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What comes below is a list of important books suggested for Ph.D. entrance exam for State and Azad universities in Iran. I hope you'll find it useful. If there's any comment, you can contact me at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Note: Students and colleagues are invited to send me their own list of Ph.D. sources if they think the new sources can be of any help.

Suggested Ph.D. Exam Sources

Testing

Fundamental considerations in language testing (Lily Bachman).

Testing in language programs (James D. Brown).

Language testing and assessment. Glenn Fulcher (2007).

Teaching

Psychology for Language Teachers (Williams and Burden)

Second Language Learning Theories ( Mitchell & Myles, 2^nd ed.)

Task-based Language Teaching and Learning ( Rod Ellis)

Teaching by Principles (D. Brown)

Second language teaching and learning. Nunan (2004)

Linguistics

Syntax (Radford)

Chomsky's UG (Cook & Newson)

Research

Hatch and Lazaratan

Hatch and Farhady

Zoltan Dornie. (2007) Research methods in applied linguistics. Oxford: OUP.

General English Books

Barron’s TOEFL (PBT)

The Grammar Book for the TOEFL (Hossein Farhady)

Longman’s TOEFL (PBT)

KIT TOEFL Test

1100 Practical English Words

3500 Essential Words for the GRE

Vocabulary for College-bound Student

Last updated: 20/8/2016

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Prepared by Hadi Hamidi

Ph.D. in TEFL, USR, Tehran, Iran