They stitch up their lips, go on hunger strikes, burn Australian buildings on Australian soil. Who are these desperate people and what enrages them so much? Asylum gives voice to the real people behind the sensationalism, with first-hand accounts from asylum-seekers themselves.

Bilingualism is a reality that many Americans still find difficult to accept; hence the prominence of English-only activism in U.S. politics. This collection of essays analyzes the sources of the anti-bilingual movement, its changing directions, and its impact on education policy. The book also explores efforts to resist the English-only trend, including projects to revitalize native American languages.

A study of the relationship between learning English as an additional language and the ways in which immigrant students are able to represent their identities at school. In high schools, how such students are heard by others may be just as important as how they speak. This text raises questions about language and identity in schools and should be of interest to researchers, teachers and students. It seeks to build a bridge between SLA and sociocultural approaches to discourse and identity.

En esta corta novela, el escritor mexicano Carlos Fuentes encarna en forma magistral el mito y la historia, la búsqueda y el desencuentro, la vida y la muerte. El historiador Hugo Montero lee un aviso clasificado que lo conducirá a vivir la historia de los muertos; y sin saberlo, a revivir la suya propia.

This practical resource book will familiarize teachers, staff developers, and administrators with the latest thinking on alternatives to traditional assessment. It will prepare them to implement authentic assessment in the ESL/bilingual classroom and to incorporate it into instructional planning.

This practical resource book will familiarize teachers, staff developers, and administrators with the latest thinking on alternatives to traditional assessment. It will prepare them to implement authentic assessment in the ESL/bilingual classroom and to incorporate it into instructional planning.

Units of study for primary writing. This is a yearlong curriculum

Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy combine inspirational examples and practical how-to's to create a unique resource for teachers! Thousands of teachers have experienced the awakening of their own creative writing voice through participating in the writing courses and workshops offered by Alma Flor Ada and Isabel Campoy. The rich tapestry of these teachers' voices is a major highlight of this book. In turn, teachers have used their own self-published works to inspire students and parents to write their own stories, and those voices are included in here as well. In addition to offering a plethora of inspiring examples of works authored by classroom teachers, parents, and students, this book also includes practical, step-by-step activities and a solid grounding in theory. Written in a clear and reader-friendly style, this combination will enable teachers to experience the benefits of this creative approach to building strong classroom communities. *Includes 10 thematic units, with writing starters and activities for teachers, parents, and children. *Features sections on facilitating classroom dialogue and unlearning oppression/education for liberation.* Showcases abundant examples of teachers' self-published books, as well as students' and parents' writing.

Beautiful works of art by renowned artists such as Diego Velázquez, Carmen Lomas Garza, Héctor Poleo, Roberto Benítez, and Luis Jaso provide opportunities to learn the days of the week and the seasons of the year in a unique way.

The blight of governmental strife and social injustice color the richly textured short story collection depicting the passion and politics of civil war in El Salvador. Kirkus Reviews has characterized Mario Bencastro's ability to make "powerfully real for us the human dimensions of war's phlegmatic impersonality."