This handbook offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date description of the wide array of second language programmes currently available to undergraduate students in the United States and abroad. It brings together, for the first time, detailed descriptions of programmes in foreign language, English as a second language (ESL), dual language (bilingual), American sign language, Native American, and heritage languages. Addressing both theory and practice, the volume presents the historic development, current practices and future directions of each type of programme, along with detailed case...

This handbook offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date description of the wide array of second language programmes currently available to undergraduate students in the United States and abroad. It brings together, for the first time, detailed descriptions of programmes in foreign language, English as a second language (ESL), dual language (bilingual), American sign language, Native American, and heritage languages. Addressing both theory and practice, the volume presents the historic development, current practices and future directions of each type of programme, along with detailed case...