I want to thank everyone who helped make our workshop on March 17 a success. We all enjoyed the presentation by Dale Lipschultz from the American Library Association, and our panel of representatives from the local tutoring groups (Gloria Alicea of School on Wheels, Rick Lockner and Lynn Weissburg of Literacy DuPage, and Maryanna Milton [...]
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Calling all librarians! Learn more about serving your library’s English as a second language users at the LEARN (Libraries English and Reading Network, www.adultslearnenglish.org ) half day workshop on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Metropolitan Library System headquarters, Burr Ridge Office: 125 Tower Dr., Burr Ridge, IL 60527, [...]
Are you having trouble finding a book? Do you need to find an ESL class or a tutor? Are you a tutor that needs help finding specific materials to help your student? Post your questions here, and we will find the answers.
If you have found a book or other resource to be particularly helpful, please tell us about it. LEARN has compiled its own list of recommended resources. An updated list will be posted after the March 17 workshop, “Serving the ESL Patron 101.” For additional suggestions, visit the American Dream Toolkit.
The U.S. Department of Education launched U.S.A. Learns, a free Web site to help immigrants learn English. The Web site, which is located at www.USALearns.org, provides approximately 11 million adults who have low levels of English proficiency with easily accessible and free English language training. … U.S.A. Learns offers the following features: An easily accessible [...]
Some resources for children could also be used for adults learning English. One such online tool is called Tumblebooks. The TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books for children. However, adults might find this easy-to-use resource very helpful for learning English, too. Many libraries offer access to this pay database.
Visit the American Dream Toolkit Web site for recommended ESL titles. Thirty four public libraries from the American Dream Starts @ your library initiative contributed to the comprehensive list of print and digital resources. This annotated list, the first of its kind, is an enormous contribution to the thousands of librarians and educators providing literacy [...]
