Best ESL Books
For Intermediate Students
Teaching beginner students is probably the
most challenging. So it's great when a student advances to the
intermediate level. You can actually start having a decent
conversation! Below are books I recommend for this level for
comprehensiveness and ease of use.
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TOEFL Books
 Grammar
in Use Intermediate with Answers by
Raymond Murphy
A highly successful grammar text known for its clear
explanations and innovative format. Each unit is a two-page
spread that teaches a specific grammar point on the left-hand page and
provides practice exercises on the right.
Can be used as a classroom text or for
self-study. Includes an Audio CD and the Study Guide which helps
students figure out which units they need to study.
Grammar in Use Intermediate is suitable
for students who are preparing for the TOEFL test and other
standard examinations.
This book also receives
***** 5 stars for ESL books by all reviewers on
Amazon.
 English
Grammar in Use With Answers: Reference and Practice for Intermediate
Students by Raymond Murphy
A self-study reference and practice book
for intermediate and more advanced learners of English. Covering all
areas of language which students at this level find difficult, this
substantially revised and updated book retains the clarity, simplicity
and accessibility of the first edition.
Designed for self-study and can be easily
used by the classroom teacher.
 Vocabulary
in Use: Intermediate (With Answers) by
Stuart Redman
Appropriate for classroom use and for self-study reference and
practice. One hundred lessons cover approximately 3,000 new vocabulary
items. Firmly based on current vocabulary acquisition theory.
Promotes good learning habits and teaches
students how to discover rules for using vocabulary correctly.
 Vocabulary
in Use: Upper Intermediate : Self-study Reference and Practice for
Students of North American English (With Answers)
by Michael McCarthy
This unique vocabulary text helps high-intermediate to advanced
learners consolidate and expand their knowledge of English vocabulary.
This is appropriate for classroom use and for self-study reference and
practice.
An easy-to-use format presents an area of
vocabulary on the left-hand page and provides innovative practice
activities on the right-hand page.
The 100 units cover approximately 3,000 new
vocabulary items. A complete index is included with phonetic
transcriptions.
 Business
Vocabulary in Use by Bill Mascull
Business Vocabulary in Use, is aimed specifically at intermediate level
learners of business English. Designed as a self-study reference and
practice book, it can also be used for classroom work.
The book covers topics including Jobs,
People and Organisations, Production, Marketing, Finance and the
Economy and Business Culture. Learners will develop essential business
communication skills, focussing on the language used for Meetings,
Negotiations and Presentations.
Presents and explains new words in context
and shows learners how to use them.
Idiomatic expressions
give English its color and vitality. They are indispensable to daily
speech, newspapers and books, television and movies. It is just as
important to teach idioms and slang as it is to teach grammar.
Idiomatic expressions and more formal
grammar should be given equal time. The following two ESL books are the
best I've found so far.
 Idiomatic
American English: A Step-By-Step Workbook for Learning Everyday
American Expressions by Barbara K. Gaines
The lessons in this book are designed to teach the student the kind of
informal, everyday speech commonly understood by all Americans,
regardless of education.
This is one of the better ESL books for teaching idioms. It is one
lesson per page with a brief dialogue. Examples and exercises are based
around one theme.
However, almost all of the dialogues have a
kind of negative flavor. Despite that I use this book a lot because of
its excellent and convenient layout.
 Idioms
for Everyday Use by Milada Broukal
This is an excellent book for teaching
idioms. Each lesson uses idioms around a certain theme. For example,
idioms using color such as "out of the blue" or "green with envy" are
incorporated in a little story. This is followed by several pages of
exercises and discussion.
I highly recommend this book. I used this
exclusively when I taught one-on-one business English to executives
from Daimler-Chrysler. It's fun, easy to follow and well-organized.
 The
Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book by Carl W. Hart
This book presents 400 common phrasal verbs
and the ways in which they are used in everyday American English.
Phrasal verbs are word groups that include a verb combined with a
preposition or an adverb.
They are used not only as verbs but as
nouns, such as comedown, breakup, or showoff. They might also be used
as adjectives, such as spaced-out, burned-out, broken-down, and many
others.
This volume places phrasal verbs within the
context of sentences, and presents hundreds of examples and exercises.
 1100
Words You Need to Know (1100 Words You Need to Know, 4th Ed)
by Murray Bromberg
A Barron's bestseller for years, this
edition includes a new section called Panorama of Words. In this
feature, each of the 1100 words appears in a sentence selected from
among well known novels, plays, poems, and even newspaper editorials
and TV broadcasts.
The book is a vocabulary builder aimed
directly at college-bound high school students, as well as college
students who need extra vocabulary help.
Students will find word lists with
definitions, analogy exercises, entertaining word games, and
fascinating words-in-context exercises. This book is challenging for
the student and the teacher will definitely find it edifying as well.
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English Teaching Books Beginner
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English Teaching Books Intermediate
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English Teaching Books Advanced
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TOEFL Books
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