ESL: Phonics : Abstracts : Reading/Phonics

http://www.literacyonline.org/products/ili/pdf/ilprocmj.pdf Phonics in ESL Instruction: Functional or Not?

This 30 page abstract is from the 1996 World Conference on Literacy, and was written by Monica Jones. There are some extremely relevant subject areas discussed, with a good base for understanding the pros and cons of teaching phonics in ESL.

This is another abstract of a project on ESL Reading instruction
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/fritz.doc
"Reading Instruction in Adult ESOL Classrooms Introduction: The goal of my project was to review the research that is available on the best methods for providing reading instruction to adult ESOL learners and to distill these findings into a user-friendly guide for beginning ESOL instructors."