[CASL-L] Fwd: VSLA - looking for libraries that serve ELL students

[Cathy Andronik]

Much thanks!  Besides our traditional world language offerings (French, Spanish, Italian, Latin), BMHS also houses the Center for Global Studies, which focuses on Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic language, literature, and culture.  I will pass this on to both groups.

Cathy Andronik
Teacher Librarian
Brien McMahon High School
Norwalk, CT
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On Thu, 12/10/15, Kwidz <kwidz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

 Subject: [CASL-L] Fwd: VSLA - looking for libraries that serve ELL students
 To: "CASL_L" <casl-l at mylist.net>
 Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015, 8:47 AM
 
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 From: Shannon
 Walters <swalters at BSDVT.ORG>
 Date: December 10, 2015 at 6:43:51 AM EST
 To: VSLA at LIST.UVM.EDU
 Subject: Re: VSLA - looking for libraries that
 serve ELL students
 Reply-To: Shannon Walters <swalters at BSDVT.ORG>
 
 http://uniteforliteracy.com/ 
 provides access to free ebooks in English many
 languages.  Click on the "narration" menu on
 the left to narrow selections by language.  Texts are
 geared for language learners and emerging readers.
 
 Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Farsi, Spanish,
 French, Somali, Karen and Karenni, Vietnamese, and more...
 with more being added on a regular basis.  It's a
 resource worth checking out.
 Shannon
 
 On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at
 11:41 AM, Charles Dabritz <cdabritz at bsdvt.org>
 wrote:
 I know that the International Children's
 Digital Library has books in many languages. Not sure of the
 age level of your students but check it out: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
 Charles DabritzHunt Middle
 SchoolTeacher-Librarian
 On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at
 3:18 PM, Kissel, Cheryl <KisselC at wssu.org>
 wrote:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 In our district we have
 (currently) two Chinese students – one in each school,
 different families and age/grade levels. Purchasing books in
 Chinese for one reader and then having them sit around
 gathering dust afterward isn’t very cost-effective,
  but we want to help these students by giving them materials
 they can read in their native language while they are
 learning English. Here are the questions for which we hope
 this wise group will have answers:
 ·        
 How have you been able to find
 texts in ELL students’ language?
 ·        
 Are there tricks to finding
 foreign language texts through VALS??
 ·        
 In the absence of (print) texts
 in their language, do you have access to downloadable ebooks
 or some kind of translating app?
 ·        
 If you have books in Chinese
 (simplified Mandarin), may we work out some sort of
 borrowing arrangement?
 ·        
 Any other helpful advice is
 welcome!
  
 Thank
 you,
  
 Cheryl &
 Dorothy
  
 Cheryl Kissel,
 librarian
 Northfield Middle & High
 School
 37 Cross St.
 
 Northfield, VT 05663
 (802)
 485-4500
  
 And 
 Dorothy Bonnette,
 Librarian
 Northfield Elementary
 School
  
 
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