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Resource materials for library project work
Diploma in Teaching English Overseas from Manchester University and an MA in Linguistics from the University of Reading. She has taught in Indonesia, Singapore, Tanzania, and China, mainly in ESP and EAP, and is now a senior lecturer in the International Education Centre at the College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, involved in ESP teaching and teacher training. Her Current interests include academic writing skills and pedagogic grammar.
In projects, the central importance of the theme or topic often means that success depends upon the provision of appropriate resource materials. This is particularly important when project work is used to develop information skills for study purposes. Ideally, students need access to a suitable library, but in many situations this is not possible, and the teacher must supply the resource materials. This article outlines a system for providing a mini-library specifically designed to support project work.