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| TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of
Other Languages) |
This guide suggests resources and
strategies for research on TESOL. |
| Contents of this research
guide |
Background
Information | Facts &
Figures | Find Articles
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Books | Organizations
| Web
Resources |
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Background Information (Overview
Sources) |
Encyclopedias and other reference
works are an excellent place to start a research project or simply
learn more about a particular topic. They provide topic
summaries, context, and bibliographies for further
reading.
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Linguistics (R
418.003 En198) The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher's Course
(428.007 C33g) One Child, Two Languages: A Guide for
Preschool Educators of Children Learning English as a Second
Language (372.6521044 T1149o) Teaching English as a
Second Language: A Resource Guide (428.007016
C231t) |
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| Facts & Figures (Fact
Sources) |
Use dictionaries, statistical works,
atlases, handbooks and similar works to find and check facts about
topics, people, or events.
The American Heritage
Thesaurus for Learners of English (R 428.1 L49a)
The Australian Oxford Dictionary The
Cambridge Guide to English Usage (R 423.1 P44235c) The
Cassell Dictionary of Slang ( R 427 G8235c)
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary The Facts on
File Visual Dictionary (R 423.1 C81f) Longman Dictionary of
English Idioms ( R 423.1 L863) Longman Lexicon of
Contemporary English (R 423 M118l)
The New Oxford American Dictionary NTC's Dictionary of
American English Pronunciation (R 421.54 Si39n) NTC's
Thesaurus of Everyday American English (R 423.1
B462n)
The Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English
(R 423.1 Ox22)
The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms Prentice Hall Encyclopedic Dictionary of
English Usage (R 428.003 M272e2) Random House Webster's
Dictionary of American English (R 423 R1598)
Visual English Dictionary Webster's
Dictionary of English Usage (R 428.003 W399) Webster's
New World Guide to Current American Usage (R 428.00973
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| Find Articles |
Search indexes, abstracts, and
databases to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
For a complete list of Kent Library's online indexes and
databases, see the Find:
articles page
(http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find historical/source
materials, use the following print sources:
Readers' Guide to Periodical
Literature, 1900+ (located in the
Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor) Humanities Index,
1974+ (located in the Indexes/Abstracts area,
main floor) New York Times Index, 1851+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
To
find recent articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed articles use
the following online databases:
Academic Search
Premier ERIC MLA Project
Muse ProQuest Research Library Wilson
OmniFile |
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| Find General Collection Books |
Use the
Kent Library
Catalog (http://library.semo.edu/find/books.shtml) to find
books, periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers),
videos, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you to
use your own words as search terms. Subject heading
searches use Library of Congress subject headings. Printed volumes
of these headings are located near the Reference Desk on the main
floor.
Bilingualism English Language -- Study and
teaching Language arts Language
transfer Multilingualism Psycholinguistics Second
Language
Acquisition Sociolinguistics |
Browse the shelves by call
number. Use the
Dewey
Decimal chart (http://library.semo.edu/learn/guides/dewey100.shtml) to get you
in the right subject areas or try the following:
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Education 410 Linguistics 422
English etymology 423 English
dictionaries 425 English grammar 427
English language variations 428 Standard English
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| Organizations |
Professional organizations and/or
societies often provide very useful topic related
information.
The International Association
of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
(IATEFL) (http://www.iatefl.org) MidAmerica Teachers of English to
Speakers of Other Languages
(http://www.MidTesol.org) NAFSA: Association of
International Educators
(http://www.nafsa.org) Teachers of English
to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
(http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp) |
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| Web
Resources |
Dave's ESL
Cafe (http://www.eslcafe.com) English
Club
(http://www.englishclub.com/index.htm) ESL Gold
(http://www.eslgold.com) ESL Lessons,
Games, Ideas, and Links
(http://members.aol.com/Jakajk/ESLLessons.html) ESL Monkeys
(http://www.eslmonkeys.com) Interesting Things for ESL
Students (http://www.manythings.org) The Internet TESL
Journal (http://iteslj.org) Language Learning and
Technology (http://llt.msu.edu) Lesson Plans
and Resources for ESL Teachers
(http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html) Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary
(http://www.merriam-webster.com) Randall's ESL Cyber Listening
Lab (http://www.esl-lab.com) TEFL.Net
(http://www.tefl.net)
TESL-EJ
(http://tesl-ej.org/ej44/toc.html) The Tower of
English (http://towerofenglish.com)
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For a list of Web searching
tools, see the Find: web
resources page
(http://library.semo.edu/find/webpages.html).
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