Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Vol. 40, No. 1, September 2012

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Issue Theme: Special Issue: ESL Teaching and Learning: Writings in Diverse Voices

• Information for Authors [FREE ACCESS]

• Editorial: ESL Teaching and Learning: Writings in Diverse Voices [FREE ACCESS]

  Natasha Lvovich and Martha Clark Cummings, guest editors

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  Abstract: The guest editors introduce the issue.

• A Lifetime of Grammar Teaching

  Rod Ellis

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  Abstract: This professional autobiography, covering the time from my first teaching job in Spain upto the present, documents my development as a teacher, teacher educator, and researcher,showing how my thinking about teaching has evolved through my deepeningunderstanding of how learners learn the grammar of a second language.

• Beyond “ESL Writing”: Teaching Cross-Cultural Composition at a Community College

  Susan Miller-Cochran

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  Abstract: This article describes the design and implementation of a cross-cultural composition coursewhich was designed to provide opportunities for ESL students and native English-speakingstudents to learn about cross-cultural literacy practices from each other in a first-yearwriting context at a community college in the Southwest.

• Using Contrastive Rhetoric in the ESL Classroom

  Janet M. Quinn (New Voice)

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  Abstract: This hands-on article advocates teaching form to ESL students through the use ofcontrastive rhetoric, demonstrates how students apply L1 and L2 forms, andoffers suggestions for the classroom.

• Instructional Note: Photography and Writing: Alternative Ways of Learning for ESL Students [FREE ACCESS]

  Helen Lepp Friesen (New Voice)

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  Abstract: This essay reflects on how one writing teacher incorporates photography in her practice toengage students of different backgrounds and experiences.

• Navigating Uncharted Waters: An Accelerated Content-Based English for Academic Purposes Program

  Kelly Hernandez, Michelle Thomas, and Cynthia Schuemann

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  Abstract: This article chronicles an English for Academic Purposes curriculum developmentexperience of a grant-funded project to create an Accelerated Content-Based Englishcurriculum for intermediate- and advanced-level English Language Learners.

• The Heterogeneous Second-Language Population in US Colleges and the Impact on Writing Program Design

  Kristen di Gennaro (New Voice)

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  Abstract: This article reviews various frameworks for defining second-language learner groups,as described in the literature, and summarizes relevant empirical studies basedon these frameworks.

• Prisoners Teaching ESL: A Learning Community among “Language Partners” [FREE ACCESS]

  Andrea Olinger, Hugh Bishop, Jose Cabrales, Rebecca Ginsburg, Joseph Mapp, Orlando Mayorga, Erick Nava, Élfego Núñez, Otilio Rosas, Andre Slater, LuAnn Sorenson, Jim Sosnowski, and Agustin Torres

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  Abstract: A program in which prisoners teach ESL classes, supported by volunteer teacher-trainers, is alearning community with immense and sometimes unforeseen value.

• Reviews

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  Abstract: What English Language Teachers Need to Know, Vol. 1: Understanding Learning; Vol. 2: Facilitating Learning, by Denise E. Murray and MaryAnn Christison,Reviewed by Mary Lynn Navarro
  
  Nonnative Speaker English Teachers: Research, Pedagogy, and Professional Growth, by George Braine, Reviewed by Monika Ekiert
  
  In the Heart of Another: Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories, by Susan Philips, Reviewed by Frances Bracken Mejia

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