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Selected Newcomer / ESL Resources


Partners in Settlement & Integration
Supports newcomers in the East Central SK Region


Regina Public Library - ESL Online Tutor Training Tool is now available for public use.  There is a self-registration process and the course is free.  Website address is: http://apps.reginalibrary.ca/moodle/

Southeast Community Settlement Committee website - Estevan
The Orientation Video provides useful information (Southeast Region of province)

Selected Databases

Library databases require a valid library barcode number


BookFlix -
Online resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic.                                                                                                                                                                   Out of Library

Grolier Online -Encyclopedia Americana,  Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge Online, Popular
Science, Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre, Lands and Peoples, America the Beautiful, Amazing Animals.                                 
Out of Library

LearningExpress Library
LearningExpress Library is a comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons—students and adult learners—succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass.                            Out of Library

Library PressDisplay provides users with the electronic version of today’s edition of over 1,400 newspapers from 70 countries in 37 languages. Users can read the latest newspapers from Canada and other countries online on the day they are published.  It also provides text to speech function for English language newspapers, and allows users to translate articles to 12 different languages. Newspapers are archived for 14 or 60 days.  In Library Access

TumbleBooks
- Online collection of animated, talking picture books, reading comprehension quizzes and games.                 Out of Library

TumbleReadables  - Username: parklandlib      Password : login 

An online collection of read along titles for elementary, middle and high school students.                                                    Out of Library

Tell Me More - A comprehensive English language learning tool with beginner, intermediate and advanced learning levels.(Windows only) Create your own username and password.

My Canada - Teaches students how to communicate effectively in English while learning about Canada.                              Out of Library


Small Engine Repair -
Small Engine Repair Reference Center™ is the definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines.
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Scribner Writers Online - Gain access to more than 2,000 original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of more than 1,400 important authors from around                                                                                             Catalogue Search    |       Out of Library

Twayne's Authors Online     - The acclaimed Twayne's Authors Series of literary criticism offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres. This online series features the content of more than 600 books that comprise three print series --United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors.

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Universalis Junior - Universalis Junior Online, créé en collaboration avec des spécialistes américains et français de l'éducation, apporte un regard neuf sur une large gamme de sujets comme l'histoire, la géographie, les sciences et la technologie.

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TenseBuster
ESL program which focuses on helping students improve their reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar skills in 5 levels (beginner - advanced).                                                                                                                                      Out of Library  
 
Road to IELTS
This is where the British Council's Road to IELTS provides candidates with a unique advantage. It includes 120 hours of intensive work on vocabulary, reading, writing, listening and speaking, helping them to develop their skills to the levels necessary to succeed in the IELTS exam                                                                                                                                                                        Out of Library

Study Skills Success 
Study Skills Success is ideal for IELTS and TOEFL candidates as well as all students taking higher level ESL tests. The Reading, Writing and Listening Units all focus directly on the skills students need to achieve a good banding, and the Speaking Unit is organized around the format of the new tests Speaking Module.                                                                                                                  Out of Library





AccessMyLibrary App

The AccessMyLibrary Public Edition app from Gale
Download it to get free, Unlimited access to library resources within a 10-mile radius of your location.
Learn more and get it today at: http://www.gale.com/apps

     

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