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Stephanie Wolter, Project SHINE Coordinator

315-859-4879 or 315-272-6021
315-859-4477 (fax)
Project SHINE

Project SHINE Library

There are many resources available to help SHINE coaches as they help others improve English skill or help others along the path to U.S. citizenship. There are also available resources to help coaches learn more about refugees and immigrants, and about the history and cultures of their learners.

Coaches may:

  1. browse the Project SHINE web site for information and visit the Helpful Links web page.
  2. contact Barbara Britt-Hysell, Hamilton College's ESOL Coordinator, for help any time. Call (315) 859-4150, e-mail her at bbritthy@hamilton.edu, or stop by Hamilton's Butrick Building, Lower Level with your questions or to borrow ESOL materials.
  3. Contact Aletha Asayat (315) 859-4879 or aasay@hamilton.edu, or Cora Bruns at (315) 792-3125 or cbruns@utica.edu for help.
  4. Visit Hamilton College's Levitt Center SHINE Library for coaching aides and tips. The Levitt Center SHINE Library's resources are listed below.

Project SHINE Library Holdings

Hamilton College Levitt Center

Citizenship Resources
Culture/Stories for Advanced Readers
Tutoring/Coaching Aids
Phonics/Beginner Workbooks
Intermediate Workbooks
Everyday Life Workbooks
Conversational and Writing Workbooks

Citizenship Resources

National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. DAR Manual for Citizenship 1996.

Wigginton, Sally. Look at the U.S.: An ESL/Civics Series Based on the Federal Citizenship Texts, A Teacher?s Guide. Contemporary Books: Chicago, 1989.

Cross, Carole and Rob Paral. Look at the U.S.: An ESL/Civics Series Based on the Federal Citizenship Texts, Book 1. Contemporary Books: Chicago, 1989.

Cross, Carole and Rob Paral. Look at the U.S.: An ESL/Civics Series Based on the Federal Citizenship Texts Book 2. Contemporary Books: Chicago, 1989.

Wigginton, Sally. Look at the U.S.: An ESL/Civics Series Based on the Federal Citizenship Texts Literacy Level. Contemporary Books: Chicago, 1989.

Weisburd, Claudia. Project SHINE Field Book 2: Preparing for Naturalization.Center for Intergenerational Learning: Philadelphia, 2002.

 

Culture/Stories for Advanced Readers

Cultures Adult Reading: Comprehension

African American Literature

Mexican American Literature

REFUGEES Magazine, Volume 1, Number 134, 2004

REFUGEES Magazine, Volume 1, Number 135,

 

Tutoring/Coaching Aids

Colvin, Ruth Johnson. I Speak English: A Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Listening, Speaking, Writing. New Readers Press: Syracuse, NY, 1997.

Mattran, Kenneth. Teaching Adults English as a Second Language: An Introduction for Adult Basic Education Teachers. Avatar Press: Atlanta, 1976.

Weisburd, Claudia. Project SHINE Field Book 1: ESL for Citizenship. Center for Intergenerational Learning: Philadelphia, 2002.

English as a Second Language, Teacher´s Handbook

Fundamentals of English, Teacher´s Handbook

Apple Pie: Delta?s Beginning ESL Program, Teacher?s Guide 1A.

Literacy Volunteers of America ESOL Training Handouts

Literacy Volunteers of America ESOL Training Notes

 

Phonics/Beginner Workbooks

Rice, Gail V. Focus on Phonics 3: Long Vowel Sounds. New Readers Press:
Syracuse, NY, 1982.

Rice, Gail V. Focus on Phonics 2b: Consonant Blends. New Readers Press: Syracuse, NY 1991.

Tivenan, Bonnie. New Beginnings in Reading, Groundbreaker Exercises.Contemporary Books: Chicago, 1991.

Tivenan, Bonnie. New Beginnings in Reading, Book 2. Contemporary Books: Chicago, 1991.

