LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY READING LIST Department of Language & Communication English 20 June 2011
English for Student Teachers Language & Literature 61-90hp Autumn 2011 Specialisering engelska Språk och litteratur 61-90hp ht 2011 Course codes: ENA21
NB The literature has been ordered through Bokakademin in Kårallen. The books, etc. listed under “Course Literature” are compulsory reading.
Translation & Language Study
Course Literature
Heffernan, James A.W. & John E. Lincoln & Janet Atwill. Writing: A College Handbook. 5th edition. New York: Norton, 2001.
Estling Vannestål, Maria. A University Grammar of English. Stockholm: Studentlitteratur, 2005. or Svartvik, Jan & Olof Sager. Engelsk Universitetsgrammatik, 2:a uppl. Stockholm: Liber, 1996.
Materials supplied by the Department.
Reference Literature
Biber, Douglas, Susan Conrad and Geoffrey Leech. Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Longman, 2003.
Biber, Douglas, Susan Conrad and Geoffrey Leech. Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English. Workbook. Longman, 2004.
Collins Cobuild: English Usage, 2nd edition. London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.
Estling Vannestål, Maria. University Grammar of English with a Swedish Perspective. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2007.
Frykman, Erik & Göran Kjellmer. Engelskt ordbruk. Uppsala: Esselte Studium, 1983.
Hargevik, Stieg. Engelska prepositionsövningar. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1990.
Hargevik, Stieg & Michael Stevens. English Synonyms and False Friends. Lund: Liber Läromedel, 1978.
Hübinette, Lars & Bengt Odenstedt. Ord och inga visor. 2000 svenska idiom i engelsk översättning. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1988.
Johansson, Stig & Lysvåg, Per. Understanding English Grammar, Part II, A Closer View. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1987.
Leech, Geoffrey & Jan Svartvik. 3rd edition. A Communicative Grammar of English. London: Longman, 2003.
Quirk, Randolph & Sidney Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. London: Longman, 1993.
Quirk, Randy, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech & Jan Svartvik. A Grammar of Contemporary English. London: Longman, 1978.
Quirk, Randolph, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, & Jan Svartvik. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman, 1985.
Sager, Olof & Sven-Erik Ormelius. Engelsk ordbildning. Stockholm: Esselte Studium, 1983.
Swan, Michael. Practical English Usage. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Övergaard, Gerd. Authentic English. Grammar Exercises. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1994.
Övergaard, Gerd. Triple A: English Grammar Exercises. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1997.
Övergaard, Gerd & Marie-Louise Elliott. Catch 23. Translation Exercises. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1989.
Övergaard, Gerd & Steve MacQueen. Suite Sixteen. 16 Swedish-English Translation Exercises. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1995.
Dictionaries
Norstedts stora engelsk-svenska ordbok. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1997 or later.
Norstedts stora svensk-engelska ordbok. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1997 or later.
Norstedts engelska ord. [online] available from
Collins Cobuild Advanced Dictionary. 6th ed. Glasgow: Harper Collins, 2008. (available with CD ROM – recommended by the Department) or Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of English. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. (available with CD Rom) or Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. 5th ed. Harlow: Pearson Longman, 2009. (available with DVD Rom) or Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners. 2nd ed. Macmillan ELT, 2007. (available with CD ROM) or Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English. 8th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. (available with CD ROM)
Collins Cobuild Advanced Dictionary. (2010) [online] available from
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (2008) [online] available from
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. [online] available from
Macmillan Dictionary Online. (2002) [online] available from
Merriam-Webster Online. (2008) [online] available from
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of English – search online. (2010) [online] available from
Pedagogical Grammar
Course Literature
Ellis, Rod (2006) Current Issues in the Teaching of Grammar: An SLA Perspective. TESOL Quarterly 40, (1) 83-107 [This is available to download for free via the LiU Library web page: http://www.bibl.liu.se; first search for the journal TESOL Quarterly (“Sök i tidskriftslistan”), and then the year and issue]
Larsen-Freeman, Diane (1997) “Grammar and Its Teaching: Challenging the Myths.” CAL Online Resources: Digests. [online] Available from
Willis, Dave & Willis, Jane (2007) Doing Task-based Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Reference Literature
Edwards, Corony & Willis, Jane (eds.) (2005) Teachers Exploring Tasks in English Language Teaching. Basingstoke, Hants.: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Larsen-Freeman, Diane (2003) Teaching Grammar: From Grammar to Grammaring. Toronto, Canada: Thomson/Heinle
Nunan, David (2004) Task-Based Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Parrot, Martin (2000) Grammar for English Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Pérez-Llantada, Carmen (2007) ”New trends in Grammar Teaching: Issues and Applications. An Interview with Prof. Diane Larsen-Freeman.” Atlantis [online] 29, (1) 157-163. Available from
Shehadeh, Ali (2005) “Task-based Language Learning and Teaching: Theories and Applications.” In Teachers Exploring Tasks in English Language Teaching. [online] ed. by Corony Edwards & Jane Willis. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 13-30. Available from
Willis, Dave (1990) The Lexical Syllabus: A new approach to language teaching. [online] London: Collins E.L.T. Available from
Willis, Jane (1996) A Framework for Task-based Learning. Harlow, U.K.: Addison Wesley Longman (Pearson Education) Ltd.
