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| Title | Taking ELLs to the Library (Part 2) |
| Body | Here are some more suggestions for familiarizing English students with the library for their studies. ---- In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the public library offers an excellent online tour of the library in Espanol, Hmoob, Soomaali with captions in English or in those global languages! They also offer online dictionaries. I'm trying to find other such resources. Their address is http://www.mplib.org . When we tour our library with our students, the librarian implores the students to ask questions, "or else I won't have a job!" The students laugh, and they get the point. Lots of native speakers of English don't know how to use the library for serious work so librarians are used to training. They do need, however, to be encouraged to adjust to the second language learner in their presentation. Schmid, R. Re: ESL students and the library. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (17 Aug. 2006). ---- Usually I assign my students specific topics prior to their library visit (i.e., I may assign each student a different nation and ask all to discuss the geography, history, government, etc., of his/her assigned country). Usually the visit begins with a talk by the librarian(s) and is followed by a work session monitored by both the librarian and me. Feedback by the librarian(s) and assessments by me are uniformly positive. Bland, M.L. Re: ESL students and the library. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (16 Aug. 2006). |
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