Proficiency Acquisition, Assessment, and Communicative Behavior, Series B. Student Edition.

A bilingual education teacher training packet (student's edition) on theories and research concerning bilingual education, second language acquisition, and commUnicative competence is presented. A theoretical framework for integrating these theories and a theoretical rationale for bilingual education are also presented. In addition to state-of-the-art reviews, the packet contains: a syllabus, a pretest, a glossary, learning objectives, a g oup activities plan, learning activities, discussion items, a posttest, and a discussion of the implications of the theoretical frameworks for teacher trainers. Narrative sections are presented on' the following topics: (1) demographic context of bilingual education, historicar definitions of bilingual educati'on, and communicative %competence theories; (2) first and second language acquisition theoretical frameworks; (3) the myth of bilingual handicaps; (4