Teaching library skills to ESL students

Teaching Library Skills to ESL Students

INTRODUCTION: Teaching library skills to ESL students is a challenge because our ESL students have little library research experience which requires autonomous, self-directed style of learning. Some students have little exposure to library sources that are at the college-level reading level. Listed below are three projects that have been funded by the Basic Skills committee at Cuyamaca College.

BASIC SKILLS INITIATIVE PROJECTS	PROCEDURE AND FINDINGS
Library project #1: Building an ESL Library Collection Spring 2009	ABSTRACT: To draw ESL students into a pattern of regular library use, the library established a collection of reading materials This is a joint effort between the ESL faculty and the Library faculty , who together developed a core reading collection of novels for ESL 98, 102, 105 students. Proposal approved by the BSI committee for Spring 2009 ESL Library collection of novels and biographies for ESL 98, 102, 105 R ead Final Report
Library project #2: Teaching Library Skills to the ESL student, part 1. Fall 2009 - Spring 2010	ABSTRACT: Embedding a library instruction module into ESL 103, 104, 106 and Eng 110 students. The collaborative efforts between the ESL faculty and the Library faculty resulted in better library instruction modules. ESL Library Skills BSI proposal approved by BSI committee Letter inviting ESL faculty to participate Responsibilities and timeline for Librarian faculty and ESL faculty Interview questions for librarian to ask faculty Library instruction modules for ESL 103, 104, and 106 and English 110 Stipend forms (pdf)
The Library project #3: Teaching Library Skills to the ESL student, part 2 Fall 2010 - Spring 2011	ABSTRACT: Embedding a library skills module into ESL 106 and Eng 110 and using library assistants. ESL Library Skills BSI proposal approved by BSI committee Responsibilities and timeline for Librarian faculty and ESL faculty Library instruction module for Eng 110 (Fall 2010) Mid year report to BSI L ibrary instruction module for Eng 110 (Spring 2011) Stipend forms (pdf)

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