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Academic Achievement; Adult Education; Deafness; Educational
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Trends; Electronic Mail; Elementary Secondary Education;
*English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Grammar;
Higher Education; Listening Comprehension; Multiple
Intelligences; Professional Associations; *Program
Descriptions; Refugees; Second Language Instruction; Writing
Instruction
China; Kosovo; South Africa; Vietnam
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
This document contains all six issues of the journal for
1999. Article titles include the following: "A Tribute to ESL Pioneers";
"Current Perspectives on Improving Aural Comprehension"; "TESOL '99 Preview";
"South Africa: A Place for English Teaching Pioneers"; "Challenging Questions
About E-Mail for Language Learning"; "The Challenges of Community-Based
Literacy and ESOL Programs"; "English Takes Root in Vietnam"; "ESL Writing:
Principles for Teaching Young Writers"; "The Importance of Associations for
ESL Professionals"; "Migrants Achieve Academic Success: The Texas Migrant
Education Program"; "Japanese Students in the U.S.: Cultural and Linguistic
Challenges"; "The U.S. Kosovar Refugee Problem: Operation Provide Refuge";
"Rules and Reality: Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Grammar"; "Learning English:
A Prescription for Health and Safety"; "Multiple Intelligences: Teaching the
Whole Student"; "Voice of America's Special English 40th Anniversary;
"Preparing Students for Higher Education"; "Teaching Brazilian. Students";
"USIA 1953-1999: Telling America's Story to the World"; "ESL/EFL Book
Publishing: A World of Opportunity"; "Resources for Teaching ESL Students Who
Are Deaf"; "Trends in English Language Education in China. Each issue also
includes regular features such as "Editor's Note"; "Letters to the Editor";
"News Briefs"; "Conference Calendar"; "Reviews"; and "Catalogue Showcase."
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Vol. 2, No. 1
A Tribute to American ESL Pioneers
by George H. Clemes, III.
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Current Perspectives on Improving Aural Comprehension
Page 8
by Joan Morley
16
TESOL '99 Preview
by Consuelo Stebbins
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South Africa: A Place for English Teaching Pioneers
by Dallas Harris
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Catalog Showcase
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A Tribute to
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The magazine for English as a
Second Language professionals.
American
Publisher
GEORGE H. CLEMES, III
ESL Pioneers
Editorial Director
MARILYN ROSENTHAL
We are delighted to present our feature article on American ESL
Editor
Pioneers. I have been privileged to personally study or work with
KATHLEEN R. BEALL
many of the people listed in these pages. Robert Lado was my pro-
Contributing Editors
fessor at Georgetown University in the Ph.D. program; Jim Alatis was my boss
PATRICIA BYRD
and dean of the school. I've also worked with Mary Finocchiaro and Stephen
DALLAS HARRIS
Krashen. What does all this mean? Well, aside from the fact that it means I'm
VALERIE LERNIHAN
old, it has given me a perspective on the field that we would now like to share
NATANYA \IAN DER LINGEN
with you.
LYDIA MARTIN
When I entered the field in 1961, people were saying what a great new
JOAN MORLEY
field this waswhat new vistas we could explore! Now, when young people
KAREN PRICE
come into the field and ask for my help, I hear them saying the same thing.
CONSUELO STEBBINS
The pioneers in this article are the ones whose dedicated work really helped
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to ESL practitioners, so we shared the
and how was it spread? It seems strange
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article with all of our ESL teachers, K-
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that no one has checked this "fact" until
12! (We hope they will share it with their
now; or if someone has, that the error was
never corrected; or that this correction
regular education colleagues.) The use of
Stephen
Krashen
quality and age-appropriate literature;
has not affected common belief. How do
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valuing the background knowledge and
crumx.r
non-events become "facts" in a society?
experiences of each student; integrating
It might be useful to study the evolution
of the common belief in the failure of
reading, writing, listening and speaking;
and including English language learners
whole language. A general model of the
in reading books which touch the heart
evolution of commonly held myths might
be created and used to defend not only
and challenge the mind support the ESL
Send letters to eslmagazine@compuserve.
our children's education but respect for
methodology used in our school system.
com or ESL Magazine, 220 McKendree
truth in our society as a whole.
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Stephen Krashen
Chinese &Wants
> I've used your magazine to solve
I> Thanks for Dr. Krashen's article on the
problems in the classroom and get new
> Kudos on the article on Chinese stu-
whole language debate. Apart from dis-
ideas. I've worn out my issues because
dents. As a former teacher in a New York
pelling the myth of the "failure of whole
so many teachers borrow them. In
City high school with a sizable number
language," the article also leads to ques-
I recognize the
November at TexTESOL I met some-
of Chinese students,
tions on the nature of modern myth-mak-
one whose work I've long admired:
prevalence of these six misconceptions
ing. How did the idea that people who
Christine Meloni. I used her article
and wholeheartedly agree with the
read more tend to read better ever
"The Internet in the Classroom" to
authors' conclusions. Congratulations to
become controversial? How could any
expand my role in the college where I
Drs. Tang and Dunkelblau on having
sane person, especially a teacher, be
teach and to get additional funding for
written this highly informative, lucid and
opposed to instilling a love for reading in
our computer lab. Because my boss
particularly timely article. It deserves to
children? How could a theory based on
be required reading for teachers of
now thinks I'm a computer expert, I
comprehensible input be understood as
get to build our computer lab and
Chinese students in all academic areas.
