Day 1

Today was a great intersection of language teaching and technology. Here at SIU, Morris Library offers Library Instruction. Library Instruction helps with navigating databases, library resources, interlibrary loan, citation, and more. As some may know, I am teaching a section of Ling 102: Composition for ESL students. In Ling 102, students learn how to write a research paper using scholarly sources. I utilized the Library Instruction that Morris Library offers to ensure that my students were familiar with the library website, databases, and search options.

Mary Taylor is the natural science librarian at Morris. She taught my students how to navigate the library website, and what peer reviewed sources are, searching with keywords, and included two exercises: identifying different types of articles, and finding two sources they would like to use in their paper. She even created a page for my class specifically that students can access through the library website! I would highly recommend utilizing this option if you are an instructor as not only did my students learn new information but I did as well!