Approaches to Teaching Non-Native English Speakers Across the Curriculum: New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 70

by Bruce W. Speck and Bruce Maylath

This volume of New Directions for Teaching and Learning makes the knowledge and skills of academic specialists available to subject-area faculty who deal with the writing and oral communication styles of non-native users of English in their classrooms. The chapters offer information and much-needed advice in nontechnical language about ways to help these students improve their writing and speaking skills in content-area courses. The volume also considers the points of view of the students themselves and discusses their differing levels of intent about becoming proficient in English writing and speaking. The authors are specialists from institutions of higher education across the United States, and their academic fields included English as a Second Language, composition theory, editing, technical editing, interpersonal communication, oral communication, and linguistics. Faculty, especially those involved in writing-across-the-curriculum programs, will find this an invaluable help in dealing with the writing aspects of their courses, and those in charge of faculty development activities will particularly welcome this volume for use in their seminars. This is the 70th issues of the journals New Directions for Teaching and Learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787998605
• ISBN13: 9780787998608
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"