What online resources does the library have for ESL students?
Answer
LAVC Library has the following online resources that may be of interest to ESL students. Please note you will have to log in to access any of these from off campus. See our how-to guide if you're not sure how to log in, or, watch the following videos:
- What is my Library login? [English]
- What is my Library login? [Armenian]
- What is my Library login? [Spanish]
eBooks
- List of eBooks related to learning English as a second language
- Guide to using LAVC Library to find eBooks (recommended for the ESL book report assignment)
Articles
These very user-friendly collections are great resources for some ESL research assignments:
- Opposing Viewpoints
- Topic overviews and opinions on hundreds of today's most controversial social issues. Includes pro/con viewpoint essays
- Biography in Context
- More than 600,000 biographical entries — on more than 528,000 individuals — spanning history and geography.
If your research assignment requires lots of different kinds of sources, or you're not finding what you need in the choices above, try OneSearch (the search box at the top of the Library homepage). For more information, see our online guide to Finding Articles.
ESL Videos
- Standard Deviants School ESL Series
- 12 short videos help you learn the different parts of speech and new vocabulary words
- English at Work Series
- 20 short videos help you learn how English is spoken with lessons like "Introduce Yourself," "Describing People," "Apologizing," and "Encouraging Others."
General Interest streaming video collections
both of these collections include transcripts/subtitles for all of their movies