Linguistics, TESOL & Translation

Your lecturers spend a lot of time deciding which resources to recommend, so always look at your module reading lists first. The link above takes you to the lists for courses in SELL.

Explore Credo for trusted reference sources like dictionaries - a great alternative to Wikipedia! 

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Access around 200,000 ebooks across all subject areas.

Access over 1000 Cambridge e-textbooks across most subjects. Register for a free personal account to use features such as notes and bookmarking. Watch these short videos to learn more. 

Oxford Linguistics Handbooks offer thorough introductions and a survey of the current state of research in key topics, including applied linguistics, translation studies, the history of English, tense and aspect etc. Chapters review key issues and major debates and indicate how the debates might evolve.

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Over 250 unlimited access in-depth guides to current and classic research across a range of subject areas. If you can't access something via this site, put the book title into our general Portsmouth catalogue as we have some titles via Ebook Central instead.

The online version of a 10 volume printed encyclopedia covering 27 key areas of linguistics, including assessment and testing, conversation analysis, corpus linguistics, discourse, language policy etc. You will find over 1100 essays written by experts from across the world.

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The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication features full-length articles.

The latest (2020) edition of this key resource for Translation Studies.

Access over 800 entries about key practical and theoretical aspects of TESOL. Each entry is organized into three sections: "Framing the Issue", "Making the Case", and "Pedagogical Implications".

Freely available, high quality dictionaries in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish with translations into other languages also provided. Audio files give the pronunciation for every word listed.

The most trusted source about words in English, containing definitions, plus very detailed word histories.

A well-established site offering online language dictionaries (and verb conjugators for French, Spanish and Italian)

Access a range of English and multilingual dictionaries, including synonyms, abbreviations and acronyms

Access books and videos about quantitative and qualitative research methods and many more social science research topics. Use the Tools drop-down at the top centre of the screen to access a handy Project Planner which is full of FAQs about what you need to consider at each stage in a project/dissertation. Tools also contains a Methods Map which is ideal for quickly finding details about a particular research method.

Search details of over 73,000 entries about translation and interpreting in a database coordinated by Javier Franco at the University of Alicante. New entries are added quarterly.

A key source for tracking down articles on a broad range of journalism, communication and media topics.

Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, reports and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
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JSTOR started as a journal archive but it now offers much more. Jump straight to the articles and chapters on JSTOR which are most useful for Language, Linguistics and Literature topics. You will also find tips about using JSTOR and carrying out research.

The world's largest database covering literature, language, linguistics and translation but also good for TESOL.

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A top-ranking, peer-reviewed journal covering topics such as: bilingualism and multilingualism; computer-mediated communication; conversation analysis; corpus linguistics; discourse analysis and pragmatics; first and additional language learning and teaching; forensic linguistics; language assessment; language planning and policies; multimodal communication.

A leading international peer-reviewed journal publishing articles at the boundaries of discourse analysis and the social sciences. It focuses on theory formation and analysis of the relationships between the structures of text, talk, language use, verbal interaction or communication, on the one hand, and social, political or cultural micro- and macrostructures and cognitive social representations, on the other.

An international peer-reviewed journal for the study of text and talk. Articles cover the structures and strategies of written and spoken discourse, with special attention given to cross-disciplinary links.

A popular and highly regarded, peer-reviewed journalfor all those involved in English Language Teaching, whether as a second, additional, or foreign language, or as an international Lingua Franca. The journal links the everyday concerns of practitioners with insights gained from relevant academic disciplines such as applied linguistics, education, psychology, and sociology.

This is bought to support TESOL. Follow the special login, then explore.

This resource is restricted to members of the University of Portsmouth

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1. Contact the Library from any Library enquiry desk or by contacting us:

• Email: library@port.ac.uk
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A popular, peer-reviewed, international journal of sociolinguistics concerned with language and discourse as aspects of social life.

An international, peer-reviewed journal aimed at language teachers, researchers and policy makers. Articles cover classroom practice in all its aspects, relationships between policy, theory and practice, multilingualism and multiculturalism, new technologies and foreign languages and much more.

