Location: Foreign Languages Building, Room 3046
Librarian: Eunjeong Ahn (tesllibrary@gmail.com)
The TESL library catalog is available online
Thank you for your patience as we catalog library materials during the 2016-2017 year. During this time, items that are not yet catalogued online will be listed in the card catalog located in the library.
Library Resources and Facilities

The TESL library has ESL textbooks, ESL references books, journals (back issues until 2006), MATESL alumni theses (until 2006), the MATESL Alumni Authors Collection, and course reserves. Please ask the librarian for assistance if you are looking for more information about course reserves, the MATESL alumni theses and the MATESL alumni authors collection.
With permission from the Library supervising faculty, some meetings directly related to MATESL or the ESL service courses may be held in the library. All meetings should be approved and scheduled in advance.
Click here to reserve time in the library or to check to see if it is already reserved.
Spring 2019 Hours
Mondays |
8:50 - 10:50am |
The library will be closed on the following holidays: Labor Day, Fall break, winter break, Martin Luther King Day, Spring break, and Summer break |
Tuesdays |
8:50 - 10:50am |
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Wednesdays |
8:50 - 10:50am |
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Thursdays |
8:50 - 10:50am |
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Fridays |
8:50 - 9:50am |
Library Resources
ESL Textbooks ESL Reference Books Journals (Back issues until 2006) MATESL Alumni Theses (until 2006) The MATESL Alumni Authors Collection Course Reserves Audiovisual (AV) Recording Equipment
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Textbooks ESL Textbooks by level Grammar Reading & Readers Vocabulary Listening Comprehension Pronunciation Speech Composition Research Paper Writing Academic Writing Handbooks |
Reference books ESL Teaching Theory Teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Written & Spoken Elements in English Etymology & Semantics Dictionaries & Lexicography Synonyms, Antonyms & Homonyms Grammar Discourse & Pragmatics Sociolinguistics |
Journals (back issues till 2006) Applied Linguistics Language Testing The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning ELT Journal PASAA- A Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand IPrA- Pragmatics TESOL Journal Studies in the Linguistic Sciences TESOL Quarterly |
AV Recording Equipment
Priority is given to students who need this equipment to complete course assignments. Please see full list of AV equipment in the MATESL library.
Other Equipment
Priority is given to students who need this equipment to complete course assignments.
- Transcribers
Library Services & Check-Out Policy
Loan Services * The MATESL Library doesn’t provide any equipment loan service during the breaks. |
Checkout and Return Options |
Loan Period / Renewal / Maximum Items |
Books, Journals, and Theses See Books, Journals, and Theses Check-Out Policy for further information |
Checkout in person, mailbox delivery in FLB / return in person or via door slot |
7 days / one time renewal / 5 items |
AV Recording Equipment See AV Recording Equipment Check-Out Policy for further information |
Checkout in person / return in person (Fill out the loan agreement form.) |
2 days / no renewal / At the discretion of the librarian |
Reserves: |
Library use only |
Not available for loan |
General Borrowing Procedures
- In person checkout: All loanable materials and equipment can be checked out in person during library hours. Please bring your I-card to checkout materials.
**See AV Recording Equipment Check-Out Policy for special guidelines for checking out audio video equipment.
- Pre-order: Click here to fill out this online form to reserve items in advance. The librarian will prepare your items during the following scheduled library hours.
- Renewal: Fill out the online form to renew a book. The librarian will record the renewal and inform you of the new due date via email. You may also renew in-person during library hours.
**Please note that overdue items cannot be renewed via the online form. You will receive overdue notices if the item hasn’t been returned to the library as scheduled.
Winter Break Check-Out Policy
This service is only available to the faculty and students who are enrolled both the Fall and Spring semesters.
- Borrowers may check out a maximum of 5 items and keep them over the winter break.
- Borrowers need to check out the materials on the last open day of the library in the Fall semester and return them on the first open day of library in the Spring semester.
** The MATESL Library does not provide book loan service for the summer break.
AV Recording Equipment Check-Out Policy
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Students who are required to use the AV equipment for course projects have the first priority to request/check out AV equipment. Instructors who have such course projects should give the librarian the name and number of their course.
- Individual borrowers (including TAs) who are not using the equipment to complete course projects need to bring a note or forward an email from their instructors or professors before making a request.
It is highly recommended that you request AV equipment at least 24 hours in advance via online preorder.
Users are responsible for returning the items in their original proper and working condition. A fair replacement value will be charged for missing items.
Digitizing Service
Canon Mini DV users can ask for the librarian’s assistance to digitize Mini DV cassettes into QuickTime files in the MATESL library.