Focuses not only on issues of language learning and teaching, but also highlights the ways in which power relations in the wider society affect patterns of teacher-student interaction in the classroom. Subjects include critiques of the conversational/academic language proficiency distinction, assessing second-language proficiency among adults, evaluating empirical data on bilingual education, and transformative pedagogy. Cummins teaches in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the University of Toronto. Distributed by the University of Toronto Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)