TESOL                             

A research guide: books, articles, & web sites

                                                                                            

 

 

·          How to Find Books in the ODU Library:  Search in the ODU Library Catalog. 

 

·          How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries:
Search in the
OhioLINK Library Catalog, or start your search in the ODU Library Catalog and then click on the OhioLINK button at the top of the results screen to search statewide.

 

·          To Help You Search in the Catalogs:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.

 

 

Reference Books—A Selection See also these related research guides: Early Childhood Education, K-12 Education, and Special Education.

 

Select Books in the Reference Collection

Reference items are located in the Library’s Reference collection on the top Floor of Spangler.

 

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Language and Language Acquisition

·          The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language R 403 C1783, 1987

·          A Comprehensive grammar of the English Language R 428.2 C737 1985

·          Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More than 400 Languages R 403 D15d

·          A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.  R 410.3 C8898d, 2003

·          Language and Communication: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia R 410.3 F4041 1998

·          Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning R 418.0071 R7657e, 2000

 

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias: Education

·          The American Heritage dic•tion•ar•y for Learners of English. R 423 A3545h, 2002

·          Dictionary of Multicultural Education R 370.11 D554, 1997

·          Encyclopedia of Education R 370.3 E56d, 2003 8 vols.

·          Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration. R 371.2 E194e, 2006 Vols. 1-2

·          Encyclopedia of Educational Research R 370.78 E56, 1992 3 vols.

·          Standards and Schooling in the United States: An Encyclopedia.  R 379.158 S244s Vols. 1-3

 

Handbooks and Guides

·          The Atlas of Languages R 410 A88131

·          Bilingual Education: Politics, Practice and Research.  R 370.6 N277y, 1993  v.92:pt.2

·          Contemporary Education Issues. For available listings, perform a title search in the ODU Library Catalog for Contemporary Education Issues

·          Educator’s Desk Reference R 370.72 F8755, 2002

·          Educator’s Guide to Free Video Tapes R 011.37 E839v, 2003-2004

·          Educator’s Guide to Free Multicultural Materials R 011.37 E839m, 2003-2004

·          Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education R 370.196 H1917r, 1995

 

Statistics

·          Almanac of American Education, 2004 R 370.973 A62a

 

Select Books in the Main Stacks

·          Book Bridges for ESL Students: Using Young Adult and Children’s Literature to Teach ESL. 428.0071 R2727b, 2002

·          The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.  428.0071 C1443g, 2001

·          English L2 Reading: Getting to the Bottom. 428.007 B5311e, 2002

·          Essential Linguistics: What You Need to Know to Teach Reading, ESL, Spelling, Phonics, and Grammar. 418.007 F8771e, 2004

·          The Handbook of Funding Opportunities in the Field of TESOL.   428.07 S893h, 1998

·          Look at Me When I Talk to You: ESL Learners in Non-ESL Classrooms. 428.007 H3694L, 2003

·          Motivational Strategies in the Language Classroom.  428.007 D736m, 2001

·          New Ways of Classroom Assessment.  428.0076 N4207w, 1998

·          The Politics of TESOL Education: Writing, Knowledge, Critical Pedagogy.  428.0071 R1416p, 2002

·          Practical Resources for Adults ESL: A Selection Guide to Materials for Adult ESL and ESL/ESOL Literacy. 420.7 S35p, 2000

·          A Practicum in TESOL: Professional Development through Teaching Practice.

428.0071 C8826p, 2003                                                                            

·          Qualitative Inquiry in TESOL. 428.007 R3919q, 2003

·          Ready-to-Use ESL Activities for Every Month of the School Year. 428 J773r, 2002

·          Teaching Academic ESL Writing: Practical Techniques in Vocabulary and Grammar.

808.042 H592t, 2004

·          Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy.  418.0071 B87717t, 2001

·          Teaching ESL Composition: Purpose, Process and Practice. 808.042 F4172t, 2005

·          Teaching ESL/EFL with the Internet: Catching the Wave. 428.002 T2206e, 2002

·          Writing Simple Poems: Pattern Poetry for Language Acquisition. 808.1 H739w, 2001

 

Select Books in the Curriculum Resources Room

The Curriculum Resources Collection is located on the first floor of Spangler.

 

·          ESL Smart: Ready-to-Use Life Skills and Academic Activities for Grades K-8.

