Ethnic Diversity and Immigration - 0 views
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Shannon C. on 09 Jul 09Hosted by Statistics Canada, information about Canada's demographic profile can be found here. Features easy to navigate links.
Library Services for International Students - 0 views
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Analysis of library services for international students in the UK as reported by the Society of College, National, and Academic Libraries. Opens in a PDF.
ESL Library Assignments and Resources - 0 views
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Clicking on each assignment brings up handouts and examples of learning assignments for ESL patrons to familiarize themselves with how to locate information.
Library Terminology: A Guide for International Students - 0 views
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From Rutgers University, this list of library terminologies is similar to Toronto Public Library's list, but with more terms and more complex sentences.
ESL in Canada Directory (English Schools, Teachers, Tutors, Classes, Lessons) - 0 views
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A collection of resources that can help students who are new to Canada. Includes links to cultural and language clubs, articles, information about jobs, etc.
Open Doors: Report on International Education - 0 views
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From opendoors.iienetwork.org, information provided covers such topics as the economic impact on international students, an enrolment survey, and an overview on international students.
English and ESL Learning for Speakers of Spanish - 0 views
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A list of helpful resources for learning English for Spanish speakers.
International Students' Perceptions of their Information Seeking Strategies - 0 views
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Conducted by the University of Tennessee, this study assess the needs of Asian graduate students in the U.S. and how they preceive the IT services that are offered to them. Opens in a PDF.
Audio for ESL/EFL: Listen and Read Along (Flash/MP3) - 0 views
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Manythings.org has a variety of activities for ESL students, in particular the read alongs on this page that allow students to associate the sound with the word.
Learn English - Activities to help Spanish speaking students at I4C - 0 views
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Extensive list of resources for Spanish speakers to practice English.
TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language - 0 views
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Provides information about TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), including information about the test, registration, and the benefits of taking it.
Chinese, English speakers handle math differently - Science- msnbc.com - 0 views
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Article from MSNBC about how Chinese speakers learn math differently than English speakers.
Indian English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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Information about "Indian English", which is the result of Indian speakers using English terms and combining them to make regional phrases and dialect.
BBC - Languages - Quick Fix - 0 views
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Extensive language website hosted by BBC. Visitors can choose what language they are interested in learning and learn essential phrases. This site would be useful for a librarian to learn basic phrases in order to initiate a conversation with an ESL patron.
Phrasebase Foreign Language Learning - 0 views
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An interactive website that allows visitors to learn another language and try their skills on native speakers. Members of this website speak a combined total of 109 different languages.
The Speech Accent Archives - 0 views
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Features dozens of audio clips of people from across America and Canada reading the same phrase. This site can be used to teach students about how accents can affect pronounciation. Also includes pheonitc transcription. Students may also find that listening to audio clips of English phrases spoken by Europeans may be applicable/useful to their situation.
Spoken languages of Canada - 0 views
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Provides information about the languages spoken in Canada. Also includes statistics on Aboriginal languages.
Immigration in Canada: A Portrait of a Foreign-Born Population (2006) - 0 views
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From the 2006 Census from Statistics Canada. Statistical information on immigration rates with profiles on Canada's largest cities. Opens in a PDF.
Library Services for Immigrants: A Report on Current Practices - 0 views
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Published by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, this report offers suggestions as to what services immigrant users may find useful, as well as feedback from libraries as to what programs have been successful in reaching out to new citizens. Opens in a PDF.
YouTube - uiuclearnlib's Channel - 0 views
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YouTube account with 6 videos specifically for ESL patrons on the concept of the library, its organization, circulation, how to find a book, finding online articles, and assessing what has been learned. Produced by the University of Illinois, these videos underline key words and use images to associate patrons with what is being spoken.
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