Tivenan, Bonnie. New Beginnings in Reading, Book 3. Contemporary Books: Chicago, 1991.

Tivenan, Bonnie. New Beginnings in Reading, Book 4. Contemporary Books: Chicago, 1991.

Gearing, Philip V. and Jewel Varnado. English Lessons for Adults, Book 1. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: New York, 1966.

Robinson, Lynne. Contemporary´s Working in English, A Picture-Based Approach for the Word of Work, Book 1. Contemporary Books: Chicago,1991.

Johnson, Barbara and Kitty Scharf. Activities and Exercises. Remedia Publications: Scottsdale, AZ, 1985.

 

Intermediate Workbooks

Combs, Jane Hallock and Faye VanArsdell. English:Your Second Language, Book 1. Steck-Vaughn Company: Austin, TX, 1981.

Rubin, Dorothy. Power English 5, Basic Skills for Adults. Prenctice Hall Regents: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1990.

Rubin, Dorothy. Power English 1, Basic Skills for Adults. Prenctice Hall Regents: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989.

Rubin, Dorothy . Power English 2, Basic Skills for Adults. Prenctice Hall Regents: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989.

Coleman, Lee. Intermediate Activities for English Language Learners. National Textbook Company: Lincolnwood, IL, 1992.

Grizzard, Mabel Youree. Language Exercises Review Book. Steck-Vaughn Company: Austin, TX, 1984.

Schimpff, Jill Wagner. The New Oxford Picture Dictionary, Intermediate Workbook. Oxford University Press: New York, 1988.

 

Everyday Life Workbooks

Brens, Marianne. Working in English, Beginning Language Skills for the World of Work. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1991.

Claire, Elizabeth. Choices: An ESL Life Skills Series for Adults, In Good Health. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1991.

Cross, Carole, Elizabeth Minicz and Catherine Porter. Holidays in the USA, AnInteractive ESL Reader. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman & Co., 1991.

Jack, Darcy. Real-Life English Grammar, A Competency-Based ESL Program for Adults, Book 3 Workbook. Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn Co., 1988.

Jolly, Julia and Lynne Robinson. Real-Life English Grammar, A Competency-Based ESL Program for Adults, Book 3. Austin, TX: Steck-Vaugn Co., 1988.

Kanter, Susan. Real-Life English Grammar, Book 2. Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn Co., 1991.

Kranich, Roger E. and Jerry L. Messec. English Spoken Here, Consumer Information. New York: Cambridge Book Co., 1982.

Linse, Caroline T. Choices: An ESL Life Skills Series for Adults, Discovering Your Community. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1992.

Minicz, Elizabeth and Catherine Porter. A Look at Life in the USA, An Interactive Reader. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman & Co., 1992.

Scheraga, Mona. Choices: An ESL Life Skills Series for Adults, Consumer Sense. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1991.

Walsh, Robert E., Basic Adult Survival English with Orientation to American Life, Part 2. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents, 1984

Weiss, Janice. Choices: An ESL Life Skills Series for Adults, Housing. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1992.

Yedin, Jane. Choices, an ESL Lifeskills Series for Adults, Families and Schools. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1991.

 

Conversation and Writing Workbooks

Ackert, Patricia. Please Write: A Beginning Composition Text for Students of ESL. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents, 1986.

Carver, Tina Kasloff and Sandra Douglass Fotinoc. A Conversation Book: English in Everyday Life, 2nd Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents, 1986.

Newman, Christy M. Life Prints 2, ESL for Adults. Syracuse, NY: New Readers Press, 1993.

Rooks, Geroge M. Share Your Paragraph: An Interactive Process Approach to Writing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents, 1988.

Tivenan, Bonnie. New Beginnings in Reading, Book 6. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1991.

Veramendi, Judy. Life Prints 2, ESL for Adults Teacher´s Edition. Syracuse, NY: New Readers Press, 1994.