Douglas College

Research Guide to EASL


The titles listed below are a sample of what is in the collection. You will find these books and tapes on the 2nd floor of the library at the New Westminster campus and on the lower level of the Library at the Coquitlam campus. They are arranged on the shelf by the call number given after each title. You will find related titles in the same call number area.  You may also use these call number areas to find videos in the Audio-visual labs.

Books and Audio Cassettes

Conversation

Carver, Tina Kasloff, and Sandra Douglas Fotinos. A Conversation book: English in everyday life . Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1998.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1131 C3732 1998

Molinsky, Steven J., and Bill Bliss.  Express Ways . 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1996.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 M674 1996 v.

Molinsky, Steven J., and Bill Bliss. Side by Side: Core Conversation Course: Intermediate . 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall Regents, 1991.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1131 M648 1991

Dictionaries

The American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of English . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
(Location: NW, CO)
PE 1628 A6229 2002

Drucker, Jamie.  What's Up?: a Guide to American Collegespeak: Slang & Idiom for TOEFL Students . Lawrenceville,  NJ: Peterson's, 2003. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 3727 S8 D78 2003

Heinle's Basic Newbury House Dictionary of American English . Boston: Heinle, 2004. (Location: NW, CO) Dictionary Stand

Hornby, A.S. Oxford advanced learner's dictionary of current English . Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1995.  (Location: NW, CO)
REF PE 1625 H674 1995

Parnwell, E.C. The Canadian Oxford Picture Dictionary . Canadian adaptation by Maggie Grennan. Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, 1996.(Location: NW, CO)
PE 1629 P373 1996

Grammar

Azar, Betty Schrampfer. Understanding and using English grammar . Upper Saddle River, N.J.:Prentice Hall, 1999.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 A937 1999

Brown, P. Charles, and Dennis Plosker. Guide to Grammar Fundamentals . Toronto: ITP Nelson, 1997.(Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 B7742 1997

Hart, Carl W. The ultimate phrasal verb book . Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, c1999. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1319 H278 1999

LePan, Don. The Broadview Book of Common Errors in English: a Guide to Righting Wrongs . Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 1998. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1460 B763 1998

Smalzer, William R. Grammar in Use: Intermediate ; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 S624 2003

Listening

Brown, Patrick.  The Write Angle: English Skills for College Students . Anjou, Quebec: Editions CEC, 2000. (Location:NW, CO)
PE 1128 B788 2000

Gatbonton, Elizabeth. Listening . Scarborough, ON : Prentice-Hall Allyn and Bacon Canada, c1998. (Location: NW)
PE 1128 G358 1998

Richards, Jack C. Basic Tactics for Listening . New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 R455 1996

Pronunciation

Chernen, Joann. Interactive Pronunciation Games . Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Community College,  2000. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1137 C545 2000

Goldstein, Sharon. Pronunciation Pairs . Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1137 B215 1990

Grant, Linda. Well said: Pronunciation for clear communication . Boston, Mass. : Heinle & Heinle ; Toronto, Ont. : Nelson, c2001. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1137 G738 2001

Hagen, Stacy A., and Patricia E. Grogan. Sound Advantage . Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall Regents, 1992. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1137 H247 1992

Readers

Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield . Simplified by D.K. Swan and Michael West. Harlow: Longman, 1987. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1127 F2 T93 D39 1987

Fitzgerald F. Scott. The Cut-Glass Bowl and Other Stories . Retold by Margaret Tarner. Chicago: Heinemann, 1995. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1127 F2 F57 C87 1995

Kay, Judith, and Rosemary Gelshenen. Discovering fiction : a reader of American short stories : students book 1 . New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 D485 2001 Bk.1

Reading Comprehension

Adamowski, Eleanor., comp. Canadian Stories: a cultural reader for ESL Students . Scarborough, Ont.: Prentice Hall Regents Canada. 1994.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 C353 1994

Molinsky, Steven J., and Bill Bliss. Line By Line: Stories for Learners of English 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents, 1991.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 M69 1991

Test Preparation

Arbogast, Bo. Thirty days to the TOEIC test . Canada: Thomson/Arco, 2002.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 T457 2002

Gear, Jolene, and Robert Gear. Cambridge preparation for the TOEFL test .  New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 G373 2002

Matthiesen , Steven J.  Essential Words for the TOEFL, Test of English as a Foreign Language . Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2004. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 M3544 2004

Miller, George S. Cracking the TOEFL CBT . New York : Random House, Inc., c2001.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 M563 2002

TOEFL Exam Essentials . New York: LearningExpress, 2004.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 T634 2004

Vocabulary

Bromberg, Murray, and Melvin Gordon. 1100 words you need to know . Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, c2000. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1449 B766 2000

McCarthy, Michael, Felicity O'Dell, and Ellen Shaw. Basic vocabulary in use : with answers . New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.  (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1449 M393 2001

Writing

Anderson, Sheridan, and Karen Roth. Writing Canadian English : intermediate . Calgary : Detselig Enterprises, c1999.(Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 A544 1999

Cohen, Robert F. and Judy L. Miller. Reason to Write: Strategies for Success in Academic Writing . New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.(Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 M5772 2003

Drabinsky, Zena. Writing from Models: a Composition Workbook for Canadian ESL Students, Level A . Toronto: Harcourt Brace Canada, 1996. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1413 D739 1996

Harrison, Wendy , et al. Bridges: From Sentence to Paragraph . 1st Canadian ed. Toronto: Harcourt Brace Canada, 1996. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1128 B757 1996

Norton, Sarah, Brian Green, and Nell Waldman. The Bare essentials plus . 2nd ed. Toronto: Nelson Thomson Learning, c2002. (Location: NW, CO)
PE 1408 N675 2002

last updated: August 16, 2007