the direct opposite? Where did the oppo-
library. What fun! I told Ms. Meloni
PHILIP PANARITIS
sition to whole language come from, and
how wonderfully she's influenced my
Bronx, New York
how and why in modern times do com-
life and the lives of the ESL students
mon sense ideas sometimes become so
and faculty at North Lake College.
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twisted and misunderstood? If Krashen is
Thank you for all the hard work
> We were delighted to read "Literature
correct and reading scores have not actu-
you've put into ESL Magazine.
for Language Learners" by one of our
ally dropped in California, how did so
LAURA GONZALEZ
favorite ESL writers, Dr. Mary Lou
many come to "know" that they have?
Fort Worth, TX
McCloskey. Her message speaks directly
Where and why was this idea reported,
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Offered Free
Starting in 1999, Eduverse Accelerated Learning
Tn November 1998, voters in Alaska passed a ballot ini-
Systems, Inc., a technology-based developer, manu-
tiative making English the official language of their state
government. With 96.69% of the precincts reporting,
facturer, marketer and publisher of educational software
68.82% of voters supported
products, began providing its English language course to
Ballot Measure
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with
6,
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devoted exclusively to teaching English. The company
tiative qualified for the
has announced a long-term strategy of making education
November 3 ballot with
available for free. "It's time for business, educators and
governments to embrace a model that allows for cost
36,000 signatures from all
effective global education," explains Mark E. Bruk,
of the state's election dis-
It also allows for
tricts.
President and CEO of Eduverse. freeENGLISH.net will
common sense exceptions,
enable non-English speaking Internet usersestimated to
such as international trade,
be over 185 million by 2001to receive English instruc-
health and safety informa-
tion at no cost. Eduverse will generate its revenue from
tion, and the needs of the
banner advertising in the lessons that students download
legal system. The initiative provides a specific exception to
from the Web each week. The freeENGLISH.net server is
updated with student usage information such as time
comply with the federal Native American Languages Act in
order to protect Alaska Native languages. By passing the
spent studying online, time spent studying offline, nation-
initiative, Alaska became the twenty-fifth state with
ality, age, gender and click-through rates. Eduverse will
English as its official language. The state organization
continue to give customers the choice to purchase English
Pro software, which contains no embedded advertising.
Alaskans for a Common Language sponsored the initiative.
The petition drive and campaign were funded primarily by
freeENGLISH and English Pro can be compared to free
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INS Releases 1997 Immigration Figures
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) announced that 798,378 persons legally immigrated to
the United States in Fiscal Year (FY) 1997. The largest single source country for U.S. immigrants was Mexico,
which accounted for 18% of all immigrants admitted for the fiscal year. As a result, North America was the largest
geographic source with 39%, followed by 33% from Asia and 15% from Europe. The top states of intended resi-
dence for new immigrants were California, New York, Florida, Texas, New Jersey and Illinois, as has been the case
since 1971. FY 1997 data indicate that 380,718 new arrivals to the United States obtained immigrant visas abroad
through the Department of State; and 417,660 who were already living in the United States became legal immi-
gfants by applying for adjustment of status with INS.
The FY 1997 total of 798,378 is a 13% decrease from FY 1996's total of 915,900. However, this decrease is
not evidence of a decline in the demand to immigrate. INS estimates that total legal immigration for the 3-year
period of FY 1995-FY 1997 would have been higher by 350,000-450,000 were it not for the large volume of pend-
ing adjustment of status applications that has created longer
wait times for immigrant approvals.
Places of Origin for 1997 Immigrants
The agency's application workload nearly doubled
between 1994 and 1995 when Section 245(i) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act was implemented. This pro-
vision allowed illegal residents who were eligible for immi-
grant status to pay a penalty fee and apply with INS for
adjustment of status in the United States, instead of acquiring
a visa abroad from the Department of State. Application
receipts continued to increase through FY 1997, and pending
adjustment of status applications increased from 121,000 in
FY 1994 to 699,000 by the end of FY 1997.
Also contributing- to the decrease in admissions in FY
1997 are the carryover provisions of immigration law, which
reduced the annual limit of immigration to the United States
based on family relationships (family preference categories)
by 27% from 311,819 in FY 1996 to 226,000 in FY 1997.
