Welcome to the CESLM Resource Library! The CESLM Library has over 90 resources for ESL teachers and tutors to use with their students. Resources include teacher books, student books, games and activity books, picture dictionaries, intercultural books, and more. Have a look around and you’ll find something to help you as you minister to your ESL students.
Circulation Policy
- Items may be borrowed for one semester at a time.
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- The library resource list is organized by author or in some cases title if there are multiple authors. The titles are in boldface. Any links or subjects included follow the main cataloguing information for each title.
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- Catalogues for ESL resources are listed at the end of this Resource List.
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CESLM Library Resource List
Adelson-Goldstein, Jayme. The step forward professional development program : for multilevel instruction in adult ESL programs / Jayme Adelson-Goldstein. -- New York : Oxford University Press, c2007. -- 32 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN: 0194398773
Adelson-Goldstein, Jayme. Oxford picture dictionary. Sampler / Jayme Adelson-Goldstein. -- 2nd Canadian ed. -- New York : Oxford University Press, c2007. -- 19 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. 2 copies
Subject: Picture dictionaries.
Anderson, Neil J. Active skills for reading : book 2 / Neil J. Anderson. -- 2nd ed. -- Boston : Thomson, c2007. -- 176 p. ISBN: 9781424002085
Axtell, Roger E. Gestures : the do’s and taboos of body language around the world / Roger E. Axtell ; illustrations by Mike Fornwald -- Rev. and expanded ed. -- New York : Wiley, c1998. -- xvii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0471183423
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Azar, Betty Schrampfer. Understanding and using English grammar : with answer key / Betty Schrampfer Azar. -- 4th ed. -- [Great Britain] : Longman, c2009. -- 530 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 9780132464505
Bell, Jill. Teaching multilevel classes in ESL / Jill Bell. -- San Diego, Calif. : Dormac, c1988. ix, 165 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 0865756260
Berish, Lynda. Canadian concepts 1 / Lynda Berish, Sandra Thibaudeau. -- Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hal Canada, c1993. -- ix, 163 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN: 0130457175
Berish, Lynda. Canadian concepts. Teacher’s manual sampler/ Lynda Berish, Sandra Thibaudeau. -- Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hal Canada, [199-]. ISBN: 9999991971
Breckenridge, James. What color is your God? : multicultural education in the Church / James & Lillian Breckenridge. -- Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, c1995. -- 288 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 1564762696
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Brown, Steven. Active listening : 1 / Steven Brown, Dorolyn Smith. -- 2nd ed. -- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. -- xi, 184 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 0521678137
Canadian Newcomer : handbook for new Canadians. -- 4th anniversary special ed.
March/April 2008. Notes: The Best of Canada’s how-to magazine for New Canadians 2004-2007.
Published 6 times/year and available online at: http://www.cnmag.ca/
Canadian language benchmarks 2000 : a guide to implementation / written by Tara Holmes ... [et al.] -- Ottawa : Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks, c2001. -- 193, [16] p. : ill., forms ; 28 cm. ISBN 0771115229 (pbk.)
Links: http://www.language.ca
Cassidy, Maggie Brown. Taking students abroad / Maggie Brown Cassidy ; with illustrations by Robert MacLean. -- Brattleboro, Vermont : Pro Lingua Associates, c1984. – 166 p. : ill. ISBN 086647028X
Clark, Raymond C. The ESL miscellany : a treasury of cultural and linguistic information / Raymond C. Clark, Patrick R. Moran, Arthur A. Burrows. -- 4th ed.-- Brattleboro, Vt. : Pro Lingua Associates, 2008. -- ix, 292 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ISBN: 9780866471985
Corbett, Kathy. The rhythm of English : understand English, speak clearly with stress, intonation, reduction / Kathy Corbett ; illustrated by Max Kattenburg-Schuler. -- 3rd ed. -- Calgary : Kathy Corbett, c2001. -- 185 p. ISBN: 0968267009 3 copies
Cousins, Pamela. Speaking clearly. Self study and teacher’s guide / by Pamela Cousins. -- 2nd ed. -- 106 p.
Elmer, Duane. Cross-cultural conflict : building relationships for effective ministry / Duane Elmer. -- Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c1993. -- 189 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN: 0830816577
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Elmer, Duane. Cross cultural connections : stepping out and fitting in around the world / Duane Elmer. -- Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2002. -- 215 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ISBN: 0830823093
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Foley, Barbara H. The Heinle picture dictionary. Beginning workbook / Barbara H. Foley. -- Boston, Mass. : Thomson Heinle, c2008. -- viii, 246 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) ISBN 0838444016
Subject: Picture dictionaries.