Read expert overviews of research in the field of second-language teaching and learning. You will find critical survey articles of recent research on specific topics, second and foreign languages and countries.

The professional magazine of the Chartered Institute of Linguists containing articles of interest to language teachers and translators. This online archive goes back 4 years (to Jan 2020) but we have print copies on the top floor of the Library from 1986 onwards.

A very popular, peer-reviewed journal aimed at professionals in the field which includes articles on English language teaching and learning and standard English as a second dialect.

A peer-reviewed journal which includes articles on translation theory and practice, as well as discussions of the legal, financial and social aspects of the translator's profession. It also reports on new methods of translating, such as machine-aided translation, the use of computerized dictionaries or word banks.

The professional magazine of the Chartered Institute of Linguists containing articles of interest to language teachers and translators. This online archive goes back 4 years (to Jan 2020) but we have print copies on the top floor of the Library from 1986 onwards.

A multilingual Canadian journal dealing with all aspects of translation and interpreting.

A peer-reviewed journal which covers the theory, history, culture and sociology of translation.

A peer-reviewed journal which aims to extend the methodologies, areas of interest and conceptual frameworks inside the discipline, while testing the traditional boundaries of the notion of “translation” and offering a forum for debate focusing on historical, social, institutional and cultural facets of translation.

A peer-reviewed, international journal which publishes articles on a variety of issues related to translation and interpreting as acts of intercultural communication.

Full text articles from many news sources and trade journals both UK and international. Archives sometimes stretching back to the mid 1980s. For use in the UK only.

PressReader lets you access UK and international newspapers, plus a wide range of magazine content. Everything is full colour with archives varying in length depending on the publication.

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This archive gives you highly respected commentary and analysis of global news each week from 1843 to 2015. Search by subject or browse by date. The articles are full facsimiles, including photos and charts.
Read about financial crises as they happened.

Access the full text of popular entertainment industry magazine archives, including New Musical Express, Variety, The Stage and Screen International.

Access stories and photos from The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003). Use Nexis if you want to search up to the current day.

Search over 200 years of articles. Articles are full facsimiles of what was published on the day and you can view the article in its original page location if you want.

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Search the backfiles of leading women's magazines from the late-19th century through to 2005. Titles include Company, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Prima, Seventeen and She from the UK and Canada. If you want to search just the UK versions, go to Advanced Search, then scroll to Place of Publication and tick London. Access more recent content via PressReader.

An archive of UK television and radio programmes from free to air channels (1998 onwards). For use in the UK only. Find some great tips about how to use BoB in these short videos.

A unique collections of films including award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases on every topic imaginable. Content can be searched or browsed.

Founded in 1910, this is a key professional body for professional linguists across the world.

Founded in 1967, the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, (IATEFL), provides professional development and support for English language teaching professionals across the world. Visit this site to exchange research and teaching experiences with others. Some parts of the site are open to anyone, for other parts you'll need to login - see instructions below.

Founded in 1986, this is a professional association of practising translators and interpreters in the United Kingdom.

A free site which is useful for students learning English as a second/additional language and TESOL teachers. The site provides lesson ideas based on stories in the news and caters for learners at different levels.

This site gives you high quality, free research papers integrating linguistic and pedagogical research into everyday ELT practice. You'll need to scroll down the site from where you enter until you can see the Cambridge Papers in ELT heading.

A good resource for English Language teachers compiled by the British Council and BBC World Service

A well-established site bringing you recordings of cutting-edge leaders in the field talking about their work.

Maintained by UNESCO, this site lists over 2 million books which have been translated around the world since 1979.

The official European Union terminology database available in 24 languages and containing 1.4 million multilingual entries.

A well-established directory of online bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries freely available on the Internet. There are links to over 7500 dictionaries and glossaries, many of which have been created by translators working in specialist fields.

NATO's multilingual translation guide. This is one large PDF document so it can be slow to load - if it seems to hang, just click reload

Search 85,000 entries in the 6 official languages of the UN

Search 400 million words to see how frequency of use and meaning has changed.