Purpose: The purpose of this document is to provide an annotated bibliography on best practices for late entry learners into college academic upgrading programs. It is intended for practitioners, administrators, and researchers and others with an interest in this field. Method: This annotated bibliography synthesizes sources related to late entry…

Materials compiled for a conference on the assessment of Japanese second language proficiency include a partially annotated bibliography of references concerning proficiency testing as it may relate to the Japanese language and an overview essay entitled "Towards the Development of Proficiency and Other Tests in Japanese as a Foreign Language…

A discussion of language policy formation and planning in Australia covers the following: the development of the national policy on languages, and the Australian Language and Literacy Policy and its four goals related to English language and literacy, languages other than English, aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, and…

This bibliography lists publications concerned with bilingual education and immersion programs and how they are used in and outside of Canada. In the beginning, an overview is provided of publications from related disciplines that have brought crucial recognition to the fields of bilingual and immersion education. These include: second and foreign…

This report is a brief overview of the work of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) in Australia during 1988 in the areas of literacy, linguistics, and translation. The background of the SIL, its operations, and its membership are described. The activities of the Culture Studies Department are highlighted, and special events, workshops, and…

This annotated bibliography provides a summary of relevant and contemporary resources available in the ARIS Resource collection related to English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) or second language literacy. The summaries have been broadly classified to enable readers to locate their immediate area of interest. "Background Readings on Second…

The relationship of systemic functional linguistic theory to the following themes is examined: differences between speech and writing; written genres; and the study of spoken language, especially for its relevance in school learning. (65 references) (LB)

This bibliography is divided into five sections. The second, third, fourth, and fifth sections are each devoted to publications in one specified area, American, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English respectively. The first section lists bibliographies pertaining to all of these areas. Entries in all sections include both American and…

This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2007 Summer Institute--"Libraries and Literacy: Making It Work." The literature represented here includes research studies, descriptive articles, guides and manuals. Selections address the principles, "best practices" and assessment of library involvement in literacy…

One in a series of annual publications, this booklet contains reviews of books relating to the teaching of English and the language arts. The books are divided into ten categories: teaching principles and practice, source books and course books, writing and rhetoric, reading and books for the slower reader, language and oral work, prose, poetry,…

This guide is designed to help workplace trainers and curriculum writers to understand the role that language plays in vocational education and training, and to provide strategies to address language, literacy, and numeracy as part of the training provided. The guide is organized in four sections that cover the following: (1) learning about…

One in a series of annual publications, this booklet contains reviews of books relating to the teaching of English and the language arts. The books are divided into 11 categories: teaching principles and practice; composition, writing, rhetoric; source books and kits; books for the slower learner; prose; poetry; drama; language; literary…

This bibliography cites and summarizes theoretically grounded reports of research and discussions of central issues in second- and foreign-language writing and writing instruction that have become available during the period of April 1, 1995 through July 31, 1995. Categories include writers, processes, texts, audience/assessment, contexts,…

One in a series of annual publications, this booklet contains reviews of books relating to the teaching of English and the language arts. The books are divided into 11 categories: teaching principles and practice; source books and course books; composition, writing, rhetoric; beginning reading; language and oral work; prose; poetry; drama; mass…

One in a series of annual publications, this booklet contains reviews of books relating to the teaching of English and the language arts. The books are divided into 12 categories: teaching principles and practice, source books and course books, writing, teaching reading, books for the slower reader, dictionaries and oral work, prose, poetry,…