Question of the Week-July 2nd, 2009

According to A.H. Maslow's 1943 paper, what must be one of the foundation stones of motivation theory?

Website of the Week-Classics in the History of Psychology-June 29, 2009

Classics in the History of Psychology are sets of documents focused on a particular topic in the history of psychology. Each Special Collection is edited by a professional in the field who brings together a number of related and historically-signficant primary source documents, interspersing them with short essays setting them in their intellectual, institutional, and broader social contexts.

It is edited and was created by Professor Christopher Green at York University in Toronto.

You can check it out by clicking on this link here: http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/

ESL Readers

Penguin Readers are written with the ESL student in mind by providing enjoyable reading materials to adult learners using simple to advanced English vocabulary. There are 7 vocabulary levels. The Easy Starts level uses 200 common words and the 6th or most advanced level uses vocabulary with 3,000 words. Mookini Library's READ Collection includes Penguin Readers from Levels 1 to 6.

A few books also have an audiocassette tape that allows the reader to listen to the book being read. On the back of each Penguin Reader is information about the book--language used (American or British English), whether it is contemporary, classic or original literature, etc. Graded readers give adult ESL students successful first reading encounters at the same time they allow for advancement to higher levels of reading vocabulary.

CCA students can check as many of these readers out as they like for up to three weeks. They are a great way for ESL students to improve their reading skills in English.