Puede usted ayudarme

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Puede usted ayudarme?

• Serving ESL/ELL Students in the Library

Patti Fleser Highland Park High School,
Highland Park, IL Kris Nielsen Gemini Junior
High, Niles, IL October, 2005
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Can You Help Me?

• Japanese
• Norwegian
• Russian
• Arabic

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Public School Bilingual Census Summary 1999-2000

• 118 languages spoken by students in Illinois
  schools
• 87 are represented in CPS
• http//www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/psbc9900.htm

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What is your schools language makeup?

• Spanish Polish Urdu Arabic Serb/Croat/Bosnian
  Gujarati Korean
• Cantonese Vietnamese Russian Pilipino Assyrian J
  apanese Romanian Mandarin
• Lao Albanian Hindi Cambodian Bulgarian Malayala
  m Greek Ukrainian
• Italian French Panjabi German Lithuanian Thai Ha
  itian/Creole
• Telugu Farsi Czech Portuguese
• Tagalog Hungarian Hebrew

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Getting to Know Your Students

• What is my culturally and linguistically diverse
  population?
• Are there cultural rules I should be aware of?
  (culture norms) http//www.augsburg.edu/education/
  edc210/norms-values.html
• Individual space
• American culture arms length may be perceived
  by Hispanics as cold and unfriendly
• Hispanic culture closer than arms length may
  be perceived by Americans as too friendly and
  intimate

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ELL in School Libraries

• schools need to accommodate their policies and
  practices to students needs and realities if
  they are to be safe and nurturing learning
  environments.
• Nieto, Sonia. Affirming Diversity The
  Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural
  Education. 4th ed. Boston Pearson Education,
  Inc. 2004.

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Welcoming Place

• Orientation ESL only
• What do we have for you?
• Getting to know your students
• Celebrating multiculturalism
• The Usborne Book of Peoples of the World
  Internet Linked
• Keeping the Traditions A Multicultural Resource

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Translation Sites

• http//www.reforma.org/SpanishforLibrarians.pdf
  Phrases in Spanish for Librarians
• http//www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/ List of
  world languages
• http//babelfish.altavista.com/ translation site
• http//www.word2word.com/dictionary.html
• On-line bilingual dictionaries

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Collection
Developing literacy in the primary language is
an extremely efficient means of developing
literacy in the second language. To become good
readers in the primary language, however,
children need to read in the primary
language. Krashen, Stephen.  Bridging
Inequity with Books." Educational Leadership
Dec. 1997/Jan. 1998 18-22.  FirstSearch. 28 Feb.
2005  .
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HiLo

• Weiser Educational books
• High Noon Books
• Orca Publishing

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Graphic Novels

• Follett Resources
• http//my.voyager.net/sraiteri/comicslinks.htm
  Links to many on-line graphic novel resources.
• http//www.graphicclassics.com/ Classic novels
  written in graphic format.

• Stoker
• Twain
• Stevenson
• Homer

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First Language Books

• http//www.powells.com/psection/ForeignLanguages.h
  tml
• http//www.mantralingua.com/
• http//www.bilingual-books.com
• http//www.schoenhofs.com/

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Other materials

• Dual Language
• Books on tape
• Picture books
• Visual dictionaries

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Series of Books

• Free Voluntary Reading - FVR is a system for
  encouraging silent, self-selected reading of
  enjoyable books written at the students
  independent level.
• Series have familiar contexts.
• Interesting and easy to read and understand.

Krashen, Stephen D. The Power of Reading Insight
From the Research. Westport, CT Libraries
Unlimited, 2004. Herrell, Adrienne and Michael
Jordan. Fifty Strategies for Teaching English
Language Learners. Upper Saddle River, NJ
Pearson Education, Inc., 2004.
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Series Books Examples

• Primary Hank the Cowdog, Magic Tree House, The
  Zack Files
• Upper Elementary The Boxcar Children, Dear
  America, Nate the Great
• Middle School Animorphs, The Royal Diaries,
  Goose Bumps
• High School California Diaries, Circle of
  Magic, Ever World

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Teacher Resources On-line

• http//www.eslcafe.com/
• http//eleaston.com/books/ books to purchase with
  ESL/ELL activities

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Teacher Resources - Print

• Book Bridges for ESL students Using Young Adult
  and Childrens Literature to Teach ESL
• Multicultural lessons
• The Usborne Book of Peoples of the World
  Internet Linked
• Keeping the Traditions A Multicultural Resource
• Teaching with the Internet (ch 7)

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On-line resources for students

