TESOL: Teaching English as a Second Language

This is a general research guide for the undergraduate and graduate students in OSU's College of Education, ESOL/Bilingual Program and TESOL Certificate program. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, topical overviews, research tools, and factual information. If further assistance is needed, please contact either the subject librarian for Education or for English Language and Literature to arrange an appointment:
Education    Paula McMillen, Ph.D., ph# 737-7272, Paula.McMillen@oregonstate.edu
English Language & Literature    Loretta Rielly, ph#737-2642, Loretta.Rielly@oregonstate.edu

 

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	Table of Contents
	Finding Books		Reference Sources
	Finding Articles	Other Useful Internet Sites
	Journals Available at OSU	Other Useful Subject Research Guides

Finding Books

OSU Libraries Catalog: All formats of materials owned by OSU libraries are cataloged in this database, including books, government documents, journals to which the library subscribes*, and videos. You can search the OSU Libraries Catalog from any computer with Internet access at: http://oasis.oregonstate.edu/.

* Library online catalogs do NOT give you access to the individual articles within the journals to which the library subscribes. See Finding articles...

Summit (Orbis): You may also want to search the collective Summit catalog which combines many academic library catalogs in Oregon and Washington. Materials in Summit are available to OSU students, faculty & staff within 3 working days if they aren't checked out. You can extend your search from OSU Libraries Catalog to Summit with the click of a button, or connect directly at: http://summit.orbiscascade.org

Searching: Online catalogs can be searched by author, title, subject, etc. The most effective subject searching utilizes the Library of Congress Subject Headings. The complete list of subject headings is located in the library's reference area; ask if you need help. Notice that each record in the online catalog will indicate the subject headings assigned to that item, and these are usually hot links to other materials on similar topics. Some examples of subject headings for TESOL are:

• Education, bilingual
• English language-study and teaching
• English language-study and teaching-[name of country]
  • Example: English language-study and teaching--China
• English language-study and teaching-foreign speakers
• English language-study and teaching-[nationality] speakers
  • Example: English language-study and teaching-Chinese speakers
• English language-study and teaching (primary)-foreign speakers
• English language-study and teaching (secondary)-foreign speakers
• English language-study and teaching (higher)-foreign speakers
• Language and languages-study and teaching
• Language teachers, training of
• Language transfer (language learning)
• Linguistic minorities-education
• Multicultural education
• Second language acquisition

Locating by call number: Like most academic libraries, we use the Library of Congress Classification system to organize and arrange materials in the library. Most TESOL materials fall into the P and PE call number ranges. Some materials can also be found in the "L" call number range. More specific groupings of materials include:

• P -- Linguistics
• P 118 -- Language acquisition
• PE 1128-1130 -- English as a second language
• LB - Educational theory and practice
• LC 1099-3747 Multicultural education, Bilingual education

Government publications: Education documents produced by the Dept. of Education and other government agencies may be shelved in Government Documents on the 3rd floor. The call number usually begins with an "ED" instead of "L" and the location note in the record will indicate "Valley docs". These records are searchable in the OSU Libraries Catalog just as books are.

WorldCat: If you don't find enough material in local and regional libraries, you can search for books in WorldCat which is a collective catalog from hundreds of libraries, containing over 30 million records. You can submit interlibrary loan requests directly from this database by clicking on the "ILL" button at the top of the record.

Finding Articles

Academic Search Premiere, 1975-present.
Index to over 4,000 publications, both scholarly and popular, with some full-text. Multidisciplinary coverage. Default free text searches should include all variations: ESL, ESOL, TESL, TESOL. Suggested subject (SU) searches: English language-study & teaching; second language acquisition; language acquisition; language & languages-study & teaching; foreign speakers; bilingual students; Education, bilingual

Professional Development Collection, 1984-present.
Index to over 500 publications targeted to professional educators, with some full-text. Suggested subject (SU) searches: English language-study & teaching-foreign speakers; Language & languages-study & teaching

ERIC, 1966-present.
Index to educational literature with some full-text links. This is the largest education-specific database and covers both journal literature and gray literature (curriculum guides, conference proceedings, etc.) Includes a thesaurus for selecting subject and limiter for educational level. Suggested subject headings: English (second language); second language instruction; second language programs; second language learning; bilingual education

Education Full-text, 1996-present.
Index to English-language periodicals and annuals about education, with some full text. Includes a thesaurus. Suggested subject headings: English as a second language; second language learning

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), 1973-present.
Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Indexes books, book chapters, proceedings, and journals. Includes 3 thesauri: English, French, Spanish. Suggested subject headings: English as a second language, English as a second language, Bilingual education, TESOL, Second language instruction

MLA International Bibliography, 1963-present.
Indexes journals, books, book chapters, and dissertation in language and literature. Includes thesaurus. Suggested subjects: ESL, EFL, Second language teaching, Second language reading/writing, Second language comprehension

Journals Available at OSU

ELT Journal
print 1981- present, Call no. PE1128 .A2 E48
electronic access Jan. 2001- present

English Teaching Forum Online http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/
Online journal published by the US Dept of State, Office of English Language Programs.

Essential Teacher: ET, Call no. PE1128 .A2 E87
Print 2003 (v.1) - present

Foreign Language Annals, Call no. PB1 .F6
Print 1967 (v.1)- present

Forum
Print 2000 - present, Call no. PE1128 .A2 F61
Electronic access 1993 - 2004

Modern Language Journal
Print: 1916 - present, Call no. PB1 .M74
Electronic access: 1996 - present

TESL-EJ http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/
Electronic journal

TESOL Quarterly, Call no. PE1001 .T3
Print, 1967 - present

Reference Sources: Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Concise Encyclopedia of Educational Linguistics.
Reference P40.8 .C66 1999

Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
Reference P29 .C65 1991

Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference To More Than 400 Languages
Reference P371 .D35 1998

Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Reference LC3707 .E53 1998

Encyclopedia of Education
Online Reference Resources: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/refguide.html

Encyclopedia of English Studies and Language Arts: A Project of the National Council of Teachers of English.
Reference PE65 .E47 1994

Encyclopedia of Language and Lingustics. 10 vols.
Reference P29 .E48 1994

Reference sources: Handbooks And Directories

Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education
5th floor LC1099.3 .H35 2004

Linguistics: A Guide to the Reference Literature
NetLibrary electronic book. Link in OSU Libraries Catalog: http://oasis.oregonstate.edu/search/

Educators Resource Directory
Reference L901.E443

Other useful Internet Sites

Center for Adult English Language Acquisition http://www.cal.org/caela/
Funded by U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education

English Paraphrasing Tool http://www.lingo24.com/parasaurus-english.html
Lingo24 offers a free online English language paraphrasing tool to help you find alternative ways of expressing yourself in English

Online Directory of ESL Resources http://www.cal.org/resources/ncbe/esldirectory/
Created by the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA)

TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links http://iteslj.org/links/
Maintained by the Internet TESL Journal, this is a gateway page to highly practical links for both students (e.g., online texts, dictionaries, etc.) and teachers (e.g., discussion lists, conferences, instructional materials, etc.)

TESOL http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp
Official website for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc., with resource links for teachers and researchers.

Web English Teacher -- ESL/TESOL/ELL http://www.webenglishteacher.com/esl.html

Lesson plans and teaching ideas

Other useful Subject Research Guides

Education: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/srg/educ.htm

English: Composition and Teaching of Writing: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/srg/rhetcomp.html

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