ESL: English as a Second Language

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Use the Library Catalog at Lakeshore Campus, Grayslake Campus, or from home to locate items in the library. To get to the library catalog go to the library website at http://library.clcillinois.edu and select what type of search you would like to do under “Browse.” You can also visit the library catalog directly at http://lrc.clcillinois.edu.

You can search the library catalog in several ways. Here are the main ways you will use:

• To find items by an author, click on AUTHOR. (Author = writer of the book) Type in the author’s name: for example, Gilbert, Judy, to find items by that author.
• To find a particular title, click on TITLE. (Title= name of the book or tape) Type in the title: for example, Crossroads Cafe, to find that title.
• Usually, you will want items on a particular topic. For that, click on SUBJECT. Here are helpful topics, or subjects, for ESL students.

To find a list of books that are easier to read, sometimes called readers, use this subject:

• Accessible reads [ link ]

Most other books for ESL students are under the subject of English language with another subject after it. Here is a list of other topics to try. Type them in exactly as you see them here.

• English language study and teaching foreign speakers
• English language textbooks for foreign speakers
• English language spoken English
• English language pronunciation by foreign speakers
• English language composition and exercises
• English language phonetics
• English language sound recordings
  To limit any subject search to sound recordings:
  1. Perform the subject search as above.
  2. Click on the button at the top of the page "MODIFY SEARCH."
  3. Click on the down arrow FORMAT.
  4. Choose AUDIOCASSETTE or AUDIO CD.
  5. Click on SUBMIT.

If you see a book you would like, check the location to see which library has the book (Grayslake, Southlake, Lakeshore) and the status is ON SHELF, print a copy of the record.

ESL Internet Resources

1-language.com Learn ESL
http://www.1-language.com/

BBC World Service Learning English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

Dave’s ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com

English Learner
http://www.englishlearner.com

Google Language Tools
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

Interesting Things for ESL Students
http://www.manythings.org/

PBS: Literacy
http://www.pbs.org/literacy

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