• http//a4esl.org/q/h/
• http//a4esl.org all levels
• http//www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/grammar/activitie
  s.htmlAllLevels Grammar Activities all levels

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Bibliography -The Library as a Welcoming Place

• Public School Bilingual Census Summary 1999-2000
  from the ISBE
• http//www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/psbc9900.htm
• Phrases in Spanish for Librarians From
  Reforma.org
• http//www.reforma.org/SpanishforLibrarians.pdf
• Babelfish Translation Site
• http//babelfish.altavista.com/
• ISBE Information on English Language Learning
  http//www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/Resources1.htm
  
• Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse
  Students Strategies for the School Librarian -
  Eric Digest article
• http//www.ericdigests.org/1996-3/librarian.htm
• Reforma the Association to Promote Library and
  Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish
  Speaking
• http//reforma.org/
• Comparing Cultural Norms and Values
• http//www.augsburg.edu/education/edc210/norms-val
  ues.html
• Library as Home Multicultural Programs Make a
  Difference
• http//www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol19no3/libr
  aryashome.html
• Ethnologue Lanugages of the World. An
  encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the
  worlds 6,912 known living languages
• http//www.ethnologue.com/
• List of world languages
• http//www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/

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Bibliography - Collection

• Links to many on-line graphic novel resources.
• http//my.voyager.net/sraiteri/comicslinks.htm
• Graphic Classics - Classic novels written in
  graphic format.
• http//www.graphicclassics.com/
• Powells.com
• http//www.powells.com/psection/ForeignLanguages.h
  tml
• MantraLingua Bilingual Books and CDs for
  Children
• http//www.mantralingua.com/
• Bilingual-Books.com
• http//www.bilingual-books.com
• Schoenhofs Foreign Books
• http//www.schoenhofs.com/
• Bilingual Books for Children Book List from ALA
• http//www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/booklist
  s/bilingualbooks.htm
• Bilingual Books/Recomendada Lectura. NEA
  recommended bilingual (Spanish/English) books
• http//www.nea.org/readacross/resources/bilingualb
  ooks.html
• List of Childrens Bilingual Books by Language --
  List of dual language books with publisher and
  purchasing resources
• http//www.seattleschools.org/area/fam/documents/l
  istoflanguages.xml
• Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish
  for Children and Adolescents. An academic center
  at California State University San Marcos that
  promotes literacy in English and Spanish.

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Bibliography Teacher Resources

• Daves ESL Café
• http//www.eslcafe.com/
• E.L. Easton Books to purchase with ESL/ELL
  activities
• http//eleaston.com/books/
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
  Languages A Global Education Association
• http//www.tesol.org
• In the Classroom - a Toolkit for Effective
  Instruction of English Learners. Presented by The
  National Clearinghouse for English Language
  Acquisition
• http//www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/itc/index.htm
• Resources for Teachers and Students of English
  Links, activities and purchases for the ELL
  teacher (not connected with TESOL.org)
• http//www.tesol.net/
• Online Resources for ESL Students Article from
  TechLearning (free sign-up needed)
• http//www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtm
  l?articleID12803451
• Book Bridges for ESL students Using Young Adult
  and Childrens Literature to Teach ESL by Suzanne
  Elizabeth Reid
• http//www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810842130/103-36
  62699-9116651?vglancen283155n507846sbooksv
  glance
• Teaching With the Internet Strategies and Models
  for K-12 Curricula by Beverly Crane (Chapter 7
  Teaching Second-Language Learners Using the
  Internet)
• http//www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555703755/103-36
  62699-9116651?vglancen283155sbooksvglance
• Doherty, Gillian and Claybourne, Anna. The
  Usborne Book of Peoples of the World,
  Internet-Linked. Scholastic. New York. 2001.
• Perry, Phyllis J. Keeping the Traditions A
  Multicultural Resource. Fulcrum Resources Golden
  CO. 2000.

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Bibliography Resources for Students

• Activities for ESL Students Quizzes, tests,
  exercises and puzzles to help you learn English
  as a Second Language (ESL). This project of The
  Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) has thousands
  of contributions by many teachers.
• http//a4esl.org all levels
• Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students
• http//a4esl.org/q/h/
• Grammar Activities from Ohio University
• http//www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/grammar/activitie
  s.htmlAllLevels
• English-Zone.com Self-guided lessons. Many
  pages free, though some need membership.
• http//english-zone.com/index.php
• Randalls ESL Cyber Listening Lab ESL Listening
  Quizzes
• http//www.esl-lab.com/
• Interesting Things for ESL Students A fun study
  site for students of English as a Second
  Language. Some activities require Java or Flash.
• http//www.manythings.org/