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April 9th, 2010 1 Comment Category: Books
Tags: College, Composition, def, ESL, generation, Issues, Learners, Meets, teaching, U.S.Educated, Writing

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An increasing number of students graduate from U.S. high schools and enter college while still in the process of learning English. This group–the “1.5 generation”–consisting of immigrants and U.S. residents born abroad as well as indigenous language minority groups, is rapidly becoming a major constituency in college writing programs. These students defy the existing categories in most college writing programs, and in the research literature. Experienced in American culture and schooling, they have characteristics and needs distinct from the international students who have been the subject of most research and literature on ESL writing. Furthermore, in studies of mainstream…

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December 31st, 2009 Write Comment Category: Books
Tags: Academic, at, College, Composition, ESL, esl students, generation, Learners, Literacy, teaching, TESOL, U.S.Educated, Writing

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… a well-organized volume with a strong emphasis on pedagogy.

Trudy Smoke, Hunter College/City University of New York

Generation 1.5 is the most interesting topic of concern in ESL today, yet publications are few and far between…. The editors clearly know what they’re doing…. They know the field, know the subject matter, and understand the problems…. This volume contributes to the thinking in the field.

Linda Lonon Blanton, University of New Orleans

Building on the work that has been done over the past decade, this volume provides theoretical frameworks for understanding debates about immigrant students, studies of students’ schooling paths and language…

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