1934

Composition Exercises in Elementary

English

London: Macmillan

1952 [with E.V. Gatenby and H. Wakefield]

The Advanced Learner's Dictionary of

Current English (2nd edition)

London: Oxford University Press

1952

English by Radio: Listen and Teach.

Wembley: BBC

1954

Oxford Progressive English for Adult

Learners.Teachers Handbook. Book One.

London: Oxford University Press

1954

A Guide to Patterns and Usage in English

London: Oxford University Press

Influential description of the syntax of English designed especially to aid the teaching of English as a foreign language. Provides an analaysis in terms of verb patterns, adjective patterns and noun patterns, with sections on time and tense, adverbials, etc. Of particular value to those concerned with the preparation of course material and for use as a reference book, both by students and teachers. Concise, authoritative and very well indexed (British Council Bibliography, 1963).

1959

The Teaching of Structural Words and

Sentence Patterns. Stage 1.

London: Oxford University Press

A series of source books for teachers of English as a foreign language. The series aims to cover items that are normally taught during a first English course. Each book is in two parts: Part 1 consists of substitution tables summarising the material presented in part 2, which gives sentence patterns and practical detailed suggestions to teachers. Stages 1 and 2 mainly deal with material which can be presented and drilled orally. Stage 3 extends the scope to material related more to written English (British Council Bibliography, 1963).

1974 [with A.P. Cowie and J.Windsor

Lewis]

Oxford Advanced Learner's

Dictionary of Current English,

3rd edition

London: Oxford University Press