TESOL: Books

You can use HPU Discovery to search for books, articles, videos, and more. To search for only books, click the "Books" tab above the search box. 

Once you find books from our HPU Discovery tool, you should make sure that the books are held by HPU.

eBooks can be accessed by clicking on the "View full text online" link in each item's record.

If the books are physical books, get the location and call number information. 

There are two libraries collections: Atherton Library at Hawaii Loa Campus and the Library at Waterfront at our Downtown location. With your call number in hand, go to the appropriate library and location to find your books. Read the call number from left to right by sections- on the shelves, find the letters of the call number first, then the whole number next to it, followed by the letter and number combination and year at the end. Books are arranged by subject using the Library of Congress (LOC) classification system. This means that when you find a book you may find other relevant books next to it. If you cannot find a book, ask a librarian.

TESOL books mostly have a LOC call number starting with "P." See the full LOC TESOL outline

All books in the library have a call number, which is like an address that tells you where they are located. You can find TESOL books at

BF300  &  LB1060   Psychology of Learning  &  Learning Theories

LB 1025 - LB 1050   Teaching

LB 1705 - LB 2286   Training of Teachers

LC 3700 - LC 3745   Bilingual Education

P1 - P40 Philology and General Linguistics, Philosophy, Theories, and Origins of Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics

P40 - P100 Second Language (Theories), Communication, Speech, Discourse, Semiotics, Bilingualism, Multilingualism

P100 - P200 Historical & Structural Linguistics, Phonetics, Writing, Language (General), Philosophy of, Origins of, Science of Language & Linguistics, Comparative Grammar

P200 - P300  Rhetoric, Syntax, Semantics, Style

PA - PL REFERENCE ONLY - English and Foreign Language Dictionaries, Style Books, Usage Manuals

PE1128  Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, Methodologies, Applied Linguistics, teaching and learning of specific aspects: Pronunciation, Writing, Grammar, etc.

PE64 - PE2809 This broader range encompasses the PE1128 range and includes all areas relating to the teaching of English

You can search HPU Discovery for resources using subject headings. In the search bar, type "su:" and your subject term. For example, "su:Second Language Acquisition." Here are a few subject headings to get you started: 

Adult education

Applied linguistics

Discourse analysis

Education, Bilingual

English as a second language

English language

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers

English language learners

English teachers -- Training of

Language and languages

Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Bilingual method

Linguistics

Psycholinguistics

Reading

Reading comprehension

Second language acquisition

Sociolinguistics