Research on ESL in U.S. community colleges
Subtitle: people, programs, and potential
By: edited by Kathleen M. Bailey and Maricel G. Santos
Series: The Michigan series on teaching academic English in U.S. post-secondary programs; Michigan series on teaching academic English in U.S. post-secondary programs
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780472033126
Other titles: Research on English as a Second Language in United States community colleges
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : new concepts for research in community college ESL / Maricel G. Santos, LaTesha Charbonnet, and Kathleen M. Bailey; title: Pt. 1, Research on community college ESL curricula. Shifts in focus : examining language instruction in content-based ESL lessons / Kathleen M. Bailey ; Content teacher perceptions of content-based assignments in writing courses / Lara Ravitch ; A long little story : exploring the experiences of nursing students as English language learners / JoAnn Mulready-Shick; title: Pt. 2, Technology in community college ESL programs. Community college ESL learners' access to and perspectives on technology / Cristie Roe ; ESL teacher and student perspectives on technology in the community college classroom / Marit ter Mate-Martinsen; title: Pt. 3, Retention and persistence issues in community college ESL programs. Differences in academic vocabulary knowledge among language-minority community college students : implications for transition / Maricel G. Santos ; Transitioning from ESL and the GED to post-secondary education : a case study of a college transitions program / Elizabeth M. Zachry and Emily Dibble ; Unlocking the door : ESL instructors' diaries examining retention of migrant Hispanic students / Bengt Skillen and Julie Vorholt-Alcorn; title: Pt. 4, Identity construction and development among community college ESL students. My words is big problem : the life and learning experiences of three elderly eastern European refugees studying ESL at a community college / Duffy Galda ; Students' identity construction in a content-based instruction program : perspectives from a community college classroom / Hanh thi Nguyen, Francis Noji, and Guy Kellogg; title: Pt. 5, Defining and assessing success in community college ESL programs. To triumph in my life : ESL students define success / Molly J. Lewis ; Access to freshman composition at stake : comparing student performance in two measures of writing / Cynthia M. Schuemann ; Student learning outcomes and ESL student success in the community college classroom / Marit ter Mate-Martinsen.