Social Issues and ESL Literacy

 1.  English as a Second Language Report.  Report on the interaction between welfare, immigration, and ESL literacy programs in Virginia

 2.  Morrill Memorial Library Links to resources for Adult Literacy and English as a Second Language.  Some of the resources reach into broader areas, such as ESL and learning disabilities.

 3.  University of Melbourne Research Report 1997.  A list of Masters and Doctoral theses, including topics such as ESL and science education.

http://www.unimelb.edu.au/research/research.report/current/145.html

 4.  The language Teacher Online:  Teaching English for World Citizenship.  A new look at the concept of being a citizen of the world from JALT, the Japanese Association of Language Teachers

http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/99/feb/cates2.html

 5.  AMES Publications.  Men and Women.  A unique ESL text from Australia. It is devoted to gender roles as it teaches English as a Second Language.

http://203.111.74.13/publicat/mwroles.htm

 6.  The Math Forum—Math Library/ESL.  A comprehensive catalogue of web sites relating to the study of math with a focus on the ESL learner.

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/library/ed_topics/contexts_esl

 7.  Developing Transnational Literacy Through Asian Pacific E-mail Exchanges. Whittaker and Greenlaw.  This paper studies the development of transnational literacy through Asian Pacific E-mail exchanges.

http://www.gonzaga.edu/rr/v3n1/greenlaw.html

 8.  Educating for Citizenship.  Although this paper does not specifically discuss ESL literacy, it does analyze the link between literacy and thinking as a citizen.

http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/10/c019.html

 9.  Freire Tales and Gold Mines.  A study of the problems in Freire-inspired teaching, from the ESL perspective.

http://www.coe.uh.edu/~ktellez/auerbach.html

 10.  Issues Affecting the Definition of Developmental Education.  This historical summary of approaches to developmental education may provide insights as many students "cross-over" between developmental and ESL programs. 

http://www.umkc.edu/cad/nade/nadedocs/96monpap/plmpap96.htm