ESL, EFL, and bilingual education : exploring historical, sociocultural, linguistic, and instructional foundations / by Lynn W. Zimmerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimmerman, Lynn W., author.

Series:

Research in bilingual education.

Research in bilingual education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Bilingual--United States.

Education, Bilingual.

English language--Study and teaching--United States--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Sociolinguistics--United States.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 197 pages)

Other Title:

ESL, EFL, & bilingual education

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays examines the historical, social, cultural, and educational foundations of ESL/EFL/Bilingual Education. The four themes of this book are:· Historical, Legal and Political Foundations of Bilingual/ESL Education· Linguistic and Sociocultural Issues in ESL/EFL Education· Educational Reform and English Language Teaching· Effectively Teaching Bilingual/ESL/EFL StudentsThis volume offers a concise overview of English language learning issues from foundations to current reform to practical guidelines to implement in the classroom. The articles are a variety of theoretical essays, reports of research and practical guides to teaching ESL/EFL/bilingual populations. Many of the essays are presented from the perspective of critical pedagogy relying on the work of educational theorists such as Paulo Freire, Lisa Delpit, and Michael Apple. Although there are connections among the essays, this collection allows the reader to read any of the essays as individual pieces, so the reader can focus on the issues that are most relevant.This book is aimed at instructors of ESL/EFL/bilingual foundations courses. It would be appropriate for undergraduate or graduate level courses. There is some international appeal for this text since several of the essays focus on general English language learning issues, and at least two focus on international issues.

Contents:

Part I : Historical, legal, and political foundations of bilingual/ESL education

The English-only movement : the power to silence

Bilingual education as a manifestation of an ethic of caring

Culture of silence : the complicity of American education

Standard American English : focus on profanity as a social language issue in the ESL/EFL classroom

Part II : Linguistic and sociocultural issues in ESL/EFL education

That is a bank? : when knowing English isn't enough

Language learning and intercultural competence : negotiating Polish-American identity

The path to college graduation : providing support for middle school students who are Hispanic

Not ready to sit and knit : a look at aging and learning English

Part III : Education reform and English language teaching

No child left behind and English language learners : issues in assessment

Educational and curricular reforms in Latvia and Poland : perspectives of preservice English teachers

Teaching bilingual students with special needs : a teacher training issue

Part IV : Effectively teaching bilingual/ESL/EFL students

Teaching abstract concepts in the EFL classroom

Let every voice be heard : creating effective groups

Using free voluntary reading in the ESL classroom

The school library and the ESL student

Teaching about prejudice using YouTube : meeting language and content objectives.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-61735-033-8

OCLC:

827236939