Scott Thornbury
 
 
WORKS
 
Books and articles
 
A to Z Beyond sentence Uncovering grammar
"More than just a dictionary...recommended" English Teaching Professional "Lucid prose... a fascinating journey!" EL Gazette Winner of Ben Warren Prize, 2002; "I can thoroughly recommend this thoughtful and practical book" ET Professional
     
"An outstanding read!" Jason Renshaw, coursebook author
"An outstanding book... should be compulsory reading for all teacher trainers, coursebook writers, and classroom teachers" EL Gazette
"This is one of the most intelligent books on teaching grammar that I have read in a long time." Jack Richards, author of Interchange
     
About language CELTA Helbling
Runner up, English Union Prize, 1997. Click here for the on-line Google (almost complete) version. "A veritable treasure chest of ideas, materials, methodology, and advice" ELT Journal "Practical...accessible...a book I can recommend"
English Teaching Professional
     
Conversation Natural grammar Grammar
"Comprehensive and balanced... ELT teachers and teacher trainers will find the book to be a valuable resource" Modern Language Journal Winner of the British Council ELT Innovations Award, 2005. Runner up, English Union Prize, 2006
     
  teaching unplugged  
  Short-listed for the British Council ELTON awards 2010.  
 
Articles

 

Watching the whites of their eyes: the use of teaching practice logs. English Language Teaching Journal 1991, 45/2: 140-6.

Metaphors we work by: EFL and its metaphors. English Language Teaching Journal 1991, 45/3: 193-200.

Having a good jaw: voice-setting phonology. English Language Teaching Journal 1993, 47/2, 126-31.

Paying lip-service to CLT. EA (ELICOS Association) Journal 1996, 14/1, 51-63.

"ARC": does it have restricted use? The Teacher Trainer 1996, 10/3, 7-11.

Teachers research teacher talk. English Language Teaching Journal 1996, 50/4, 279-89

Reformulation and reconstruction: tasks that promote noticing.
English Language Teaching Journal 1997, 51/4, 326-35.

Grammar, power and bottled water. IATEFL Newsletter, 140, 1998, 19-20. Reprinted in Arena, 19, 1998, 41-43

Images of teaching. English Teaching Professional, 8, 1998, 36-37

Comments on Marianne Celce-Murcia, Zoltán Dörnyei, and Sarah Thurrell's "Direct approaches in L2 Instruction: A turning point in communicative language teaching?" A reader reacts.... TESOL Quarterly, 32, 1998, 109-116.

The Lexical Approach: A journey without maps? Modern English Teacher, 7, 1998, 7-13.

A language learner's diary. The IH Journal,5. April 1998, 5-7

Lesson art and design. English Language Teaching Journal 1999, 53/1, 4-11

Window-dressing vs cross-dressing in the EFL sub-culture. Folio 1999, 5/2, 15-17

A Dogma for EFL. IATEFL Issues,153, 2, 2000

Targeting accuracy, fluency and complexity. English Teaching Professional,16, 2000, 3-6

Under what circumstances do we apply the word "scientific" in language learning? A roundtable. (With Earl Stevick, Roslyn Young, and Robert Nusbaum). Prism: A learning Journal. Vol 5. Spring 2000, 7-138.

Reading and writing as arithmetic. Modern English Teacher, 9/4. October 2000, 12-15.

Walking while chewing gum: A review. IH Journal, Issue 9, October 2000, 5-7. Also: EA Journal, 18/1, 89-95.

Teaching unplugged (or: That's Dogme with an E). It's for Teachers, Issue 1. February 2001. 10-14. (re-printed in In English, Autumn, 2002 (British Council, Portugal)).

Dogme out in the open. IATEFL Issues, 161, June-July 2001, 6 (with Luke Meddings).

Coursebooks: The Roaring in the Chimney. Modern English Teacher, 10/3. July, 2001, 11-13 (with Luke Meddings).

Using the raw materials. Modern English Teacher, 10/4. October 2001, 40-43 (with Luke Meddings).

The unbearable lightness of EFL, and Lighten up: a reply to Angeles Clemente. English Language Teaching Journal, 55/4, 2001, 391-6, 403-4.

Using a coursebook the Dogme way. Modern English Teacher, 11/1. January 2002, 36 -40 (with Luke Meddings).

Don't mention the war! Taboo topics and the alternative textbook. It's for Teachers, Issue 3. February 2002. 35-37.

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Teacher, 2. 2002. (Poland), 12-13.

Becoming a teacher. Special edition IATEFL Teacher Development & Teacher Trainers & Educators Special Interest Groups Newsletter, Summer 2002, 8-9.

Teaching complexity. In Aspectos Didácticos de Inglés, 8. 2002, Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de Zaragoza. 67-76.

Training in instructional conversation. In Trappes-Lomax, H., and Ferguson, G. (Eds.) 2002. Language in Language Teacher Education. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 95-106.

Materials-free teaching. English Teaching Professional, 26, 2003, 57-59 (with Nerina Conte)

Catalan for beginners: A learner's account. IH Journal, Spring, 2003, 19-23.

Big words, small grammar. English Teaching Professional. Issue 31, March, 2004, 10-11

Grammar. English Teaching Professional. Issue 32, May, 2004. 40-41.

Dogme: Dancing in the dark? Folio. 9/2, January 2005, 3-5.
Speaking to learn. In Foley, J.A. (Ed.) 2005 New Dimensions in the Teaching of Oral Communication (Anthology Series 47) Singapore: SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, 127-143

Awareness, Appropriation and Autonomy. English Teaching Professional. Issue 40, September 2005, 11-13.

Language Awareness: Discourse. In Macmillan English Dictionary (New edition), 2007

Language as an emergent system. In English. British Council: Spring/Summer 2008.

What good is SLA theory? English Teaching Professional. Issue 55, March, 2008.
Slow-release grammar. English Teaching Professional. Issue 61, March 2009.

Books