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ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
Subject guide
This NSI Libraries online subject guide provides links to information available on the web. Some resources require a DET username and password. Don’t know your DET username and password? Contact your College Student Administration or your teacher.
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Organisations
Centre for Macquarie English (CME)
Is the English Language Centre of Macquarie University Sydney and one of the IELTS test centres in Australia.
English Australia
English Australia (EA) is the national association for accredited public and private English language colleges in Australia.
Centre for English Teaching, University of Sydney
This centre is another official testing centre for IELTS.
UNSW Institute of Languages
UTS IELTS Centre
English language tests
IELTS - International English Language Testing System
Official IELTS website
TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language
Official TOEFL website
Government information
About Australia
This site in maintained by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
AISV ESL - New Arrivals
The Australian Government’s English as a Second Language (ESL) – New Arrivals Program aims to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for newly-arrived students from non-English speaking backgrounds.
Culture and recreation portal
Provides access to websites about Australian history, culture and recreation.
Education system, Australia
Provides by Australian Education International (AEI)
Health resources in Australia
NSW AMES
Helps migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants to start a new life in Australia through the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP).
Online resources and educational institutions specialising in ESL
Study in Australia
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Links & directories
ACE Internet links
Aussie educator
Provides links to ESOL teaching resources.
edna - ESOL resources
Resources in this category relate to English as a Second Language, ESL, and TESOL in the Australian curriculum
ESL (English as a second language) links & resources
Geos Oceanic regional site
This directory includes resources associated with education and the English language, and related web sites of interest.
Guide to government and law in Australia
This book by Dr John Hirst includes a concise description of the operations of the Australian system of government and law.
NSW State library - electronic resources
Gateway to Australian Internet links and database
TAFE Studylinks
English language learning activities and other resources
Activities for ESL students
Vocabulary and grammar quizzes, crossword and other exercises for English as a second language (ESL) students
Aussie English for beginners
BBC -Learning English
Contains exercises, audio, videos and quizzes for English learners.
English for everybody
Free English language courses
Englishlanguageguide.com
Interesting things for ESL students
Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and much more.
Owl - Online Writing Lab
Engish as a second language (ESL) Resources, handouts and exercises
Resources for English as a second language
Sydney sidetracks: history where it happened
You can download it to your mobile and explore the Sydney’s history. Includes audio and videos. |
eJournals, eBooks and other eResources |
eJournals & online news services
Freely available news services
• Sydney Morning Herald
• ABC News
• ABC Radio Australia: Learn English
• Australia network
EBSCOhost
Click the link of one of the selected journals or databases. Log in using your DET Username and password.
ANZRC
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Aboriginal history
• Australia's wilderness adventure magazine
• World literature today
• Vanity fair
You can also search ANZRC for articles of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald and other newspapers.
Video database
TVNews
Contains Australian news items, current affairs and documentaries from free-to-air networks.
Click the link to one of the selected programs and select year and then the date of the broadcast you wish to view. Click on video and log in using your DET Username and password.
TVNews
• Australian story
• Behind the news
• National nine news
• SBS world news
• Today tonight
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eBooks
Free eBooks
Open-Access Text Archive (free eBooks)
Project Gutenberg
Contains over 27,000 titles
Project Gutenberg of Australia
Provides resources such as a chronology of Australian exploration, eBooks relating to Australian history and Australia's greatest books that are in the public domain.
NetLibrary
Click the link of any of the examples and then click on URL. Log in using your DET Username and password.
• Absolute beginner’s guide to winning presentations
• Exam-busting tips: how to pass exams the easy way
• Kookaburra: the king of the bush
• Writing, speaking, listening
eReference
Free eReference
Dictionary of Australian biographies - published 1949
Australian dictionary of biography
Provides over 10,000 scholarly biographies of persons who were significant in Australian history up to 1980.
Meanings and origins of Australian words (glossary)
Provided by the Australian National Dictionary Centre
Language dictionaries and other language resources
Provides access to free and subscription language dictionaries and resources including English language dictionaries.
Oxford Reference Online
Log in to Oxford Reference Online using your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of your username. Once you have logged into the database, you can search the collection or click on Subjects & Books to get the full list of dictionaries e.g.
- Australian dictionaries
- English language reference
- Bilingual dictionaries & thesauruses
- Subject reference (e.g. companions to the High Court of Australia, Australian history and politics)
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Databases covering ESOL subjects
Here is a selection of subject specific databases provided. For the full list of general databases and regarding instructions go to the eResources Portal.
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Description |
Access |
| ANZRC |
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO's searchable database provides full text, and index access to many local and international magazines, newspapers and reference books. Most general subjects are covered. |
DET username and password required. |
| MasterFile Premier |
This multi-disciplinary database provides more than 1,750 general reference publications with full text information. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest. |
DET username and password required. |
| Facts on File |
The Facts on File is a set of online reference databases designed to suit the reference requirements of secondary schools, TAFE colleges and undergraduate research libraries. Each database offers hyperlinked full-text records, images, maps, time lines, citation information and more. Titles include:
- Ancient and Medieval History Online (incl. videos)
- Modern World History Online (incl. videos)
- Health Reference Centre (incl. videos)
- Science Online (incl. videos)
- Bloom’s Literary Reference Online
- Issues & Controversies
- Today's Science
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From home:
Students use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).
Staff use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith). |
| Gale databases |
Gale databases provide access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics. The sub-collection General OneFile includes over 6,300 full-text titles and 400 newspaper services (a total of more than 11,000 titles). Also included in the subscription are the Culinary Arts Collection, Environmental Studies and Policy Collection, Fine Arts and Music Collection, Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection, General Reference Center Gold, Home Improvement Collection, Popular magazines & Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Collection. |
DET username and password required. |
| Oxford Reference Online - Premium |
A searchable collection of 175+ key Oxford reference publications covering 25 subject areas. Includes bilingual dictionaries, encyclopaedias, subject reference, quotations, maps & illustrations and 42 x 20th century timelines.
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From home:
Students use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).
Staff use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith). |
| TVNews |
TVNews indexes and abstracts Australian news items, current affairs and documentaries from free-to-air networks since 2007. You can download video content straight to your desktop or flash drive. Most programs are available the next working day. Coverage includes: Australian story, Behind the news, 60 minutes, Four corners, Lateline and all the major news broadcasts.
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DET username and password required.
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Catalogues
The NSW TAFE Library catalogue lists all the resources held in NSW TAFE libraries. You can search by keyword, author, title and subject and also limit searches to specific types of materials and specific college libraries. The catalogue has links to, and the addresses and contact details of, all individual NSW TAFE Libraries.
Subject headings
Catalogue links to some ESOL subjects and availability through NSI Libraries are listed below. Please note: the search results are limited to items available in NSI Libraries. Do a new search if you want to find items held by your local library or to get results for all TAFE NSW Libraries.
Macquarie University Library
Macquarie University Library has an extensive collection of resources in the ESOL area. NSI has a reciprocal borrower's agreement with Macquarie University ($44 per calendar year). Please ask your NSI library staff for details on how to access this service.
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Last updated: 09.09.2009
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