Varieties & Contexts of English
Course Literature
Armstrong, Eric. Journey of the Voice. [online] available from
BBC Radio 4. The Routes of English. [online] available from
British Library. Learning. Sounds Familiar. [online] available from
Crystal, David (2003 or later) 2nd edn. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Yule, George (2010) 4th edn. The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Reference Literature
Bauer, Laurie (2002) An Introduction to International Varieties of English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
Crystal, David (2005) 2nd edn. English as a Global Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Modiano, Marko (1996) A Mid-Atlantic Handbook. American and British English. Lund: Studentlitteratur
Svartvik, Jan & Leech, Geoffrey (2006) English. One Tongue, Many Voices. Basingstoke, Hants: Palgrave Macmillan
Trudgill, Peter & Hannah, Jean (2002) 4th edn. International English: A Guide to Varieties of Standard English. London: Edward Arnold
The History of English
Note that anyone who has previously taken this course will take Linguistics with English 2 instead.
Course Literature
Crystal, David (2003 or later) 2nd edn. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Odenstedt, Bengt (2000) The History of English: A Textbook for Students. Lund: Studentlitteratur †
† No longer in print but available as a course compendium (with the publisher’s permission).
Reference Literature
Barber, Charles (2000) The English Language. A Historical Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Fennell, Barabara (2001) A History of English. A Sociolinguistic Approach. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Görlach, Manfred (1997) The Linguistic History of English. An Introduction. Basingstoke, Hants: Macmillan Press Ltd.
Hogg, Richard & Denison, David (eds.) (2006) A History of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Writers and Critics
This module seeks to provide an analytic and critical approach to literature and is particularly directed towards establishing a solid foundation for a literary term paper.
Course Literature
Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. Penguin-Classics.* ISBN: 0141439556
Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. Penguin-Classics.* ISBN: 0141441674
Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence. Penguin Classics.* ISBN: 014018970X
Woolf, Virgina. To the Lighthouse. World’s Classics, Oxford UP, 1998.* ISBN: 0192805606
*Please buy the above editions and do not feel tempted to buy Penguin’s Popular Classics series or the Wordsworth editions, neither of which contain explanatory notes.
Criticism: Extracts from critical essays on the above by distinguished scholars in compendiums provided by the department.
Poetry compendium 1 and 2 supplied by the Department.
Literature for Group Presentations
Brontë, Anne. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Penguin, 1847.. ISBN: 0140620435
Defoe, Daniel. Moll Flanders. Penguin, 1722. ISBN: 0140433139
Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Penguin, 1859. ISBN: 0140431217
Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd. Penguin, 1874. ISBN: 0140620478
Hawthorne, Nathanial. The Scarlet Letter. Penguin, 1850. ISBN: 0142437263
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. TBS, 1929. ISBN: 0099910101
James, Henry. An International Episode, “Daisy Miller” and “the Last of the Valerii”
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Penguin, 1818. ISBN: 0141439475
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Barnes and Noble Classics, 2004. ISBN: 9781593080648
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Penguin, 1884. ISBN: 0141439645
Term Paper
Course Literature
Compendiums & handouts supplied by the Department.
For literary term papers: Heffernan, James A.W. & John E. Lincoln & Janet Atwill. Writing: A College Handbook. 5th edition. New York: Norton, 2001.
For language term papers: Coventry University (2006) Coventry University Harvard Reference Style Guide. [online] available from