Learning Assistance Center

ESL Resources

ESL Center website

www.pasadena.edu/divisions/language/eslcenter/

ESL Instructors

At the beginning of each semester, please contact LAC staff (585-7230) to schedule an orientation to the ESL Center and Learning Assistance Center for your classes. Please make use of our referral forms and recommended materials lists for each level of ESL.

Referral Forms

ESL Referral Form (.pdf) (optional form to direct students to LAC resources)

Tutoring Referral Form (.pdf) (required form - students need instructors' signatures to enroll in tutoring)

Materials Lists

The Learning Assistance Center has a special collection of materials for ESL students, including books with audio CDs or cassettes, DVDs, videotapes, and computer software. For a detailed description of all materials or a list of titles by level, check the following links:

• ESL Materials (detailed listing of all ESL materials)
• ESL Materials by Level (beginning, intermediate, and advanced)

Materials listings for specific ESL courses:

Reading and Writing:

• ESL 420
• ESL 422
• ESL 122
• ESL 33A
• ESL 33B

Listening and Speaking:

• ESL 456
• ESL 446
• ESL 176
• ESL 136
• ESL 106

Pronunciation:

• ESL 246
• ESL 146

Readers:

• Cambridge English Readers
• Heinle Illustrated Classics
• Jamestown Classics
• Longman Classics
• Oxford Bookworms
• Oxford Dominoes
• Penguin Readers

Software:

• Focus on Grammar
• Functions in Longman English Interactive 3
• Longman English Interactive 3

Tutoring

The ESL Center in D-306 offers tutoring in writing skills as well as ESL conversation groups. Check the ESL Center website for an updated schedule.

Online Resources for ESL

Many helpful resources are available via the Internet. Some of these are listed on our Useful Links page, and others appear on PCC's ESL site at pccESL.com.

DVDs with Closed Captioning/English Subtitles

High-intermediate to advanced ESL students may benefit from viewing films and lectures with closed captioning.  Listening to spoken English and simultaneously reading captions can reinforce ESL students' comprehension and strengthen their language skills.

It is not necessary to be enrolled in a Telecourse to view these lessons.  For a list of courses with instructional DVDs, see our DVD Instruction link.

Additionally, the Library's video clip collection is helpful:  http://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/SearchCenter.aspx

Revised January 8, 2013 by easnyder@pasadena.edu