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In this Issue
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ESOL Tutoring This month we are featuring materials related to tutoring English for speakers of other languages. In addition to books in the ESOL section, you may want to check: - The Fiction section of the Literacy Collection for easy-to-read stories and graphic novels.
- The Nonfiction 420s for additional English grammar and usage books.
- The Nonfiction 430s-490s for bilingual dictionaries.
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American Accent Training : A Guide to Speaking and Pronouncing Colloquial American English
by Ann Cook
"A great training tool for classroom or for personal use! In recent years, Barron's American Accent Training has gained wide respect as a self-teaching program, but more and more speech trainers, teachers, and speech therapists report that they are also using it as a valuable teaching tool in their speech classes. This new edition now comes with downloadable audio. The program goes where no American accent training tool has gone before, providing highly innovative instruction for both students and business people...Supplementary materials include detailed nationality guides for 11 languages (Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Korean, Arabic, the U.S. Southern accent, and African languages)." --Publisher's website.
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For English Language Learners
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Dictionaries We have a variety of dictionaries for English learners of all levels. Try the titles below. - American Heritage Thesaurus for Learners of English
- Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary
- English for Everyday Activities
- English Illustrated Dictionary
- Essential ESL Dictionary
- Oxford Picture Dictionary - in English, Spanish, Korean, Arabic, Russian, Vietnamese, and Japanese.
We also have bilingual dictionaries in the nonfiction languages section (the Dewey Decimal 400s).
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ESOL Series- Center Stage - Leveled series, with grammar, listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities.
- English for New Americans - DVDs, audio CDs, and script books.
- English Made Easy - Learning English through pictures.
- English - No Problem! - Leveled series, workbooks with audio CDs.
- Learning to Speak English - Audio CDs in Arabic, Armenian, French, Hindi, Mandarin, Polish, and Spanish.
- Perfect Phrases and Practice Makes Perfect from McGraw-Hill - Our most popular books for advanced ESOL learners.
- That's Life and Life Goes On - Leveled stories. Intended to help ESOL learners build basic language and reading skills.
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Links Project Read The central organization for adult literacy classes, ESOL programs, and GED classes in the Miami Valley. Miami Valley Career Technology Center Aspire Adult Basic Literacy Education in Reading, Applied Mathematics, Applied Technology, and Essential Skills. English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes. GED classes at the Main Library are run by MVCTC Aspire. Ohio Literacy Resource Center The Ohio Literacy Resource Center provides support, training, and resources for people who work in and attend classes at adult and family literacy programs. Welcome Dayton Welcome Dayton offers translation services, citizenship clinics, visa help, and has links to ESOL classes and local events
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Contact
If you have questions or suggestions or need help finding literacy or ESOL materials, please contact me and I'll be happy to help. Sarah Whalen Information Services Librarian swhalen@daytonmetrolibrary.org (937) 463-2665
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