English as a Second Language

Acknowledgments

The Ministry of Education would like to acknowledge the ESL educators who helped develop the 1990 document, Language, Culture, and School: An Introduction to English as a Second Language Education. This publication not only contributed to the development of ESL expertise in the field, but also summarized research findings and articulated ideas that remain valid and that are reflected in the present work.

The ministry likewise recognizes the contribution of those educators who offered advice and input through their participation in an Expert Overview session, held December 18, 1995 in Vancouver:

In early 1996, several B.C. ESL educators helped develop Educational Planning for Students Receiving English as a Second Language Support: Draft Resource Guide or Teachers and Administrators. Some of their suggestions for managing the delivery of ESL service in B.C. classrooms are included in the present document:

In addition, the ministry extends its thanks to the members of Working Committee 3, which worked on the development of a manageable alternative to the Individual Education Plan (IEP) for students receiving ESL services during the latter part of 1996. In preparing its report, Planning, Reporting, and Accountability for ESL, released in December 1996, this group of stakeholder representatives expanded on prior work:

Thanks, finally, are extended to the specialists and classroom teachers who provided advice on current best practice and requirements in the field in order to create this document: