Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"This Handbook offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date description of the wide array of second language programs currently available to undergraduate students in the United States and abroad. It brings together, for the first time, detailed descriptions of programs in foreign language, English as a second language (ESL), dual language (bilingual), American Sign Language (ASL), Native American, and heritage languages. Addressing both theory and practice, this volume presents the historical development, current practices, and future directions of each type of program, along with detailed case studies. Although the focus is on the United States, chapters are included on undergraduate second-language education in other parts of the world -Canada, Australia, South Africa, and Germany. These chapters provide insight into how other nations are coping with shifting linguistics demands and a more diverse undergraduate population, in contexts in which speaking more than one language is much more common than in the United States,and, often official language-planning policies influence second-language programs that are offered.
For second language teachers, academic administrators, and teacher educators, this Handbook provides information that will be useful in making instructional and programmatic planning decisions. It is especially timely because the study of a second-language has become increasingly important to many undergraduates who, regardless of their academic majors, recognize the personal, academic, and professional benefits of bilingualism." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part I Second Language Learners and learning

01. Linguistic Diversity, Immigration, and Today's Undergraduates: Demographics / Jan M. Ignash
02. Fundamentals of Second Language Acquisition / Susan Gass

Part II Major Models: Past, Present, and Future

03. Foreign Language Acquisition / Carole A. Klee
04. English as a Second Language / Jessie M. Reppy and Jose Adames
05. Bilingual (Dual Language) Programs / Judith W. Rosenthal
06. American Sign Language / Phyllis Perrin Wilcox and Sherman Wilcox

Part III Language Revival

07. Native-American Languages / Jon Reyhner, Louise Lockard, and Judith W. Rosenthal
08. Heritage Languages / Russell N. Campbell and Judith W. Rosenthal

Part IV International Perspectives

09. A Canadian Perspective: Second Language Teaching and Learning in the University / Marjorie Bingham Wesche
10. A European Perspective: Tertiary languages with a Focus on German as L3 / Britta Hufeisen
11. An Australian Perspective: Second Language Teaching and Learning in the University. / Richard B. Baldauf, Jr. and Paulin G. Djité
12. A South African Perspective: Second Language Teaching and Learning in the University. / Timothy Reagan

Part V Preparing Teachers for a Multilingual Society

13. The Role of the University in Preparing Teachers for a Linguistically Diverse Society / JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall

Part VI Resources

14. Technology and Second Language Teaching / Mark Warschauer and Carla Meskill
15. An Annotated Information Source for University-Level Second Language Educators / Trudy Smoke and Judith W. Rosenthal
16. Shared Concerns and New Directions / Judith W. Rosenthal

Author Index
Subject Index