Resources For Teachers:  
Modern Languages and English as a Second Language


Sites || Organizations & Standards || Journals || Books || Online Reference ||Directories of Educational Websites

 

Sites

ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents


Education Index: Language Resources


National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition

Online Directory of ESL Resources


Resources for Teachers and Students of English

TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links


Yamada Language Guides

Organizations & Standards

American Association of Intensive English Programs

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
(ACTFL)

    This site includes information about standards

Education Resource Organizations Directory

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks

 

Journals

BU has digital access to approximately 35,000 current journals. Additionally, BU has
print subscriptions to about 10,000 journals.

To determine if we have a journal available electronically, search the
eJournal Locator. To find out if we have a print copy of a journal, search the Library's
Catalog
. Both of these search tools may be found on the top page of the Library's
Website
.

The best way to find journal articles on a particular topic or by a
particular author is to search appropriate databases. The primary
databases in Education are listed on, and accessible from, the Education
eResources Guide
.

 

Books

Library Catalog Subject Headings:

English Language -- Study and Teaching -- Foreign Speakers
English Language -- Textbooks for Foreign Speakers
Language and Languages -- Study and Teaching
Second Language Acquisition

Selected List of Titles

Becoming a Language Teacher : A Practical Guide to Second Language Learning and Teaching Education P51 .H67 2008

English-as-Second-Language (ESL) Teaching and Student Learning : Pre-K-12 Classroom Applications for Students' Academic Achievement and Development
Education PE1128.A2 G653 2006

ERS Focus on Supporting English Language Learners in Mainstream Classrooms
Education PE1128.A2 .E72 2007

Instructional Assessment of English Language Learners in the K-8 Classroom
Education LB1576 .B585 2007

Living Languages : Multilingualism Across the Lifespan
Mugar P115 .T65 2008

Not for ESOL Teachers : What Every Classroom Teacher Needs to Know About the Linguistically, Culturally, and Ethnically Diverse Student
Education LC3731 .A824 2006

Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL : A Resource Book for K-12 Teachers
Education PE1128.A2 P393 2005

Sheltered Content Instruction : Teaching English Language Learners with Diverse Abilities
Education PE1128.A2 E26 2007

Teaching ESL Composition : Purpose, Process, and Practice
Education PE1128.A2 F47 2005

Word by Word Basic Picture Dictionary
Education PE1629 .M582 2006

Word by Word : English/Japanese
Education PE1130.J3 M65 2007

Word by Word : English/Korean
Education PE1130.K6 M65 2007

Word by Word : English/Spanish
Education PE1129.S8 M48 2007

Worlds Apart? : Disability and Foreign Language Learning
Mugar P53.818 .W67 2008

 

Online Reference

Reference Shelf

Tim Lewontin's outstanding collection of online dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.

Desktop Reference

Mugar Reference Librarian Ruth Thomas' excellent guide to ready reference on the Internet. In addition to resources of interest to academic researchers, this site includes quick links to almanacs, careers information, sports information, telephone directories, timelines, weather, zip code directories, etc.

Bartleby's

Search a wide variety of dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works including:

American Heritage Book of English Usage

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

Columbia Encyclopedia

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

 

Directories of Educational Websites

ALA's Great Sites for Kids

Blue Web'n Applications Library

Busy Teacher's Web Site

Education World

Images, Illustrations, Reproductions

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Kidlink

Scout Report

Linda Plunket (plunket@bu.edu)
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