Adult Esl

Goal is to help both practitioners and graduate students in the field of adult ESL understand & confront the problems today's sociopolitical climate poses for adult ESL programs.

Trudy Smoke

Contents: Preface. Part I: Politics.P. Ferguson, The Politics of Adult ESL Literacy: Becoming Politically Visible. P. Moriarty, Learning to Be Legal: Unintended Meanings for Adult Schools. J. Manton, The Relationship Between Knowing Our Students' Real Needs and Effective Teaching. B. Norton, Using Journals in Second Language Research and Teaching. S. Vandrick, Promoting Gender Equity in the Postsecondary ESL Class. T. Smoke, Critical Multiculturalism as a Means of Promoting Social Activism and Awareness. Part II: Pedagogy.S. Benesch, Anorexia: A Feminist EAP Curriculum. K. Mangelsdorf, Literature in the ESL Classroom: Reading, Reflection, and Change. R.W. Mlynarczyk, Fluency First in the ESL Classroom: An Integrated Approach. L.F. Kasper, Meeting ESL Students' Academic Needs Through Discipline-Based Instructional Programs. T. Doane, Democracy and the ESL Classroom. A. Parrino, The Politics of Pronunciation and the Adult Learner. C. Severino, The Political Implications of Responses to Second Language Writing. Part III: Participation.E. Auerbach, J. Arnaud, C. Chandler, A. Zambrano, Building on Community Strengths: A Model for Training Literacy Instructors. J.M. Clark, C.P. Haviland, Language and Authority: Shifting the Privilege. R. Blakely, An Orphan at the Table: The English Language Fellows Program. L. Robbins, The Creation and Development of a Community-Based English Program: The Riverside Language Program, Inc. J.M. Reppy, E. Coburn, Cooperative Links Energize New Jersey ESL/Bilingual Professionals. K. Liu, Electronic Communication, New Technology, and the ESL Student. T. Smoke, Making Connections Through the Internet.