Content-Based Second Language Teaching and Learning: An Interactive Approach

Dr. Marjorie Hall Haley is tenured Professor of Education and Director of Foreign Language Teacher Licensure in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.  Dr. Haley holds a PhD in Foreign Language Education and English as a Second Language from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has also earned a Master’s degree in education and advanced studies certificates from Towson University and Johns Hopkins University, respectively. In her 25th year at George Mason University, she teaches Foreign Language methods and ESL methods courses as well as doctoral courses in Brain-compatible Teaching and Learning, Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition Research. Dr. Haley’s research and publication record is wide. Her most recent book is, Brain-compatible Differentiated Instruction for English Language Learners (2010), published by Pearson. In addition, she is a featured scholar in the WGBH and Annenberg/CPB video, “Valuing Diverse Learners” available at www.learner.org    Theresa Y. Austin is Professor of Education in the School of Education, in the Language, Literacy and Culture Concentration's Bilingual, ESL and Multicultural Education Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.