Volume 2.1, March 2002
Special Issue on ESL, Edited by Ann Johns		 (Articles in this issue are in .pdf format, availale from Adobe.)
Introduction - Ann Johns
Reviews & Review Essays on ESL
Beyond the Silence: Listening for Democracy. McDermott, J. Cynthia. (Ed.). (1999). Portsmouth,
NH: Heinemann.
Reviewed by Lydia Hammett

The CBET Handbook for The Oxford Picture Dictionaries. James Adelson-Goldstein and Norma Shapiro. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001
Reviewed by Carmen Waszak.
"Looking Back On Literacy: A Turning Point"
Personal Essay by Beth Bogage

"Portfolios in the ESL Classroom: A Critical Review of the Literature"
By Sarah Trudel
• Burt, Miriam & Keenan, Fran. (1995). Adult ESL Learner Assessment: Purposes and Tools. ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education. Washington DC, ERIC Identifier ED386962, 1-5.
• Gottlieb, Margo. (1995). Nurturing Student Learning Through Portfolios. TESOL Journal, Autumn 1995, 12-14.
• Hamp-Lyons, Liz & Condon, William. (1999). Assessing the Portfolio: Principles for Practice, Theory, and Research. Cresskill, NJ. Hampton Press, 23-29, 60-62, 68-73.
• Moya, Sharon & O'Malley, Michael. (1994). A Portfolio Assessment Model for ESL. The Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students, Spring 1994, 1-16.
• Tannenbaum, Jo Ellen. (1996). Practical Ideas on Alternative Assessment for ESL Students. ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Washington DC, ERIC Identifier ED395500, 1-6.

"Review of Research on Error Correction in ESL Student Writing"
Chi-Ping Chang

Review of Resarch on Private Sector Vocational ESL"
Rick Simon

Review of Research on Conferencing
Jennifer Feyen
• Cumming, Alister and So, Sufumi. (1996). Tutoring second language text revision: does the approach to instruction or the language of communication make a difference. Journal of Second Language Writing. 5(3). 197-226.
• Ferris, Dana R. (1995). Student reactions to teacher response in multiple-draft composition classrooms. TESOL Quarterly. 29(1). 33-52.
• Goldstein, Lynn M. and Conrad, Susan M.. (1990). “Student input and negotiation of meaning in ESL writing conferences.” TESOL Quarterly. 24(3). 443-460.
• Harris, Muriel and Silva, Tony. (1993). Tutoring ESL students: issues and options. College Composition and Communication. 44(4). 525-536.
• Powers, Judith K. and Nelson, Jane V. (1995). L2 writers and the writing center: a national survey of writing center conferencing at graduate institutions. Journal of Second Language Writing. 4(2). 113-138.
• Richardson, Paul. (1994). “New perspectives on writing conferences.” The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. 17(1). 73-80.
"Content and Formal Schemata in ESL Reading." By Patricia L Carrell. TESOL Quarterly. 21:3 September,
1987, pp. 461-481.
Reviewed by Yunkyoung Kang

Easy Stories Plus. Ann Gianola. .Syracuse, NY: New Reader’s Press, 2001
Reviewed by Sara G. McIntyre
Journeys Near and Far: Reading and Responding Critically (volumes 1 & 2) By Jessie M. Reppy and Linda Best. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001
Reviewed by Liz Flynn