A Brief History of Adult ESL Instruction: Reference List

Sarah Young, Center for Applied Linguistics
syoung@cal.org
May 2008

This reference list accompanies the PowerPoint presentation of the same name found at cal-org.wdi.net/caela/esl_resources/ESLhistory.ppt

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Addams, J. (1910). Twenty years at Hull House. New York: Macmillan.

Alba, R., Logan, J., Lutz, A., & Stults, B. (2002). Only English by the third generation? Loss and preservation of the mother tongue among the grandchildren of contemporary immigrants. Demography, 39(3), 467-484.

Alexander, J. G. (2007). Daily life in immigration America, 1870-1920. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press.

Bergquist, J. (2008). Daily life in immigrant America, 1820-1870. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press.

Bogardus, E. (1928). Immigration and race attitudes. Boston: D.C. Heath.

Brown, S. (1918). A suggested course of study and syllabus for non-English speaking
adults. Hartford, CT: State Board of Education.

Crist, R. 1921). Federal citizenship textbook: A course of instruction for use in the public schools by the candidate for citizenship [Part III]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor.

Division of Americanization, State of Ohio. (1922). Manual for teachers
[Americanization bulletin no. 2]. Columbus, OH: F.J. Heer Printing Co.

Glass, L. (1926). [Educational monographs]. Home classes for foreign-born mothers.
Harrisburg, PA: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction.

Glowacki, P., & Hendry, J. (2004). Images of America: Hull House. Charleston, SC:
Arcadia.

Hart, H., & Burnett, M. (1919). Six months of Americanization in Delaware. Wilmington, DE: Service Citizens of Delaware.

Jenks, J.W., & Lauck, W.J. (1922). The immigration problem: A study of American
immigration conditions and needs [5th ed.]. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

Knight, L. (2005). Citizen: Jane Addams and the struggle for democracy. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.

Leiserson, W. (1924). Adjusting immigrant and industry. New York: Harper & Brothers.

McClymer, J. (1982). The Americanization movement and the education of the foreign- born adult, 1914-25. In B. Weiss [ed.], American education and the European immigrant, 1840-1940. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.
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Mohl, R. (1982). The international institutes and immigrant education, 1910-1940. In B. Weiss [ed.], American education and the European immigrant, 1840-1940. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Schermerhorn, H. (1923). Citizenship instruction: The problem confronting the classes in Hackensack, N.J. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor.

Seller, M. (1978). Success and failure in adult education: The immigrant experience
1914-1924. Adult Education Quarterly, 28(2), 83-99.

Sticht, T. (2002). The rise of the adult education and literacy system in the United States:1600-2000. Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, 3. Available at www.ncsall.net/?id=569

Zolberg, A. (2006). Rethinking the last 200 years of US immigration policy. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute. Available at www.migrationinformation.org