Scott Thornbury
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Scott Thornbury (b.?, New Zealand) is Associate Professor of English Language Studies at the New School in New York, where he teaches on an on-line MATESOL program. Along with Luke Meddings, Thornbury is credited with developing the Dogme language teaching approach, which emphasizes meaningful interaction and emergent language over pre-prepared materials and following an explicit syllabus.
He has been a teacher and trainer in Egypt, the United Kingdom, Spain, and New Zealand. He has written over a dozen books on English Language Teaching (ELT) methodology[1][2][3]; one, 'Natural Grammar' won the 2004 British Council "ELTon" Award for Innovation[4], one of the top awards in the industry. Thornbury is also the series editor for the Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers[5], and the author of many academic papers on language teaching. His A-Z of ELT is one of the most influential and well-visited blogs in ELT. His approximately 15 textbooks for beginning and intermediate learners have been published by major academic presses, including both Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, although his recent stance regarding 'Teaching Unplugged'--also the title of one of his methodology books--is often described as being strongly anti-textbook.
Publications
Academic Books
- Corbett, J., and Scott Thornbury, S. (2010) Intercultural Language Activities. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press,
- Thornbury, S., & Meddings, L. (2009). Teaching unplugged: Dogme in English Language Teaching. Surrey, England: Delta.
- Thornbury, S., & Watkins, P. A. (2007). The CELTA course: Certificate in English language teaching to adults : trainee book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Thornbury, S. (2006). Grammar. Resource books for teachers. Oxford: Oxford University Press.[6] 97 locations in Worldcat
- Thornbury, S., & Slade, D. (2006). Conversation: From description to pedagogy. Cambridge language teaching library. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press . 187 copies listed in WorldCat [7]
- Review, Friedman, D. " Theory and Practice: Conversation: From Description to Pedagogy by Thornbury, Scott. . The Modern Language Journal. 93, no. 1: 124-125, 2009
- Thornbury, S. (2006) An A-Z of ELT: A Dictionary of Terms and Concepts Used in English Language Teaching. Oxford, UK.: Macmillan Education..
- Thornbury, S. (2005). Beyond the Sentence: Introducing Discourse Analysis.. Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2005.
- Thornbury, S. (2005). How to teach speaking. Harlow, England: Longman.
- Thornbury, S. (2004). Natural grammar: the keywords of English and how they work. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 97 listings in Worldcat [8]
- Thornbury, S. (2002). How to teach vocabulary. Harlow: Longman.
- Translated into Chinese , as 如何教词汇 Beijing: World Knowledge Publishing Corporation, 2003. ISBN 9787501220830 [9]
- Thornbury, S., and Underhill, A. (2001) Uncovering Grammar. The Teacher Development. Oxford: Macmillan Heinemann English Language Teaching, 2001. ピアソン・エデュケーション , Tokyo : Piason edyukeshon , 2001 ISBN 9784894718548
- 新しい英文法の学び方・教え方 / Atarashii eibunpo no manabikata oshiekata (How to learn a new way of English teaching)
- Thornbury, S. (1999). How to teach grammar. Harlow, England: Pearson Education. 282 holdings in WorldCat [10]
- Thornbury, S. (1997). About language: Tasks for teachers of English. Cambridge teacher training and development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 272 copies in WorldCat [11]
School textbooks
He has also published many school textbooks (add their associated workbooks and teachers' guides), mostly for Pearson Longman.
Articles
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References
- ^ http://eltcatalogue.pearson.com/Product.asp?CallingPage=Catalogue&ISBN=9780582339323&SearchTerm
- ^ http://www.macmillanenglish.com/Course.aspx?id=28688
- ^ http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/catalogue/subject/project/pricing/isbn/item1169783/?site_locale=en_GB
- ^ http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-innovation-awards-2004.htm
- ^ http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/catalogue/subject/item382380/?site_locale=en_GB
- ^ Grammar (Book, 2006) [WorldCat.org]
- ^ Conversation : from description to pedagogy (Book, 2006) [WorldCat.org]
- ^ Natural grammar : [the keywords of English and how they work] (Book, 2004) [WorldCat.org]
- ^ [WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/660581320&referer=brief_results]
- ^ How to teach grammar (Book, 1999) [WorldCat.org]
- ^ About language : tasks for teachers of English (Book, 1997) [WorldCat.org]
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