Exploring the Information Literacy Experiences of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Learners: A Discussion of Methods

The paper shares the early stages of doctoral research; discussing the research questions, methods and pilot study findings . The full research will be a longitudinal case study of three community ESOL classes in England. ESOL learners are adult migrants who are learning English and are typically very different from the higher education student who is the focus of much information literacy research. The paper discusses the challenges of the pilot study and look s forward to the full data collection which will use a range of participatory methods .