This text brings together the work of 15 elementary education experts
who support an integrative approach to educating second language
children. The paperback edition is a collection of articles from
fourteen elementary education experts who espouse an integrative
approach to second language education - one that goes beyond language
teaching methodology - to cover a wide range of issues affecting the
academic and social success of language minority children. The volume
deals not only with second language development, but with the
development of the whole child. Rather than focusing on language
instruction, it addresses the entire curriculum, and instead of
restricting itself to classroom learning, it examines the role of the
school, family, and community.