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ACTA publications
ACTA recommendations: teaching tools
ACTA recommendations: research, debate and information
Member recommendations: teaching tools: websites
Member recommendations: teaching tools: books
Member recommendations: teaching tools: CDs andCDROMs
Member recommendations: research, debate and information: websites
Member recommendations: research, debate and information: books
Member recommendations: research, debate and information: CDs and CDROMs
Libraries
Bookshops

ACTA publications

Journal: TESOL in Context

Published twice a year, free to TasTESOL members. TESOL in Context is ACTA’s professional, peer-refereed journal and acts as a forum for ideas on all matters related to TESOL, contributing to the scholarship and pedagogy of TESOL.

Background papers

Titles currently available from ACTA are: Casualisation of the ESL workforce in Australia by Santina Bertone; ESL Teaching in the Global Hypermedia Environment by Chris Corbel; The Distinctiveness of English as an Additional Language published by the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC) UK; Literacy ESL Broadbanding Benchmarking by Penny McKay, Joseph Lo Bianco and Dorothy Hoddinott.

Tales out of School (special edition of TESOL in Context)

This special edition of TESOL in Context was published in 2006, bringing together a collection of papers by international scholars and experienced teachers to provide a rich picture of the place of identity in English language teaching and learning. It includes chapters on students with refugee experience, indigenous students, international students, TESOL teacher education, teaching offshore, multiliteracies and ICT.

ACTA recommendations: teaching tools

ACTA recommendations: research, debate and information

Member recommendations: teaching tools: websites

Member recommendations: teaching tools: books

Member recommendations: teaching tools: CDs and CDROMs

Member recommendations: research, debate and information: websites

Member recommendations: research, debate and information: books

Member recommendations: research, debate and information: CDs and CDROMs

Libraries

Several libraries in Tasmania have specialist ESL collections. The two largest collections are:

The Department of Education ESL Library: Cultural background materials, bilingual dictionaries and ESL teaching materials including CD-ROMs, CDs, videos and audio cassettes. Located at the ESL Library, Elizabeth College, Hobart. To view the catalogue, go to this library’s page on TALIS. For borrowing details, go to ESL library on the Department website.

The Adult Migrant English Service Library: Teaching resources, teacher reference materials and journals. Located at the Language Programs’ Library, Bathurst St Building, TAFE Tasmania. To view the catalogue, go to this library’s page on TALIS. For borrowing details, contact Helen Ebsworth or Germán Duarte at TAFE Tasmania.

Bookshops

There are one chain and one independent bookshop in Tasmania with specialist ESL collections. A few mainland bookshops are also listed here.

Bookshops in Tasmania

Birchalls has an on-line store and physical outlets in Launceston and Hobart and on most TAFE campuses.

Sandy Bay Newsagency & Bookshop, in Hobart has an ESL section upstairs.

Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay TAS 7005
Tel: (03) 6223 6955 Fax: (6224 0364)

Bookshops in Melbourne

Bookery
9 Victoria Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065
Tel: 03 9416 2115 - Fax: 03 9416 2209
Email: info@bookery.com.au

TESOL Books
397 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne 3000
GPO Box 1438M Melbourne 3001
Tel: (03) 9486 1755

Bookshops in Sydney

Bridge Bookshop
10 Grafton St, Chippendale NSW 2008
Tel: (02) 9211 1660 Fax: (02) 9211 1868

Language Book Centre
131 York St, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: (02) 9267 1397 Fax: (02) 9264 8993
Email: language@abbeys.com.au

 

 

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