Sunshine State TESOL Journal

Current Edition

Editor
Rashid A. Moore
Nova SoutheasternUniversity
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Volume 9 Number 1 2010

Articles

Home Visits and ESL Teacher Candidates
Timothy A. Micek
Ohio Dominican University

Trends in and Caution for Interpreting Aggregated LEP Students’ Scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
Debra Giambo
Florida Gulf Coast University

Integrating Multimodal Theme-Sets into the English-Based Creole-Speaking Classroom:
Bridging Primary and Secondary Literacies at the Secondary Level
Daniel Ruefman
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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Call for Reviewers of Manuscripts

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Editor Rashid A. Moore Nova Southeastern University Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA Associate Editor Allene Guss Grognet Center for Applied Linguistics (Emeritus) Book Review Editor George Iber Nova Southeastern University Ft. Myers, Florida, USA Please patronize our partner, Amazon.com. Every purchase you make will provide support for the Sunshine State TESOL organization: Editorial Review Board 2009-2010 Julie Alemany Nova Southeastern University Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA Edwidge C. Bryant University of North Florida Jacksonville, Florida, USA José Carmona Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, Florida, USA Eric S. Dwyer Florida International University Miami, Florida, USA Sandra Hancock University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, USA Ann Jackman School District of Palm Beach County West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Virgina LoCastro University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, USA Carmen Morales-Jones Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida, USA Aixa Pérez Prado Florida International University Miami, Florida, USA Cynthia Schuemann Miami Dade College Miami, Florida, USA Roger Thompson University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, USA Hanizah Zainuddin Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida, USA Manuscript Submission Guidelines for Submission Manuscript Checklist Rubric for Manuscript A manuscript, completed checklist and 50-word biography may be submitted electronically to: The Editor Sunshine State TESOL Journal mrashid@nova.edu Book Reviews Book reviews may be submitted electronically to George Iber at: iberg@nova.edu Advertising Advertising information may be requested from Kisha Bryan at: kbryan@ufl.edu		Sunshine State TESOL Journal The Sunshine State TESOL Journal is an international, refereed journal published annually by the Sunshine State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. The main purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for TESOL professionals to share ideas and research on second language teaching and learning. The Journal welcomes submissions of manuscripts based on research projects, classroom practices, conference presentations, and other professional activities of substance and interest to TESOL professionals. Notes from the Editor New Editor of the Sunshine State TESOL Journal in 2011 Dr. Mercedes Pichard, an experienced high school teacher of English language learners in the School District of Lee County, takes over as Editor of the Journal. We wish Dr. Pichard the best of luck in her new endeavor. Call for manuscripts The Journal is currently accepting manuscripts through December 31, 2010 for the 2011 issue. Any interested authors are encouraged to review the Guidelines for Submission, Manuscript Checklist and Rubric for Manuscript and then send in your manuscripts for review to the new Editor, Dr. Mercedes Pichard at: mercedespichard@earthlink.net In the current issue This issue of the Sunshine State TESOL Journal examines three areas of interest in the teaching of English learners, The first, Home Visits and ESL Teacher Candidates, discusses the benefits as well as challenges of arranging home visits with the families of English learners. The second article, Trends in and Caution for Interpreting Aggregated LEP Students’ Scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, addresses the need to view standardized test data for English lanaguage learners with a critical eye. The third article, Integrating Multimodal Theme-Sets Into the English-based Creole-Speaking Classroom:Bridging Primary and Secondary Literacies, examines the multimodal theme set as an instructional tool. Current Edition Editor Rashid A. Moore Nova SoutheasternUniversity Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA Volume 9 Number 1 2010 Articles Home Visits and ESL Teacher Candidates Timothy A. Micek Ohio Dominican University Trends in and Caution for Interpreting Aggregated LEP Students’ Scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test Debra Giambo Florida Gulf Coast University Integrating Multimodal Theme-Sets into the English-Based Creole-Speaking Classroom: Bridging Primary and Secondary Literacies at the Secondary Level Daniel Ruefman Indiana University of Pennsylvania Below are some useful reference books in TESOL that are used in schools and universities in the United States. Click on the arrows below the carousel to move the books around. Place your mouse on the book to see what the current prices are on these books when ordering them through the Journal's partner, Amazon.com: Archive of previous editions 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 Call for Reviewers of Manuscripts Sunshine State TESOL Journal is accepting applications for peer reviewers. Please send an email of interest with the word "REVIEWER" in the subject header, your experience in publication and/or reviewing, and a recent CV to the Editor at: mercedespichard@earthlink.net Sunshine State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages of Florida, Inc. is a state affiliate of TESOL, Inc. The Journal is an annual publication of : Sunshine State TESOL 7220 Rue Notre Dame Miami Beach, FL. 33141 Copyright rests with the authors ISSN 1934-7030