Publications by Carl Taylor

Most recent publications

From school to work
Klett Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany

Let’s Go
Klett Verlag, Stuttgart. A six volume course of English for German secondary schools (Hauptschulen), consisting of pupils books and workbooks.

Gateway, Englisch für berufliche Schulen
Klett Verlag, Stuttgart. Co-author of the workbook

European Projects

Stella: Stepping up the e-learning of languages:
A website offering online language learning courses at beginners’ level (CEF Level A1) in English, Danish, Hungarian and Spanish. Further courses are planned for Portuguese and Lithuanian. The project was co-funded by the European Commission as part of the Socrates Minerva programme.Carl Taylor was the Project Co-ordinator and main author. The target groups are learners of all ages.
http://www.stellacourses.eu

A web-based grammar of Danish
A website offering online grammar study materials for Danish for Level A2 of the CEF. The project was co-funded by the European Commission as part of the Socrates Lingua programme. Carl Taylor was the Project Co-ordinator. The target groups are learners of all ages.

Business readers

Virtual success: The story of Boo.Com
A recipe for success: The story of Ben & Jerry’s

Previous publications

English language course books

English G C
A four-volume course of English for German secondary schools consisting of pupils books and workbooks, ages 13-17

English G Neu
A six-volume course of English for German secondary schools together with workbooks, ages 11-17

English G C Neu
A four-volume version of English G Neu, again with workbooks, ages 13-17

All the above courses were published by Cornelsen, Berlin, and were produced with teacher's manuals, overhead projector materials and language tapes.

Our World Through English
A nine-volume course of English for schools in the Sultanate of Oman. The development and production of these books was overseen by Carl Taylor.

Grammar Explorer
a learner's grammar of English for young learners and adults. Published by Diesterweg Verlag, Germany http://www.diesterweg.de).

Camden Town
An English language textbook by Schroedel Verlag.Consultant (Berater) to the editorial team.

English Language Readers

Happy - a collection of stories (beginners)
Merlin and his Magnificent Magic Shop - a play, also published in Poland (beginners)
The Lonsdale Diamonds - an adventure story (intermediate)
Betrayed - a thriller set in a boarding school, also published in Poland (intermediate)

Reading comprehension

The trick
A very respectable job
Strange neighbours
Alone in the desert and other texts

Song books

Folk Club - a collection of British folk songs for use in classrooms with cassette

Radio drama

Happy - produced by the bbc (radio)
Fruit of a barren Land - produced by the BBC (radio) and by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Stage plays in German

Angriff abgewehrt
Diebstah
Burgtal

Educational broadcasts

A series of 24 programmes for Bavarian radio for use in German secondary schools
Samples are available to hear at the CollegeRadio radio web site.

Australian Saga
Virginia, the birth of a colony
John Muir, the father of America's National Parks
A close up on Washington
Native Americans and their problems
Northern Ireland - The Troubles, a historical background
A second chance - a drama about Northern Ireland
Independent schools: an alternative or a necessity?
New England - one of America's most important regions
Mysterious Cornwall
Homeless in London
The history of the guitar
The changing North - end of an industrial era
Auroville - an international city in India
The British lottery - a new national obsession
Freya Stark - a British explorer in the Middle East
Eco-warriors: Britain's environmental activists
Mystical places in England
Leaves on the track - the story of Britain's railway system
The Dome - London's Millennium Landmark
Australia - moving forward
The National Health System - a service in crisis
The Eden Project in Cornwall - the eighth wonder of the world?
Global warming - how is it affecting the British Isles?