Carmona Jose A. (ed.) Language Teaching and Learning in ESL Education

Kona Publishing and Media Group, 2010. — 260 pages. ISBN: 193598702X, 9781935987024This text explores new topics and revisits recurring ones in the discipline of English as a second language (ESL). The volume mainly examines what is being accomplished in the field today with a fresh and practical look. Various chapters also address English as a foreign language (EFL) issues. The twenty-eight contributors represent many continents of the world either by birth or by living in a country other than the U.S.The chapters in this volume investigate the following topics:Teaching the multilevel ESL classroom
Building ESL lessons with pop and rock music
Working with northeast Asian ESL students in the classroom
Engaging students in global advocacy
Acquiring teacher assessment literacy
Writing the ESOL-infused lesson plan
Conducting action research at a university in Colombia
Exploring perceptions of teachers by academic ESL students
Examining exemplary literacy programs
Investigating the TEFL certificate industry in Thailand
Developing leaders through mentoring and professional development
Determining ESL student success
Designing a bilingual school's gifted program in Honduras
Using collaborative reflection to prepare career changes to teach ELL students
Revisiting online teaching and adult educators
Critiquing policies on adjunct instruction
Funding Intensive English Programs (IEP) professional developmentThis worldly volume is essential for teachers, faculty members, administrators, and staff at K-12 schools, colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. It is also functional as a supplement textbook for teacher training classes and/or in-service training.