TESO 344: Studies in Language Learning and Teaching

Items in our Reference Collection

Encyclopedia of Bilingualism & Bilingual Education. Ref LC 3707 .E53 1997
A global survey of (1) Individual Bilingualism; (2) Languages in Society; (3) Languages in Contact in the World; (4) Bilingual Education. The latter section covers topics like "Theories of Second Language Acquisition and Learning."

Encyclopedia of Language and Education. 8 vols. Ref P 40.8 .E53 1997
Each volume contains detailed essays with references. Salient volumes include (4) Second Language Acquisition; (5) Bilingual Education; (6) Knowledge About Language; (8) Research Methods in Language and Education.

The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. Ref P 118.2 .H363 2002
Twenty-four chapters about aspects of SLA.

The Handbook of Bilingualism. Ref P 115 .H365 2004
Thirty-one chapters about aspects of bilingualism.

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. 4 vols. Ref P 29 I5.8 1991
Articles on linguistic topics (e.g. sociolinguistics) and languages (e.g. Uto-Aztecan languages).

Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. Ref P 29 B8.75 1996
Definitions for the technical language of linguistics--phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, etc.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching & Learning. Ref P 51.R66 2000
Entries include such thematic categories as curriculum and syllabus, assessment, and contexts and concepts.

Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics. Ref P 29 .T687 1999
Definitions for the technical language of linguistics. More recent than the Routledge dictionary above, but less detail.

Online Resources

Earlham Libraries Catalog
Catalog of books and other materials available in the Earlham Libraries, with the option to search catalogs in the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI). The following subject headings are useful:

* applied linguistics
* education bilingual
* linguistics
* second language acquisition
* translating and interpreting

WorldCat
The world's largest library catalog, covering books and other materials available in OCLC member libraries around the globe.

ERIC
Indexes and abstracts articles, books, theses, conference proceedings, and unpublished papers in education, 1966 to present.

NCELA Web Site
The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition includes an online library of full-text documents, a database of over 20,000 bibliographic citations and abstracts of materials, lesson plans, and language and education links.