Between Worlds: Access to Second Language Acquisition

The first edition of Between Worlds provided such an excellent grounding in the theories and practices of second language acquisition that when it won MLA's Mildenberger Award it was cited for its treatment of the "issues that concern teachers of languages at all levels and in all contexts." Tens of thousands of educators discovered how to expand the learning potential of their students by considering how the world inside the school interacts with outside social contexts.

Now, seven years later, the schooling of English language learners has become far more complex and political. So the Freemans have updated their classic text to address new trends and issues related to the teaching of multilingual students. The second edition features:

• clear, accessible review of second language acquisition theories and research in the fields of second language acquisition, bilingual education, and second language teaching methodology - now completely updated
• new insight into the social and cultural factors that affect second language acquisition and related current research and theory
• discussion of the role of grammar in second language acquisition
• the content teachers need for certification to teach second language learners - such as CLAD/BCLAD
• unparalleled practicality, with lots of new classroom examples, strategies, thematic units, student work, and language stories
• ideas for promoting cultural sensitivity
• logical organization that could easily serve as a basis for a course syllabus
• practical suggestions and useful resources for working with parents of language minority students.

David E. Freeman is the coauthor or coeditor (with Yvonne S. Freeman) of ten Heinemann books, including: La ensenanza de la lectura y la escritura en espanol y ingles en salones de clases bilingues y de doble inmersion, segunda edicion revisada (2009) Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers (2008) Diverse Learners in the Maintstream Classroom (2008) Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms, Second Edition (2006) Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators (2004) Essential Linguistics (2004) Closing the Achievement Gap (2002) Between Worlds, Second Edition (2001) Teaching Reading in Multilingual Classrooms (2000) ESL/EFL Teaching (1998). David Freeman is a professor of Reading and ESL in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Intercultural Studies of the College of Education at the University of Texas-Brownsville. David and Yvonne Freeman are Heinemann Professional Development Providers.

Yvonne S. Freeman is the coauthor or coeditor (with David E. Freeman) of ten Heinemann books, including: La ensenanza de la lectura y la escritura en espanol y ingles en salones de clases bilingues y de doble inmersion, segunda edicion revisada (2009) Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers (2008) Diverse Learners in the Maintstream Classroom (2008) Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms, Second Edition (2006) Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators (2004) Essential Linguistics (2004) Closing the Achievement Gap (2002) Between Worlds, Second Edition (2001) Teaching Reading in Multilingual Classrooms (2000) ESL/EFL Teaching (1998). Yvonne is a professor of bilingual education in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Intercultural Studies of the College of Education at the University of Texas-Brownsville. Yvonne and David Freeman are Heinemann Professional Development Providers.