Genis, Kobus. The Bible as your GPS / Kobus Genis. -- Enumclaw, WA : WinePress, c2008. -- 505 p. ISBN 9781579219208
Subject: Devotional.
Gramer, Margot. E. The basic Oxford picture dictionary. Sampler / Margot F. Gramer. -- 2nd ed.-- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003 -- 48 p. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 90010
Subject: Picture dictionaries.
Granger, Colin. Play games with English. Book 1 / Colin Granger ; illustrated by John Plumb. -- London : Heinemann Educational, 1998 (1982). -- 74 p. : ill. ; 21cm. ISBN: 0435280600
Granger, Colin. Play games with English. Book 2 / Colin Granger ; illustrated by John Plumb. -- London : Heinemann Educational, c1981. -- 73p. : ill. ; 21cm. ISBN: 0435280627
Growing up among strangers : a film and guide to create opportunities for dialogue. -- 1 booklet +1 sound disc (digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 9780973848212
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural. 3 copies
Hall, Edward T. The hidden dimension / Edward T. Hall. -- Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1982. -- xiii, 217 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. ISBN: 0385084765 ; 9780385084765
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Hall, Edward T. The silent language / by Edward T. Hall. --: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1980, c1959. -- xviii, 217 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 0313222770
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
The Heinle picture dictionary. -- Student ed. -- Boston, Mass. : Thomson Heinle, c2008. -- xii, 262 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. ISBN: 9780838444009
Subject: Picture dictionaries.
Hofstede, Geert. Cultures and organizations : software of the mind / Geert Hofstede and Gert Jan Hofstede. -- Rev. and expanded 2nd ed. -- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005. -- xii, 434 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 0071439595 ; 9780071439596
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Links: Contributor biographical information ; Publisher description
Hsu, Shirley Hildebrand. Special days in Canada : a reading textbook / by Shirley Hildebrand Hsu ; illustrations by Bob Altwein. -- Vancouver : Vancouver Community College, 1998. -- 204 p. ISBN: 0921218826
Jamall, Maurice. Business listening & speaking / Maurice Jamall ; Bruce Wade. --Tokyo : ABAX, c2002. -- 136 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. ISBN: 0896942091
Jenkins, Rob. Stand out 1 : standards-based English / Rob Jenkins, Staci Lyn Sabbagh. -- Boston : Heinle & Heinle, c2002. -- xv, P6, 172 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm. ISBN: 0838422144
Killam, Charles, E. Thirteen language profiles : practical application of contrastive analysis for teachers of English as a second language / Charles E. Killam and Bruce M. Watson. -- Vancouver : Vancouver Community College, 1983. ISBN: 0921218192
Klippel, Friederike. Keep talking : communicative fluency activities for language teaching / Friederike Klippel. -- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984. -- 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0521278716
Links: Publisher description ; Table of contents
Kohls, L. Robert. Developing intercultural awareness : a cross-cultural training handbook / L. Robert Kohls and John M. Knight. -- 2nd ed. -- Yarmouth, Me., USA : Intercultural Press, c1994. -- xiii, 143 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 1877864137
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Lane, Patty. A beginner’s guide to crossing cultures : making friends in a multicultural world / Patty Lane. -- Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, c2002. -- 206 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN: 0830823468
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Laroche, Lionel. Recruiting, retaining, and promoting culturally different employees / Lionel Laroche, Don Rutherford. -- Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, c2007. -- xx, 297 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 9780750682404 ; 075068240X
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Links: Publisher description
Life in the family : a newcomer's guide to parenting issues in Canada : curriculum for ESL classes / [curriculum material written by Ann Hinkle and Opus Communications ; legal information written by Joan Braun ; edited by Gayla Reid]Vancouver : BC Institute Against Family Violence, c2002.-- 62 p. ; 29 cm + 1 videocassette (15 min.)