·          ESL Teacher’s Activity Kit.  428.007 C525e, 1998

·          Shenanigames: Grammar-Focused Interactive ESL/EFL Activities and Games.   428.24 K24s, 1997

·          Using the Math Explorer: A Guide for Teachers [Bilingual guide - Spanish and English] 510 U48m

 

Reference Resources Online

 

Electronic Reference Books

Numerous current full-text handbooks and encyclopedias covering special education, at-risk students, and adolescence. Search in ebooks such as Literacy in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Theory, and Practice; Education and Technology: An Encyclopedia; and Literacy and Learning: A Reference Handbook.
To access: From the library homepage, click on Books, and select Electronic Reference Books.

 

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Fu
ll-text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed issues of the Mental Measurements Yearbook.

To access: From the library homepage, click on Articles in Databases, select the Education category, and click on Mental Measurement Yearbook from the list.

 

 

Oxford Reference Online

Full-text dictionaries and other reference books in one searchable database. Includes English Language Reference. To access: From the library homepage, click on Books, and select Oxford Reference Online.

 

ODU Library Quick Reference

Searchable full-text dictionaries, Educational encyclopedias, and more are available via the ODU Library’s Quick Reference page.  To access from the library homepage: Click on Quick Reference.

 

eBooks

 

NetLibrary

Full-text ebook database. Search among 15,000 ebooks from multiple disciplines, including ESL. Search by keyword, title, or author.  To access: From the library homepage, click on Books, and then select NetLibrary.

 

 

 

·          Use an online research database to find articles in scholarly journals, general magazines, and newspapers.

·          To access the databases below, from the Library’s Articles in Databases page, select the Education category, or choose from the A-Z index near the top of the page.

·          To Help You Search in the Databases:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print
by the library Reference Desk on the
top floor of Spangler. If you need additional assistance,
ask a librarian.

 

 

A: Key Database for Education Research

 

Academic Search Complete

Contains peer-reviewed journal coverage from more than 3,400 scholarly publications.  Covers many academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.  Updated daily. 

 

Education Full Text
Covers contemporary education issues, and indexes core international periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks in education.  Updated monthly.

Education Research Complete
Includes scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education, including curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. Coverage includes journals, books, and conference papers. Some publications indexed as far back as the beginning of the twentieth century.

Electronic Journal Center

Presents over 4300 research journals, covering numerous subject areas, including education.

 

ERIC
The U.S. Department of Education's
Educational Resource Information Center database. Contains citations and abstracts for over 980 educational and education-related journals and full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information.  Updated quarterly.

 

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Covers such topics as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes (including language acquisition), anthropology, and observational and experimental methods from over 490 peer-reviewed journals.

 

PsycCRITIQUES
Weekly reviews of books and films published by the American Psychological Association. In addition to the latest releases, this database contains a ten-year backfile of Contemporary Psychology book reviews, browsable by author/editor, book/film title, or publication year.

 

PsycINFO
Contains citations and synopses of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.  Updated weekly.

 

PsycINFO Historical
Provides summaries of historical journal articles, chapters, books, dissertations, and reports on psychology and related fields from 1887 to 1966.  Updated weekly.

 

Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI Web of Science)

Citations. Indexes articles of scholarly journals from 50 disciplines of the social sciences, with searchable author abstracts and a unique feature that enables searching of articles that cite a known author or work. Note: Not intended as a substitute for a comprehensive subject database such as SocINDEX, which comprehensively indexes journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and other documents.

 

B: Databases for Professional Development

 

MAS Ultra: School Edition
Covers general reference, health, science, and other areas from over 490 general interest and current events magazines for high school students. Updated daily.

 

Middle Search Plus

Covers general topics from over 140 general reference, health and science magazines for middle and junior high school students. Updated daily.

 

Primary Search

Includes coverage from 50 children's magazines and over 100 children's pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student. Updated weekly.

 

Professional Development Collection
Full-Text. Provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers.

 

 

 

Finding Periodicals in this Library

 

Listed below are some TESOL and TESOL-related periodicals available in the ODU Library:


·         Applied Psycholinguistics

·         TESOL Journal

·         TESOL Matters

·         TESOL Quarterly


 

Listings of all periodicals in the library’s collection can be found by doing a title search in the ODU Library Catalog.

 

See also in this document the section Finding Web Sites for Web-based journals.

 

 

How Do You Find Out if a Periodical Exists in this Library?

 

·          Use the ODU Library Catalog to search for the title of the journal or newspaper you’re trying to find. 
Choose a TITLE search and type in the title of the journal or newspaper you desire.

