[EDLING:600] Re: ESL in American High Schools

[Castellon, Martha Inez]

We are most interested in finding resources that deal with methodology for teaching high-school aged English language learners who are at the beginning stages of English proficiency.  What are the special challenges presented by teaching English to adolescent  immigrants to the U.S. who may or may not be literate in their first language?  How can we best address these challenges in terms of language instruction in reading, writing, speaking, and listening?
Martha

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	From: owner-edling at ccat.sas.upenn.edu on behalf of Tommy McDonell 
	Sent: Wed 1/26/2005 1:13 PM 
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	Subject: [EDLING:598] Re: ESL in American High Schools
	
	
	Hi. English as a Second Language and English Language Learners. For the most part these days, politically correct people use ELL for the students. ESL for classes or TESOL for teaching. 
	 
	As for references in high school ESL/ELL, it would be good to be more specific. There are thousands of articles! 
	 
	Tommy
	Tommy B. McDonell
	Doctoral Candidate, Steinhardt School of Education
	tbr202 at nyu.edu
	Adjunct, Marymount Manhattan College
	Adjunct, City College of New York-Graduate Education
	 
	H: 212-929-6768, before 10PM
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		----- Original Message ----- 
		From: Richard Hudson <mailto:dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk>  
		To: edling at ccat.sas.upenn.edu 
		Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:50 PM
		Subject: [EDLING:596] Re: ESL in American High Schools

		Dear Martha,
		Could you explain ESL and ELL? Is this for L2 learners of English? Acronyms don't translate easily across the Atlantic, I'm afraid.
		    Dick 
		
		Castellon, Martha Inez wrote: 

			Dear Friends,
			 
			I am writing to solicit any references you might have with respect to the teaching of ESL (or English language development) at the high school level.  I am currently working on a project at Stanford that is developing online teacher professional development materials for teachers of high school ELLs.  Any references that you can provide (journal articles, textbooks, or otherwise) are much appreciated.
			 
			Best,
			Martha Castellon


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		Richard Hudson, FBA,
		Emeritus Professor of Linguistics,
		University College London
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