McBride, Edward J. Downtown 1 : English for work and life / Edward J. McBride. -- Boston : Thomson-Heinle, c2006. -- xvii, 221 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN: 0838443745
McCarthy, Michael. Touchstone 3. Student’s book / Michael McCarthy, Jeanne McCarten, Helen Sandiford. -- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.-- 128 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 0521665930
Links: Publisher description
McCarthy, Michael. Touchstone 4. Student’s book / Michael McCarthy, Jeanne McCarten, Helen Sandiford. -- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. – 128 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 052166599X
Links: Publisher description
McClelland, Lorraine. English grammar through guided writing : parts of speech / Lorraine McClelland, Patricia Ann Hale. -- Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Regents/Prentice Hall, 1976. -- 184 p. ISBN: 0132810891
Molinsky, Steven. Word by word basic picture dictionary / Steven J. Molinsky, Bill Bliss. --2nd ed.-- New York : Pearson Longman, c2006. -- xvii, 272 p. : col. ill. ; 20x26 cm. ISBN: 0131482254 ; 9780131482333
Subject: Picture dictionaries.
Morrison, Terri. Kiss, bow, or shake hands : the bestselling guide to doing business in more than 60 countries / Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway. -- 2nd ed. -- Avon, Mass. : Adams Media, c2006. -- xiii, 593 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 1593373686
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Links: Table of contents
Nilsen, Don L.F. Pronunciation contrasts in English / Don L.F. Nilsen, Alleen Pace Nilsen.-- Long Grove, Illinois, c2002. -- 88 p. ISBN: 9781577662372 2 copies
O’Hara-Devereaux, Mary. Globalwork : bridging distance, culture, and time / Mary O’Hara-Devereaux, Robert Johansen. -- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1994. -- xxix, 439 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 1555426026
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Links: Contributor biographical information ; Publisher description ; Table of Contents
Reynolds, Sana. Guide to cross-cultural communication / Sana Reynolds, Deborah Valentine. -- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2004. -- xxiv, 134 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN: 0130497843
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Richards, Jack C. Interchange : student’s book intro / Jack C. Richards. -- 3rd ed. -- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005, ix, 113, 16 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 0521601495
Links: Publisher description
Richards, Jack C. Interchange : student’s book 1 / Jack C. Richards with Jonathan Hull and Susan Proctor. -- 3rd ed. -- Cambridge, U.K : Cambridge University Press, 2005, ix, 113, 16 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 0521601940
Links: Publisher description
Richards, Jack C. Interchange : student’s book 2 / Jack C. Richards with Jonathan Hull and Susan Proctor. -- 3rd ed. -- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005, ix, 113, 16 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 0521601711
Links: Publisher description
Richards, Jack C. Person to person : communicative speaking and listening skills. Student Book 1 / Jack C. Richards, David Bycina, Ingrid Wisniewska. -- 3rd ed. -- New York : Oxford, 2005. -- v, 124 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 9780194302121
Richards, Jack C. Person to person : communicative speaking and listening skills. Student Book 2 / Jack C. Richards, David Bycina, Ingrid Wisniewska. -- 3rd ed. -- New York : Oxford, 2005. -- v, 124 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 9780194302159
Rinvolucri, Mario. Grammar games : cognitive, affective, and drama activities for EFL students / Mario Rinvolucri.. -- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984. -- vi, 138 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN: 0521277736
Links: Publisher description ; Table of contents
Rinvolucri, Mario. More grammar games : cognitive, affective and movement activities for EFL students / Mario Rinvolucria and Paul Davis. -- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995. -- xvi, 176 p. ; 25 cm. ISBN: 9780521466301
Rohde, Gisela. Holiday lesson ideas / compiled or made by Gisela Rohde
Note: Loose-leaf papers. 3 copies.
Rubin, Betsy. Grammar write away : book 2 / Betsy Rubin ; project editor, Patricia Reid. -- Chicago : Contemporary Books, c1988. -- 186p : ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN: 0809248069
Saslow, Joan M. Summit 1 : English for today’s world / Joan Saslow, Allen Ascher. -- White Plains, N.Y. : Longman, 2006. -- 121, [30] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 0131106252 ; 9780131106253
Links: Table of contents only
Saslow, Joan M. Top notch 3 : English for today’s world. Student book / Joan Saslow, Allen Ascher ; with Top notch pop songs and karaoke by Rob Morsberger. -- White Plains, NY : Pearson Longman, c2006. -- 130 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 0132386240
Saslow, Joan M. Top notch 3 : English for today’s world. Teacher’s edition and lesson planner / Joan Saslow, Allen Ascher . -- White Plains, NY : Pearson Longman, c2006. -- 130 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 0131106406
Seelye, H. Ned. Experiential activities for intercultural learning / H. Ned Seelye, editor. Yarmouth, Me., USA : Intercultural Press, c1996. -- 240 p. ISBN: 1877864331
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Shantz, Melvin S. Basic English verb tense reference card / by Melvin S. Shantz -- 3rd ed. -- Montreal : Tango, 1994. ISBN: 1896061052
Shapiro, Norma. Oxford picture dictionary : monolingual / Norma Shapiro, Jayme Adelson-Goldstein. -- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c1998. -- xi, 305 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 9780194369763
Subject: Picture dictionaries.
