Durgunoglu (psychology, U. of Minnesota Duluth) and Goldenberg (education, Stanford U.) assemble 13 chapters that explore how dual language learners develop oral language and literacy skills needed for success in school. Focusing on students whose first languages are Spanish or Chinese, education, psychology, speech, language, communication, and sociology scholars from North America and Asia discuss the role of family, school, and community contexts; the oral language development of young learners, including lexical and morphosyntactic knowledge, vocabulary development, and decoding skills; the development of written language and its relationships with oral language, including phonological awareness and orthographic information; the basic cognitive processes of second language development and implications for assessment and diagnosis; and reading disabilities. The book is intended for K-12 reading specialists, speech-language pathologists, special educators, and school, educational, and developmental psychologists. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)