for Exams (2005)
- P. May, Exam Classes (1996)
- Prodromou (1995) on backwash; Murphy (2000) on evaluation
Testing and assessment
- H. D. Brown, Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices (2003)
- Arthur Hughes, Testing for Language Teachers (2nd ed., 2003)
- Gronlund, Assessment of Student Achievement
- Harris & McCann, Assessment (1994)
Course design
- Richards, Curriculum Development in Language Teaching (2001)
- Graves (ed.), Teachers as Course Developers (1996); Graves, Designing Language Courses (2000)
- Woodward, Planning Lessons and Courses (2001)
Reading
- Christine Nuttall, Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language (3rd ed.)
Also
Harmer, The Practice of English Language Teaching (2007); Thornbury, A–Z of ELT (2006).
Caveats
Dated: Cambridge IELTS 3 (2002) and old band descriptors. Some titles are out of print.
Apply in my context (Claude)
- You teach IELTS and Cambridge for Schools, so “exam classes” is a natural specialism. A Cambridge for Schools (KET–PET) teens angle is less saturated than IELTS in Module 3 submissions. Worth considering.
- Add current sources: Green (2014) Exploring Language Assessment and Testing; the current IELTS public band descriptors (revised 2023).
Connections
- Before DELTA - rest, phonemics, Word skills, reading · The illusion of learning - correct answers are not acquisition (washback inside the classroom)