Spigarelli, Jane. Step forward 1 : language for everyday life / Jane Spigarelli. -- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007. -- xix, 198 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN: 0194392244
Spigarelli, Jane. Step forward 1 : language for everyday life (Pilot pages featuring unit 6) / Jane Spigarelli. -- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007. -- 35 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) 90053
Spigarelli, Jane. Step forward 3 : language for everyday life (Pilot pages featuring unit 5) / Jane Spigarelli. -- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007. -- 37 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) 90084
Spigarelli, Jane. Step forward : language for everyday life (Scope and sequence) / Jane Spigarelli. -- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007. -- 33 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. 90057
Steinberg, Jerry. Games language people play / Jerry Steinberg. -- Agincourt, Ont. : Dominie Press, 1988, c1983. -- x, 120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -- ISBN: 0887510175
Subject: Word games
Storti, Craig. Art of crossing cultures / Craig Storti. -- 2nd ed. -- Yarmouth, MA : Intercultural Press, 2001. -- xviii, 153, [13] p. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 1857882962
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Storti, Craig. Figuring foreigners out : a practical guide / Craig Storti. -- Yarmouth, Me. : Intercultural Press, c1999. -- ix, 167 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 1877864706
Subjects: Culture, Cultural, Intercultural.
Tillitt, Bruce. Speaking naturally : communication skills in American English / Bruce Tillitt, Mary Newton Bruder. -- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : Cambridge University Press, 1985. -- 115 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - ISBN: 0521271304
Links: Publisher description ; Table of contents
Ur Penny. Discussions that work : task-centred fluency practice / Penny Ur. -- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1981. -- vi, 122 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN: 0521281695
Links: Publisher description ; Table of contents
Ur, Penny. Five-minute activities : a resource book of short activities / Penny Ur, Andrew Wright ; with illustrations by Andrew Wright. -- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992. -- xii, 105 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0521394791 ; 0521397812
Links: Publisher description
Ur, Penny. Grammar practice activities : a practical guide for teachers / Penny Ur ; consultant and editor: Michael Swan. -- 2nd ed. -- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. -- xiii, 322 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 9780521732321
Weinstein, Nina J. Whaddaya say? : guided practice in relaxed speech / Nina Weinstein. -- 2nd ed.-- White Plains, NY : Longman, c2001. -- viii, 119 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN: 0201670402
Subjects: English language—Idioms.
Welcome to Alberta : information for immigrants.--[Edmonton] : Alberta Human Resources and Employment, c2005. -- 39 p. ; 28 cm. ISBN: 0778516148
Updated version available online at: http://alis.alberta.ca/ep/careershop/showproduct.html?DisplayCode=PRODUCT&EntityKey=3532
Wilson, Ken. Smart choice. Student book 2. -- New York : Oxford University Press, c2007. – 136 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) ISBN: 9780194305631
Wright, Andrew. Games for language learning / Andrew Wright, David Betteridge, and Michael Buckby. -- New ed. -- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1984. -- vii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0521258618 (pbk.) ; 052127737X (pbk.)
Subject: Educational games
Links: Publisher description ; Table of contents
Wright, Andrew. Pictures for language learning / Andrew Wright ; with drawings and photographs by the author. -- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989. -- ix, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0521352320 0521358000 (pbk.)
Links: Publisher description
Catalogues
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Alta Book Center www.altaesl.com
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Heinle English language learning http://elt.heinle.com/namerica/en_us/index.html
Macmillan English campus www.macmillanenglishcampus.com
The Resource Centre ESL catalogue http://www.theresourcecentre.com/ESL.htm
Step forward www.oup.com/us/esl
TESOL Publications Catalog www.tesol.org