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BY GEORGE H. CLEMES, III
that ESL
selves developed through the program
from them. We asked each living pioneer
enthusiasm
with
is
It
and gone on to work elsewhere. The
Magazine pays tribute to a special
what advice they would give to ESL/EFL
Michigan Test was named for
professionals. They have shared some
the
group of individuals, American ESL/
valuable advice gleaned from
University. In 1951, the University of
very
EFL pioneers. Each of these profession-
Michigan was the first university in the
decades of experience. Take some time to
als has in some way helped shape the
consider what these pioneers have to say.
United States to grant a Ph.D. in linguis-
field of American English teaching from
tics to a woman; it was earned by Betty
As professionals we should not only
its inception in this country. Some have
be aware of the major achievers in our
Wallace Robinett. Teacher's College at
been teacher trainers who have developed
field, but also their achievements. The
Columbia University and UCLA have
other leaders and teachers in the field.
also been major centers for ESL/EFL
following are some highlights. In 1963,
Some have been researchers, making
Edwin T. Cornelius, Jr. conceived and
teacher training and research over the
many discoveries about language teach-
produced English 900, the first major
years.
ing and learning. Some have introduced
Because there are so many people
American ESL/EFL basal series, which
new methodologies or at least directions
was used worldwide for over 20 years.
who have made significant contributions
for language teaching. Others have been
Mary Finochiarro was not only a highly
to the ESL/EFL field, it is impossible to
administrators who have formed and
influential and effective teacher trainer,
list them all here. We used three criteria in
directed institutions and organizations to
but she also wrote Teaching English as a
selecting this group of pioneers. The can-
build the profession and promote effec-
Second Language: From Theory to
didates needed to have worked in the
tive English language teaching world-
Practice, which sold more than 1 million
ESL/EFL field for 25 years or more, have
wide. Through their work and their lives,
copies through its lifetimeunheard of
been from the United States, and have
all have been teachers, not just of English
for a methodology book, even today.
made a significant contribution to the
or linguistics, but of how to make a dif-
Answering the call in 1953 for easy-to-
field. A panel of eight persons, including
ference in education.
read stories about every day life in
three in our list, was consulted on whom
The field of applied linguistics and
should be included. While this group of
America, Virginia French Allen wrote the
the teaching of English as a second lan-
first ESL reader, People in Livingston.
pioneers is exclusively from the United
guage really began in the United States in
University of
Charles
States, ESL Magazine plans to do more
Fries at
the
the 1940's with Charles Fries and then
features like this that focus on other
Robert Lado
Michigan was the first pioneer in the field
of
University
the
at
of linguistics and ESL. He developed the
groups of pioneers such as pioneers out-
Michigan. Their particular influence on
side the United States or persons who
structural model of grammar, the "oral
the entire field and the burgeoning num-
approach" to ESL and the method of con-
have distinguished themselves within the
ber of degree-granting institutions since
trastive analysis as a basis of teaching
last five to 25 years.
the 1950's have been phenomenal. The
Undoubtedly, some readers
ESL. He also founded the first English
Directory of Professional Preparation
will
Language Institute in the United States
Programs in TESOL in the U.S. and
think of someone whom they feel should
Canada 1999-2001, edited by Ellen
at the University of Michigan. Fries col-
have been included in this list. There are
laborated with Robert Lado and together,
Garshick and published by TESOL, is
some people whom we simply could not
locate nor acquire adequate information
with others, they developed the Michigan
more than 300 pages long and lists 194
Test, a precursor of today's TOEFL,
about. We apologize in advance if we
institutions in the United States offering
which is still in use today not only in the
more than 300 programs in TESOL-29
have inadvertently left someone out, and
doctoral programs, 194 master's pro-
United States but also all over the world,
we urge you to write to us with your sug-
in countries as disparate as Brazil and
gestions for future issues.
grams, 46 graduate certificate programs
Greece. Robert Lado also wrote the
and 81 undergraduate programs. This
ESL Magazine salutes these pioneers
definitive book on language teaching at
for their legacy to the field of ESL/EFL
would be impossible today without many
the beginning of ESL and linguistics in
instruction. Their work is the foundation
of the people on these pages.
the United States, Linguistics Across
on which the profession now stands. As
One might ask, why learn about what
you read about these pioneers, we
Cultures.
took place more than 20 or even 30 years
As one studies this group of pio-
encourage you to learn from them and be
ago? The answer to that question lies in
neers, it is interesting to see the pivotal
what we do every day as English lan-
inspired to build upon the foundation they
role of the University of Michigan in the
guage teaching professionals. Our work
have laid.
development of the American ESL field.
is built upon the work of those who have
Key to Acronyms
Robert Lado, Albert
Charles
Fries,
gone before us. As Shakespeare wrote,
AAAL: American Association of Applied Linguistics
Markwardt, H. Douglas Brown, Joan
"What is past is prologue." To know
ACTFL: The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Morley and Betty Wallace Robinett have
where we have come from helps direct
CAL: Center for Applied Linguistics
NABE: National Association for Bilingual Education
all either contributed to the development
where we are going. One reason to study
TESOL: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
this group of professionals is to learn
of the program at Michigan or have them-
USIA: United States Information Agency
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