Educators: Languages & ESL

Resources at the Library

Books, Audio & DVD Materials

• Audio Lingual Method Language Teaching
• Bilingual Education
• ESL/English as a Second Language
• Juvenile Foreign Language collection
• Language Instruction
• Passport's Language Guides series
• Pimsleur Language Program series
• Teach yourself: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese , Portuguese, Russian and Spanish
• Test of English as a Foreign Language Study Guides

Electronic/Online Resources

• Transparent Language Online with Byki
• Testing and Education Reference Center - includes TOEFL prep
• Transparent Language - 14 languages + English

Recommended Websites

General/Multilingual Resources

• The Annenberg Foundation provides free video on demand for Spanish and French
• BBC Languages - Games, online courses, video/audio resources and links to online tests; check out their essential phrases in 36 languages
• BBC Kids - Foreign language instruction and activities for primary (ages 4-11), secondary (ages 11-16) and students 16+
• LangMedia - provides resources for learning languages less-commonly offered by high schools and colleges in the US; includes course outlines for teachers
• Smart.fm - free service designed to help you learn languages (and other subjects) independently
• Vocabulix - provides numerous free tools for learning Spanish, German, or English
• WatchKnow videos (for students) via category Languages includes Spanish, French, German, Latin and more

English as a Second Language/ESL Resources

• About.com: ESL - Numerous resources for students and instructors
• Activities for ESL Students - quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles
• ESL Basics - provides short video vocabulary lessons for beginning and advanced ESL students