KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Susan Kelly, Clark University
Information Literacy for EAP Students
Abstract
With Google, Wikipedia and the like, students have access to a tremendous amount of information. Yet often students take the easiest route rather than researching with sophistication. In this workshop, you will learn how to incorporate the "Big 6"Information Literacy into their classes to prepare students for university level research projects. This paper presents the "Big 6" literacy skills of through activities on how to retrieve and efficiently use information with more savvy.
This session will show participates how to empower students so that they understand and improve their research skills, improve search strategies, better use sources, approach library staff worry-free and better evaluate and synthesize information.
Biographicals
Susan Kelly teaches for Clark University in Jinan, China while pursuing a Masters in Library Science through the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She got her Masters of Education from Lesley University in Massachusetts She has taught EFL in California, Texas, Japan, Korea, Indonesia and China. Her research interests include CALL, literacy and content-based instruction. She has written for several TESOL journals and books. Contact skelly@clarku.edu
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