ESOL Students

These articles have been selected by librarians in order to provide students with a collection of articles that are popular, readable, and substantive. Topics covered at this time are: Abortion, Capital Punishment, Divorce, Finances, Global Warming, Health Care, HIV/AIDS, Illegal Immigration, Iraq, Learning, Rain Forests, School Uniforms, School Violence, and Water Shortages.

Help Sheets:

Finding Academic Articles for ESOL Reading Assignments Using Library Resources

Library Practice for ESOL Students Now Updated for Fall 2008

BOOKS FOR ESOL STUDENTS

The librarians put together a notebook with lists of books for ESOL students. These lists include fiction, non-fiction, biographies, academic skills, and other areas. You may ask for this notebook at the reference desk when you need help picking a book.

The following lists can help you look at books you might want to read in many different ways.
ipo = List in page order

Oxford Bookworms Library	High Interest books for new readers	Most are 56 pages	At Richland	Highly recommended !
Newbery Award Winners ipo	Fun to read	44 - 337 pages	At Richland	Newbery books with summaries
Fiction Books ipo	Adult books (including Newberys)	20 - 900 pages	Check Catalog	BIP List Opens to all lists. Click on "rich fiction."
Caldecott Award Winners ipo	Easy to read. Lots of pictures.	Up to 84 pages	At Richland	BIP List Sort by author. Click on titles to read more book descriptons.

	Look up a title you're interested in and learn more about the book and author		Create your private lists in Patron BIP!	Or Make public lists in Professional Books in Print.

In the library catalog, ESOL students can locate books to read using the subject search for "Readers for New Literates." For controversial issues, the Hot Issues Series is recommended. These books may also be located using a title search for "Hot Issues."

DATABASES FOR ESOL STUDENTS

ESOL Students can use these databases to find articles from magazines and journals.

eLibrary
A database of full-text articles from over 900 popular magazines and over 200 newspapers, as well as television and radio transcripts, books, photographs, pictures, and maps.

Student Research Center
Contains articles organized into popular school subject areas. Can be searched be limited to easy reading materials. Easy access to radio / TV transcripts and primary source materials.

LIBRARY WORKSHEET FOR ESOL STUDENTS

Librarians designed this worksheet to help ESOL students learn how to use the Richland College Library.

International Newspapers For ESOL STUDENTS

The Internet Public Library provides links to newspapers from countries throughout the world. Some provide the English version. Many are in foreign languages.