1. Multinational constituents of North America
1.1 The non-English minorities
1.2 The multilingual legacy
2. The American bilingualism and its impact on developing English proficiency
2.1 The US language-oriented theories and policies
2.2 Bilingual education and the paradigm for second language learning
3. Language diversity as a national resource
3.1 Linguistic aspects of second language learning
3.2 Cognitive aspect of learning
3.3 Social context of school learning
4. Present American outlook on second language acquisition. Managing diversity in the workplace Bilingualism, multiculturalism