Bibliography

Recommended Bibliography for B1

DICTIONARIES

- Oxford Pocket Dictionary (bilingual)
- Cambridge Word Selector (bilingual, thematic)
- Oxford Wordpower Dictionary
- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (with CD-ROM)
- The Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English
- Longman English Activator (as a second dictionary, to help students write correctly)
- Collins Cobuild Dictionary
- Oxford Duden Pictorial Spanish-English Dictionary (but no phonetics)

REFERENCE GRAMMARS AND GRAMMAR PRACTICE

- English Grammar in Use Raymond Murphy (Cambridge University Press)
- Practical English Usage Michael Swan (Oxford University Press)
- First Certificate Language Practice Michael Vince (Heinemann) (The most complete grammar at this level,   with grammar explanation, exercises, key, vocabulary exercises).
- Grammar for Everyday Use Ona Low (Collins)
- Oxford Practice Grammar John Eastwood (Oxford University Press)
- The Heinemann English Grammar Beaumont & Granger (Heinemann)
- Longman English Grammar Practice L G Alexander Longman) (self-study edition)
- How English Works Swan & Walter (Oxford University Press)

PHONETICS

- English Pronunciation Illustrated John Trim (Oxford University Press)
- Ship or Sheep? Ann Baker (Cambridge University Press) (with cassette)
- Tree or Three? Ann Baker (Cambridge University Press) (with cassette)
- Headway Intermediate Pronunciation Bowler & Parminter (Oxford University Press)

VOCABULARY

- First Certificate Organiser John Flower (Language Teaching Publications)
- Intermediate Vocabulary B J Thomas (Nelson)
- Build Your Vocabulary, 1 & 2 John Fowler and Michael Berman (Language Teaching Publications)
- Test Your Vocabulary, Books 1-4 Peter Watcyn-Jones (Penguin English)

MAGAZINES

- Speak Up (a monthly magazine with CD, and optional film on video or DVD with subtitles in English)
- Hot English

ON-LINE RESOURCES

- Dictionaries:

www.dictionary.cambridge.org/
www.wordreference.com
www.dictionarycambridge.org
www.dictionary.com
www.alphadictionary.com
www.merrianwebster.com
www.britannica.com
www.thefreedictionary.com

- Collocation dictionary:

www.ozdic.com/


- Other interesting websites:

www.talkingpeople.net
www.bbc.co.uk
www.eslabout.com