Second Language Education & Culture (SLEC) Program

TESOL & Foreign Language Education

Resources for Teachers

• Bibliography of Multicultural Children’s Literature

This annotated bibliography of multicultural children's books was compiled by the Summer 2003 and Spring 2004 EDCI 415 students. The list is organized alphabetically by author. We welcome your comments and suggestions.

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  Second Language Research Special Interest Group AERA

Second Language Research Special Interest Group (L2 SIG) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) promotes research in second-language learning/acquisition, and facilitates the exchange of ideas among educators involved in second language teaching and language program administration.

• Many Things for ESL Students
  http://www.manythings.org/ A fun study site for students of English as a Second Language. Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.

• Dave's ESL Cafe
  http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/eslcafe.html "The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!"

• ESL Partyland
  http://www.eslpartyland.com The site provides loads of lesson plans and reproducible materials to use in class for teachers and interactive quizzes, discussion forums, interactive lessons on a variety of topics, a chat room for students.

  
  

We strongly encourage our students to join professional organizations at the local (WATESOL, MDTESOL, VATESOL), regional and national (TESOL Inc.) level.