 Michael Swan is also the co-author, with Catherine Walter, of "The Oxford English Grammar Course", of "How English Works" and "The Good Grammar Book" (all with Oxford University Press), and the "New Cambridge English Course" series (with Cambridge University Press).In 2012 the Advanced level of the "Oxford English Grammar Course" won the newly established Award in English Language Teaching (ELT) Writing, conferred by the British Council in collaboration with The (UK) Society of Authors.Michael Swan's interests include pedagogic grammar, mother-tongue influence in second language acquisition, and the relationship between applied linguistic theory and classroom language-teaching practice.