Linda's ELT Fast Find File

Whether textbooks are thrust upon us by those with little expertise in the field, or we are fortunate enough to write our own syllabuses for courses, no one book can meet all the wants and needs of each classroom situation.

Thus, after fifteen years of continually looking through supplementary material and textbooks, trying to remember where a certain grammar explanation or activity was or find more suitable ones, I decided (while unfortunately being unemployed, but fortunately getting unemployment) to start a data-base. I actually started it in 1995, then didn't work on it for over two years while working on my Master's in ELT.

As you will see there are 71 books in the data-base. Please have a look at this listing before you download because the FAST FIND FILE (approx. 1.5 megas) will be of no use to you unless you have the same books . In the FAST FIND FILE, the books are listed on two sheets in EXCEL. The first sheet is titled 'Supplementary Material' (e.g. resource packs, Keeping Talking, Discussions A-Z), and the second sheet is titled 'Textbooks' (e.g. Headway (not the brand new ones), Milestones, Cutting Edge). While browsing it, you should keep in mind that I had no plans for publishing it in any way. It was simply done for my own private use. In any case, I do hope you will find it helpful and a time-saver. I have, from time to time, found a few mistakes but I hope that it is at least 95% accurate. If you do find an error, need any help or have any suggestions at all, please e-mail me: linda.bawcom@eresmas.net

When you download, you must wait for the EXCEL page to appear and then you can save to disk

Please bear in mind that I do not advocate photocopying from books. However, most of the books listed in the Supplementary Material sheet are either 'idea' books or permission has been given for the material to be photocopied for your classes. In addition, I can not attest to the usefulness of everything on the data-base, but I will be more than willing to share my opinion with you regarding the usefulness of a book, if I have indeed used it, so that you can decide whether or not you should buy it.