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The Rochester Hills Public Library is pleased to offer specialized resources for our customers learning English as a second language (ESL), achieving citizenship, improving basic literacy / reading skills, and speaking and reading in a language other than English.
International Language Collection
The Adult International Language Collection includes books of fiction and non-fiction by many popular authors in the following world languages. If you wish to read in a language other than what we have in the collection you will be able to borrow from another library through Interlibrary Loan.
Rochester, Rochester Hills and Oakland Township Library card holders will be able to request books in many other languages if they are available to borrow by going to Michigan eLibrary / MelCat (the statewide library catalog and borrowing service). Select the language in Advanced Keyword Search.
 Youth World Language Collection
The Youth World Language Collection is available in print as well as audio; videocassette, DVD, talking books and multimedia kits in either CD or cassette format. Languages include:
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| Aval Vikatan (Tamil) | Cheng Ming (Chinese) | Chitralekha (Guajarati) |
| Focus (German) | Hola! (Spanish) | Huang Guan/Crown (Chinese) |
| India Today (English) | Maher/Mahera (Marathi) | Mangayar Malar (Tamil) |
| Ogonek (Russian) | Paris Match (French) | People (Spanish) |
| Sarita (Hindi) | Sudha (Kannada) | Swati/Svati (Telugu) |
| Allons-y! (French) |
Chandamama (Hindi magazine in English) | Das Rad (German) |
| Janhamamu (Hindi) | Que Tal? (Spanish) |
| Arabic | Bambara | Bengali | Cantonese | Chinese | Czech | Danish | Dutch |
| Farsi | Finnish | French | German | Greek | Gujarati | Hebrew | Hindi |
| Hungarian | Icelandic | Italian | Japanese | Kannada | Korean | Latvian | Malayalam |
| Mandarin | Marathi | Mongolian | Norwegian | Polish | Portuguese | Punjabi | Romanian |
| Russian | Serbo-Croatian | Songhai | Spanish | Swedish | Tamil | Telugu | Thai |
| Turkish | Urdu | Vietnamese | Wolof | Xhosa | Zulu |
World Cinema Collection is a shared collection by the three Metro Net libraries Rochester Hills, West Bloomfield and Farmington. Each of these three participating libraries is housing a part of this rotating collection and can be interloaned among these libraries if they are available to check out. To get a complete list of this collection go to http://www.westbloomfieldlibrary.org/World_Cinema_Titles/.
If you are interested in learning another language there are many language learning materials available in books, audio and video formats.
English Matters
This ELL Conversation Group provides beginning and intermediate level students an opportunity to practice English in a friendly setting with other international speakers.
English as a Second Language (ELL) Collections
There are ESL and basic Literacy Collections in the Outreach Department for adults who are trying to improve their reading or English language skills. Books, audio tapes, DVDs and some CD-ROMs are available to check out, and many Literacy Resources are available on the Internet.
ELLIS
With over 1,300 hours of instruction, ELLIS combines digital audio and video, voice recording, role-play and native language support to create an engaging learning environment for every level of English language training.
Newcomer's Book Club: ELL discussion group
Please join other newcomers from all over the world as they explore English literature together in this fun and rewarding group.
Self Checks
Customers can easily checkout all types of library materials on the self-check units. Directions for checking out materials are currently available in English, Spanish, German, Tamil and Russian with more languages coming soon.
Literacy Organizations
Oakland Literacy Council provides a free one-to-one basic program in basic literacy and ESL for adults in Oakland County
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for registration and scheduling information, sample questions, and tip
Resources for Teachers and Students
Dave's ESL Cafe for ESL/EFL students and teachers
English as a Second Language a starting point for students and their teacher
Student Activities
Activities for ESL Students quizzes, exercises and puzzles
Adult Learning Activities short, practical articles to improve reading and listening
BBC World News for English language learners
Everyday English in Conversation listen and practice everyday conversations
Business English Course quizzes and exercises for English language practice
Interesting Things for ESL Students a fun study site for ESL students
Owl ESL Resources an online writing lab for ESL students
TOEFL Study Guides at the Rochester Hills Public Library
TV411 interactive lessons to help adults gain basic reading and writing skills
Voice of America provides radio transcripts and audio files of news about American Life and world affairs so that ESL learners can read along as they listen.
Tips for Tutors
English as a Second Language literacy resources for the teacher from the National Literacy Institute
The Internet TESL Journal monthly web journal with articles, research, lesson plans and teaching idea
