TY - BOOK ID - 78139756 TI - Language minority students in American schools : an education in English PY - 2005 SN - 1135626030 1282596357 9786612596353 1410612511 9781410612519 9781135625986 9781135626020 9781135626037 9780805844962 9780805844979 PB - Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, DB - UniCat KW - Education, Bilingual KW - Linguistic minorities KW - Education KW - Bilingualism KW - Multilingual education UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78139756 AB - This book addresses questions of language education in the United States, focusing on how to teach the 3.5 million students in American public schools who do not speak English as a native language. These students are at the center of a national debate about the right relationship among ESL, bilingual, and mainstream classes. Bilingual education has been banned by constitutional amendment in California and Arizona, and similar amendments are being considered in other states. Language Minority Students in American Schools: An Education in English places this debate and related issues of t ER -