ESL (English as a Second Language)
This guide provides links to recommended ESL (English as a Second Language) resources for students and faculty anywhere. The main page displays links to resources in the Capilano University Library and the interactive and non-interactive versions of a library assignment. The links at the right of the page provide access to additional reference, instructional and collection development materials in the ESL field.
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Search the library catalogue for books and audiovisual materials. The subjects ESL or English as a Second Language are established in the catalogue under English Language Study and Teaching Foreign Speakers or English Language Textbooks for Foreign Speakers. Click on either one of them and and a list of materials, arranged in chronological order, will appear on screen. Worthwhile video collections to consider are: How do you do?--Learning English or Open English: Family Album, USA
Other related subject headings to click on are:
English Language Composition and Exercises
English Language Examinations Study Guides
English Language Grammar
English Language Study and Teaching as a Second Language
English Language Textbooks for Second Language Learners
Language Proficiency Index Study Guides
Readers for New Literates
Test of English as a Foreign Language Study Guides
Three recommended census reports focussing on the characteristics, settlement patterns and knowledge of official languages of new immigrants and the evolving linguistic portrait in Canada are listed below:
Census 2006 97-555 The evolving linguistic portrait, 2006 Census
Census 2006 97-557 Immigration in Canada : a portrait of the foreign-born population, 2006 Census
Census 89-624 Knowledge of official languages among new immigrants : how important is it in the labour market?: 2005 Library Services for International Students (SCONUL)
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Both on-line resources display citations and full-text articles that have appeared in journals, magazines and newspapers. The most relevant databases for ESL topics are:
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)- Web-based database that provides citations, abstracts and full-text articles from over 1700 interdisciplinary periodicals
Humanities Index- for social scientific and humanistic article citations in academic journals.
RGAB (Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature)- for summaries of articles from popular magazines
CBCA (Canadian Business and Current Affairs) - for popular and academic full-text articles and article citations from Canadian sources
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index)- for popular and academic full-text articles and article citations from Canadian sources including the Globe & Mail
Canadian Newsstand Pacific - for full-text coverage of selected Canadian newspapers including The Vancouver Sun, The Vancouver Province, The National Post, The Times Colonist and The North Shore News
Social Science Index- for social scientific article citations in academic journals
TRC (Teacher Reference Center) - for coverage in education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media, Language Arts, and Literacy Standards.
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PERIODICALS 
There are a number of journals such as TESL Canada Journal, TESL Talk and TESOL Quarterly that specialize on English as a Second Language and related topics. All print, microform and on-line periodical titles, subscribed by the library, are listed in the CapilanoU Periodical Locator. Relevant ESL periodicals, available free-of-charge on the web, are listed in the chart below.
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