 

·          The library's journals and magazines are located:
 
(1) In print in the Periodicals section on the top floor, arranged alphabetically by title
(2) Back issues in print (usually prior to 1960) in the Back Issues Room on the bottom floor
(3) In microfilm in cabinets behind the Periodicals section
 
A microfilm reader/printer (with free printing!) is also available on the top floor.
For more information, see the ODU Library Microfilm/Reader page at:

http://www.ohiodominican.edu/library/tour/microfilm/default.asp.

 

·          If you are looking for a specific article in a periodical, be sure to match issue number and YEAR/MONTH of the article to the information listed in our library catalog to make sure we have the specific issue of the journal/magazine you need.

 

 

 

 

 

A portal to Internet search engines and directories is available on the ODU Library’s Internet Search page.

 

In addition, listed below are web sites that may be of particular use to you in your information search.

 

Minimum recommended criteria for evaluating websites:    

·          Accuracy of the information

·          Authority of the person or group responsible for the information

·          When the information was created and last updated

For more information, view Evaluating Internet Sources & Search Tools on the Internet Search page.

 

 

Web Sites—A Selection

See also these related research guides: Early Childhood Education, K-12 Education, and Special Education.

 

Associations, Organizations, and Institutions

·          American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) http://www.aaal.org

·          Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) http://www.cal.org/caela

·          Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) http://www.cal.org

·          International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) http://www.iatefl.org

·          Linguistic Society of America (LSA) http://lsadc.org

·          Modern Language Association (MLA) http://mla.org

·          National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) http://www.nabe.org

·          National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) http://nces.ed.gov

·          Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) http://www.tesol.org

·          TESL:  Associations http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Associations

 

General TESOL and ESL Sites

·          Adult Education ESL Teachers Guide  http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/teacher/teacherguidemain

·          Dave’s ESL Café @ http://www.eslcafe.com/search/index.html

·          English Zone  http://www.english-zone.com

·          ESL Focus http://www.eslfocus.com

·          ESL Home:  A Web Resource for CALL Lab Managers and for Teachers and Learners of Languages Online @ http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4631/esl_home.htm

·          ESL Magazine http://www.eslmag.com

·          Everything ESL http://www.everythingesl.net

·          The Internet TESL Journal http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj

·          National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) http://www.ncela.gwu.edu

·          Research in Education: Selected Internet Links http://community.vcsu.edu/facultypages/kathryn.holleque/My_Webpage/link3.htm

·          TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/links

·          TESOL http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp

 

 

Lesson Plans, Activities, and other Teaching Resources

·          Activities for ESL Students http://a4esl.org

·          English Teacher’s Desk http://tesol.sookmyung.ac.kr/05_feature/english_index.htm

·          ESL Lessons and Links http://home.earthlink.net/~sclark98/ESLonLine/ghwelcome.htm

·          ESL Gold http://www.eslgold.com

·          ESL Resource Center  http://www.eslus.com/eslcenter.htm

·          Ell Resources http://www.holbrook.k12.az.us/ell/eslinks.html

·          Resources for English as a Second Language http://www.usingenglish.com

·          TSL Resources (from the Internet TESL Journal) http://iteslj.org/links

 

     Online Journals & Resources for Research and Teaching

·          English Teaching Forum @ http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/

Quarterly journal on theory and practice in teaching EFL, published by the U.S. Dept. of State. Practical articles are contributed by teachers around the world. Articles since 1993 available online.

·          English Teaching Professional @ http://www.etprofessional.com

·          Focus on Basics [L1, L2] @ http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/fob/index.htm

A quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy that includes best practices, current research on adult learning and literacy.

·          IATEFL Newsletter @ http://www.iatefl.org

The newsletter (6 issues/ year) of IATEFL (The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language), an organization based in the UK supporting ELT professionals worldwide. Selected articles from past issues available online.

·          The Internet TESL Journal @ http://iteslj.org

Monthly Web-based journal which includes articles, research papers, lesson plans, teaching techniques, class material, book and website reviews, and Web links. Online since 1995.

·          Language Learning & Technology @ http://llt.msu.edu

Web-based journal, launched in 1997, which disseminates research on computer techanology and second language education.

·          Language Magazine @ http://www.languagemagazine.com

Formerly American Language Review, this is a bi-monthly magazine with selected articles online.

·          The Reading Matrix @ http://www.readingmatrix.com/journal.html

Online journal focusing on issues related to L2 reading.

·          Teaching English with Technology@ http://www.iatefl.org.pl/call/callnl.htm

·          TESL-EJ: Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language @

http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-E