ESL Collection Building

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ESL Collection Building

• Instructor
• Ruth Gooley
• ruthgooley_at_earthlink.net
• An Infopeople Workshop
• Winter 2004-2005

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This Workshop Is Brought to You By the Infopeople
Project
Infopeople is a federally-funded grant project
supported by the California State Library. It
provides a wide variety of training to California
libraries. Infopeople workshops are offered
around the state and are open registration on a
first-come, first-served basis. For a complete
list of workshops, and for other information
about the Project, go to the Infopeople Web site
at infopeople.org.
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Introductions

• Name
• Library
• Position
• How many different languages do you typically
  hear in your library?

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Workshop Agenda

• How a person learns a language
• Language learning materials in the real world
• Resources in cyberspace
• Organizing and publicizing
• Building your collection
• Personal Action Plan

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How a Person Learns a Language

• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking
• Integrated skills

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Non-English Speaking Customers

• How many of your customers speak a language other
  than English at home?
• What languages do they speak?
• What percentage of people speak each language?
• How are you serving this population now?

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Types of ESL Learners

• Age
• young person
• senior citizen
• anywhere in-between
• Levels of English
• beginning
• intermediate
• advanced

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Native Language Literacy Level

• Highly literate in own language
• professionals
• longtime residents
• refugees
• Illiterate in any language
• laborers
• longtime residents
• refugees

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ESL in the Library

• Self-study
• Classes
• One-on-one with a tutor
• Small-group instruction
• Online

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Why Learn English?
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Kinds of ESL Materials
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Whom To Partner With

• Local students and teachers
• Community groups
• Employers
• for vocational ESL
• ESL for Special Purposes

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What Materials Are Asked For?

• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking

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Topics Geared to ESL Learners

• TOEFL
• Grammar
• Citizenship
• Alphabet
• Literacy
• High-interest, low-reading-level paperbacks
• fiction
• nonfiction

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Reference Materials for ESL Learners and
Teachers/Tutors

• Dictionaries
• English language
• idioms
• slang
• Verbs
• Resources for teachers and tutors

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A Good Collection For the Real World

• Books
• DVDs
• Videotapes
• Cassettes
• Cds

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Using Bookmarks in Class

• Go to bookmarks.infopeople.org
• Look for the class bookmark file named
• esl_bkmk.html
• Click on it so it shows on the screen
• With the class bookmark file showing in Internet
  Explorer, click the Favorites menu, choose Add to
  Favorites
• Notice the name in the Name box so that you can
  use the Favorites list to get back to the class
  bookmarks for the rest of the day.

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Before You Buy

• What do you already have?
• What do you need?

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Criteria for Choosing ESL Materials

• Skills and students targeted
• Teaching methods
• The book, inside and out

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What to Consider When Choosing Materials

• Skills taught
• Objective
• Audience scope
• Target level

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Methods of Teaching ESL

• Context
• Communicative activities
• Authentic language

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Design Issues for ESL Materials

• Content
• Re-usability
• Appearance

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Whats Different About Online Materials

• New objectives
• New teaching methods
• A new kind of tool

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New Objectives

• Links
• On-line activities
• Supporting (E-mail and bulletin board)
• Teaching internet skills

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New Teaching Methods

• Interactivity
• Feedback
• Sensory input

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A New Kind of Tool

• New to online resources
• graphics
• Unique to online resources
• navigation
• fast loading time

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Fine-Tuning Your Librarys Collection

• Examining your collection
• Determining needs
• Purchasing materials
• Organizing materials
• Publicizing your collection

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Organizing Your ESL Materials

• Create a separate section
• file by theme
• file by color code
• Integrate into main collection
• file by call number

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Publicizing Your Program

• Web site
• Materials and handouts displayed throughout the
  library
• Flyers
• Ads in the monthly/bimonthly calendar

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Reaching Out to the Community

• Presentations and tours to adult school ESL
  classes
• ESL class visits to the library
• Public Service Announcements on TV and radio

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Participation and Outreach

• Community events
• Social programs
• Educational programs
• Service-oriented organizations
• Kiwanis
• Rotary
• YMCA/YWCA