Language Minority Students in American Schools An Education in English »

Drawing on existing research on language acquisition, language education, and his own teaching experiences in the U.S. and abroad, Adamson (U. of Arizona) examines some of the controversies concerning language education in the U.S. Coverage includes theories of first and second language acquisition and their influence on the English-as-a-second- language (ESL) field; the relationship between those theories and language teaching methods; teaching English as a second dialect, especially to speakers of Black English; English language learner (ELL) students in mainstream courses; a case study of three language minority students in a Tucson middle school; bilingual education abroad; and the relationship between bilingual teaching and ESL teaching. For students preparing to become ESL teachers, and for teachers of other subjects who work with ELL students. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR