Resources for Teaching English, Reading, AELP, Foreign Languages

MC Library Plagiarism Links

• Faculty Handouts on Dealing with Plagiarism
• On-line Student Tutorial on Plagiarism

General Links

• Learning Skills Curriculum
• Ideas to Use Now in your Classroom
• CTL Workshops
• Adjunct Genie
• Merlot.org
• The Teaching Professor
• Skip Downing's On-Course Principles
• Annenberg Center for Teaching & Learning
• Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom
• The Gateway - Dept. of Ed. Resources
• 7 Principles for Good Practice

Literacy Development

• National Institute for Literacy
• Literacy Information and Communication System
• National Center for the Study of Adult Learning & Literacy – Harvard U.

AELP

• NCLE Digests on what works in ESL instruction (assessment, technology, methods, culture)
• Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA – is replacing National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) )
• PBS ESL Civics Link
• Center for Applied Linguistics
• The Internet TESL Journal
• TESOL
• Journal of Second Language Writing
• Extensive Reading Program
• The Reading Matrix
• Vocab development
• Vocab Resources & Word Lists
• Practitioner's Toolkit - Activity Packets
• Basic Principles in Vocab. Instruction

English

• Literary Visions - Annenberg Series of Video on Demand – free access through Internet – you have to register, but it is free.
• Active Learning Bibliography - Mary Ellen Weimer from PSU
• National Council for Teachers of English - Resources for teaching the writing of research papers
• Using Graphic Organizers in Literature
• Using Graphic Organizers in Writing

Foreign Language

• Foreign Language Lesson Plans & Resources

Technology

• Resources using Technology in Teaching

Questions for Reflection

What resources do we need to be more successful in helping ESL students cross the communicative/academic language bridge?

What practices are we employing on campus now that assist students in their literacy development?

How are we addressing initial student preparedness in literacy issues?

What does the research say about best practices in literacy education?

What special concerns are we faced with concerning our diverse student population?

What is working in your classroom?  Please click on "Comment" below to add:

• What is working in your classroom regarding teaching in your content area

• New strategies you have tried this year – and how they worked/didn’t

• Good resources in teaching in your content area (web based, books, articles, anything that we can add that might help others)