LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGY
 Bialystock, E. (1990). Communication strategies: A psychological analysis of second language use. New York: T. J. Press Ltd
 Brown, G., Malmkjær, K., & Williams, J. (1996).  Performance and competence in second language acquisition. Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press
 Candlin, C., & Mercer, N. (Eds.). (2001). English language teaching in its social context. London: Routledge
 Ellis, R. (1990). Instructed second language acquisition. London: Basil Blackwell
 Lefrancois, G. R. (1991). Psychology for teaching. (7th ed). Wadsworth Publishing Company
 McLaughlin, B. (1987). Theories of second language learning. New York: Edward Arnold
 Mitchell, R., & Myles, F. (1998). Second language learning theories. New York: Edward Arnold
 Nunan, D. (1992). Collaborative language learning and teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 O'Malley, J. M., & Chamot, A. U. (1990). Learning  strategies in second language acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge  University Press
 Richards, J. C., & Renandya, W. A. (2002).  Methodology in language teaching: An anthology of current practice.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 Rossner, R., & Bolitho, R. (1990). Currents of change in language teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press
 Sharwood Smith, M. (1993). Second language learning. London: Longman Group UK Limited
 Stern, H. H. (1983). Fundamental concepts of language teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press
 Widdowson, H. G. (1990). Aspects of language teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press
 Williams, M., & Bolitho, R. (1997). Psychology for  language teachers: Constructivist approach. Cambridge: Cambridge  University Press
 
 RESEARCH
 American Psychological Association. (1994). Publication  manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association
 Birjandi, P., Alavi, S. M., & Salmani-Nodoushan, M. A. (2004). Advanced writing. Tehran: Zabankadeh Publications
 Bryman, A., & Cramer, D. (1999). Quantitative data  analysis with SPSS Release 8 for Windows: A guide for social scientists.  London: Routledge
 Farhady, H. (1997). Research methods in applied linguistics. Tehran: Payame Noor University Press
 Heyes, S., Hardy, M., Humphreys, P., & Rooks, P.  (1996). Starting statistics in psychology and education: A student  handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press
 Handouts to be provided by the instructor
 Farhady, H., & Hatch, E. (1981). Research design and  statistics for applied linguistics. Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House  Publishers. (Reprinted in Iran by Rahnama Publications)
 Howell, David C. (1995). Fundamental statistics for the  behavioral sciences. Belmont, California: International Thomson  Publishing
 Pallant, J. (2001). SPSS survival manual: A step by step  guide to data analysis using SPSS for Windows (Version 10). Buckingham:  Open University Press
 Maxwell, J. A. (1996). Qualitative research design: An interactive approach. London: SAGE Publications
 Van Dalen, D. B. (1973). Understanding educational research: An introduction (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company
 THEORETICAL LINGUISTICS
 Falk, J. S. (1978) Linguistics and language: A survey of  basic concepts and implications. Michigan: Michigan State University  Press
 Fromkin, V., & Rodman, R. (1988). An introduction to language. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
 Lyons, J. (1968). Introduction to theoretical linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 Radford, A. (1997). Syntax: A minimalist approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 Yule, G. (1996). The study of language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 APPLIED LINGUISTICS
 Cook, G. 2003. Applied linguistics. Oxford
 Davis, A. 1999. An introduction to applied linguistics. United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press
 Ellis, R. (1983). Understanding second language acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press
 McCarthy, M. 2001. Issues in applied linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 McDonough, S. 2002. Applied linguistics in education. New York: Edward Arnold
 
 CONTRASTIVE/ERROR ANALYSIS
 Yarmohammadi, L. (2002). A contrastive analysis of  Persian and English: Grammar, vocabulary and phonology. Tehran: Payame  Noor University Press
 Corder, S. P. (1981). Error analysis and interlanguage. Oxford: Oxford University Press
 Fisiak, J. (1981). Contrastive linguistics and the language teacher. Oxford: Pergamon Press Ltd
 James, C. (1980). Contrastive analysis. London: Longman Group UK Limited
  PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS
 Clark, J., & Yallop, C. (1990). An introduction to phonetics & phonology. London: Basil Blackwell
 Katamba, F. (1988). An introduction to phonology. London: Longman Group UK Ltd
 Ladefoged, P. (1982). A course in phonetics. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers
 Lieberman, P. (1977). Speech physiology and acoustic phonetics. New York: Macmillan
 Lass, R. (1984). Phonology: An introduction to basic concepts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 O'Conner, J. D. (1973). Phonetics. London: Penguin Books
 Salmani-Nodoushan, M. A., & Birjandi, P. (2004). A course in phonology. Tehran: Zabankadeh Publications
 Yarmohammadi, L. (2002). A contrastive analysis of  Persian and English: Grammar, vocabulary and phonology. Tehran: Payame  Noor University Press.
 
 SOCIOLINGUISTICS
 Paulston, C. B., & Tucker, G. R. (eds.). (2003). Sociolinguistics: The essential readings. Cambridge, MA.: Basil Blackwell
 Schiffrin, D. (1994). Approaches to Discourse. Oxford: Blackwell
 Baik, M. J., & Shim, R. J. (1997). English education  in Korea: A tool for teaching civic virtues? Studies in the linguistic  sciences, 27 (2), 11-23
 Bell, R. T. (1976). Sociolinguistics: Goals, approaches,  and problems. New York: St Martin's Press. (Pages 14 to 31: Problems  and principles of variety study)
 Chaika, (????). Language: The social mirror. (Chapters 2, 3, & 4)
 Coupland, N., & Jaworski, A. (1997). Sociolinguistics: A reader and Coursebook. London: Macmillan Press Ltd
 Fairclough, N. (2000). Discourse, social theory, and  social research: the discourse of welfare reform. Journal of  sociolinguistics, 4 (2), 163-195
 Giglioli, P. P. (1972). Language and social context. Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin. (Chapter 1: Introduction)
 Hudson, R. A. (1980). Sociolinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 Hymes, D. (1964). Toward ethnographies of communication:  The analysis of communicative events. American anthropologist, 66 (2),  21-43
 McLaughlin, B. (1987). Theories of second language learning. London: Edward Arnold. (Chapter 5 only)
 Preston, D. R. (1989). Sociolinguistics and second language acquisition. Cambridge, MA.: Basil Blackwell
 Spolsky, B., & Cooper, R. (1977).  Frontiers of  bilingual education. Rowley, Mass: Newbury House Publishers. (Pages 1 to  21: The establishment of language education policy in multilingual  societies)
 Wardhaugh, R. (1986). An introduction to sociolinguistics. Cambridge, MA.: Basil Blackwell
 Wolfson, N. (1989). Perspectives: Sociolinguistics and TESOL. New York: Newbury House Publishers
 
 PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
 Garman, M. (1990). Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 Slobin, D. I. (1979). Psycholinguistics.  London: Scott, Foresman and Company
 Steinberg, D. D. (1982). Psycholinguistics: Language, mind and world.  London: Longman Group UK Limited
 PRAGMATICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
 Brown, G., & Yule, G. (1983). Discourse analysis.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 Leech, G. (1983). The principles of pragmatics.  London: Longman Group UK Limited
 Levinson, S. C. (1983). Pragmatics.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
 Yule, G. (2000). Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press