Bibliography

Following our February 2007 gathering, Amy Spencer shared with us a list of references on ESL issues. You can download the list here. Below you can view the reference list she provided:

References

Azar, Betty Schrampfer. Understanding and Using English Grammar 3rd Ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999.

Damen, Louise. Culture Learning: The Fifth Dimension in the Language Classroom.

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison- Wesley Publishing Company, 1987.

Flaitz, Jeffra, Ed. Understanding Your International Students: An Educational, Cultural, and Linguistic Guide. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 2003.

Kaplan, Robert. “Cultural Thought Patterns in Inter- Cultural Education.” Landmark Essays: on ESL Writing. Tony Silva and Paul Kei Matsuda, eds. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.

Powers, Judith K. “Rethinking Writing Center Conferencing Strategies for the ESL Writer” The Allyn and Bacon Guide to: Writing Center Theory and Practice. Robert W. Barnett and Jacob S. Blumne, eds. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2001, 368-375.

Raimes, Ann. “What Unskilled ESL Students Do as They Write: A Classroom Study of Composing.” Landmark Essays on ESL Writing. Tony Silva and Paul Kei Matsuda, eds. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001, 37-61.

Silva, Tony. “Toward an Understanding of the Distinct Nature of L2 Writing: The ESL Research and Its Implications”. Landmark Essays: on ESL Writing. Tony Silva and Paul Kei Matsuda, eds. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001, 191-208.

Strauch, Ann O. Bridges to Academic Writing. New York, NY: Cambridge Press, 1998.

 

Dictionaries
(I suspect more recent editions are available.)

McArthur, Tom. Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English. Singapore: Longman,
1981.

Ruse, Christina and Elana Katz. Heinemann International Students’ Dictionary. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heineman Educational Books, 1991.