Intersegmental Articulation.

This English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) journal periodically devotes entire issues to specific themes. The theme of this issue is "Intersegmental Articulation" (especially in California schools). Articles include: "Why Is ESL a Burning Issue?" (Robby Ching, Anne Ediger, Debbie Poole); "Challenges Facing California ESL Students and Teachers across the Segments" (Gari Browning); "The Elementary-Secondary Transition: Issues in Articulation" (Sara Fields, Susan Dunlap); "Articulation between Segments: Secondary to Postsecondary Programs" (Linda Sasser); "Noncredit Students in California Community Colleges: A Community at Risk" (Margaret Manson); "Passages between the Community College and the California State University" (Robby Ching, Sue McKee, Rebecca Ford); "ESL Students Entering the University of California" (Janet Lane, Donna Brinton, Melinda Erickson); "Articulation Agreements between Intensive ESL Programs and Postsecondary Institutions" (Bill Gaskill); "Secondary Education in California and Second Language Research: Instructing ESL Students in the 1990s" (Robin Scarcella); "The Challenge of Articulating ESL Courses in Postsecondary Education: Policy and Legislative Issues" (Kathryn Garlow); "Is Remediation an Articulation Issue?" (Denise Murray); "University of California Responses to the Needs of Students: 1983-1996" (Marianne Celce-Murcia, Tippy Schwabe); "Teaching Analytical Writing to ESL Students: UCLA/High School Collaboration?" (Faye Peitzman); "Articulation or Collaboration?" (Denise Murray); "Establishing Partnerships: The San Diego County ESL Articulation Group" (Anne Ediger); "Building Bridges: Articulating Writing Programs between Two- and Four-Year Colleges" (Kim Flachman, Kate Pluta); "Noncredit to Credit Articulation: The City College of San Francisco Model" (Sharon Seymour, Nadia F. Scholnick, Nina Gibson); "Adult School to Community College: The Fremont Adult School-Ohlone College Model" (Mark Lieu); "Articulation between a Private Language School and Other Academic Institutions: The Case of ESL Language Centers/San Diego" (Jim Scofield, Vince Burns); and "In Their Own Voices" (Margaret Loken). (MSE)