Kenny, Nick, Jacky Newbrook and Richard Acklam (2008) CAE Gold Plus. Essex: Pearson.

Carter, Ronald, Michael McCarthy, Geraldine Mark and Anne O' Keeffe (2011) English Grammar Today. An A-Z Spoken and Written Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Greenbaum, Sydney and Randolph Quirk (2003) A Student's Grammar of the English Language. Essex: Pearson.

Course readings (selected chapters or fragments)

Duffy, Carol Ann (2009) The Bees. London: Picador.

Franzen, Jonathan (2012) Farther Away. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Kay, Jackie (2011) Wish I Was Here. London: Picador.

Rhys, Jean (1987) The Collected Short Stories. New York: Norton.

Robinson, Ken (2009) The Element. How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. New York: Penguin.

Further bibliography

Brazil, D. (1994) Pronunciation for Advanced Learners of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Greenall, S. & M. Swan (1995) Effective Reading. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Grellet, F. (1997) Writing for Advanced Learners of English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hewings, M. (2005) Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hewings, M. (2009) Cambridge Grammar for CAE and Proficiency. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

McCarthy, M. & F. O’ Dell (2002) English Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

McCarthy, M. & F. O'Dell (2004) English Idioms in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

McCarthy, M. & F. O'Dell (2004) English Phrasal Verbs in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Online materials

Washington Post

www.washingtonpost.com

The Guardian

www.guardian.co.uk

BBC World Service

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

BBC Radio

http://www.bbc.co.uk

E-learning materials

ESL Podcasts:

http://www.eslpod.com/website/index.php

http://www.eslpod.com/toefl/

ESL Websites:

http://www.elliesenglish.com

http://www.okey-dokey.co.uk

http://www.englishclub.com

http://www.usingenglish.com

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com

http://iteslj.org

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/

http://www.englishpage.com