(1985). Literacy and Second Language Speakers of English. Viewpoints. A Series of Occasional Papers on Basic Education. Issue No. 3. This collection of papers focuses on literacy and the special educational needs of speakers of English as a second language (ESL). In a paper entitled \Ethnic Minority Educational Needs in the 1980s,\ Gurnam Heire examines some of the changes in employment and training that have taken place over the past few years and how these affect the educational needs of ethnic minority communities. Jane McLaughlin's paper, \Creative Writing in English as a Second Language Work,\ makes a case for not neglecting the important part that writing can play in working with persons for whom English is a second language. In \Bilingual Teaching and ESL,\ Sufia Majid emphasizes the importance of the mother tongue and of the bilingual teacher in language and literacy work. Jane Rawlingson Mackillop draws on her experience in southern California in her paper, \Acquisition: A Common Factor in Teaching Literacy to Native and Non-Native Speakers.\ In the final paper, \Integrating First and Second Language…
(1987). Pupils. This third chapter of \The Yearbook of School Law, 1986\ summarizes and analyzes state and federal court decisions handed down in 1985 affecting the legal rights of students in elementary and secondary schools. Among the topics examined are public school pupil assignment, tuition, transportation, compulsory attendance, and bilingual and bicultural programs; the public provision of services to students in private or parochial schools; student participation in athletics and other activities; students' civil rights and civil liberties; sanctions for misconduct; student testing and placement; and the desegregation of schools. The chapter notes that first amendment religion cases assumed increasing importance during the year, that school search cases were heard by several state and federal courts, and that, following a recent trend, local districts continue to claim that desegregation standards mandated by court order have been met. Litigation concerning students with disabilities is…
(1982). Britain's Ethnic Minorities. This pamphlet discusses the situation of ethnic minorities–particularly those of Caribbean, Asian, or African origin–in the United Kingdom. Following introductory material, the background to immigration in Britain is described and the numbers and geographic distribution of the different ethnic groups are discussed. Next comes a general discussion of the social disadvantages faced by minorities, the extent of racial and ethnic discrimination, and government efforts to deal with both. Race relations legislation is then described, as are special measures to combat racial and ethnic disadvantage in employment, education, health, and housing. Efforts to improve relations between the police and ethnic minorities are discussed. There is a brief description of the press and broadcasting services for ethnic minorities and of arts activities undertaken by newcomers. The pamphlet ends with a listing of relevant government departments, statutory bodies, and organizations, and a bibliography…
(1983). Bilingual, Bicultural, and Bidialectal Studies Related to Reading and Communication Skills: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in \Dissertation Abstracts International,\ January through June 1983 (Vol. 43 Nos. 7 through 12). This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effect of dialect variation on second grade students' perception of phoneme-grapheme correspondence; (2) communication rules and perceived outcomes within and between domestic culture groups; (3) the attitudes toward reading expressed by students in Poland and the United States; (4) the effects of highly valued rewards on intrinsic interest in reading in black third grade children; (5) intercultural communication between Native American and Anglo-American college students; (6) the reading preferences of elementary school children of varying socioeconomic levels as indicated by school library circulation records; (7) the perceptual impact of basic communication fidelity and nationality upon selected group interaction variables; (8) the influence of communication on black children's self… [PDF]
(1984). Make Something Happen. Hispanics and Urban High School Reform. Volume II. Report of the National Commission on Secondary Education for Hispanics. This is the second volume of the report of the National Commission on Secondary Schooling for Hispanics. There are three main sections. The first contains a comparative, demographic analysis of the United States Hispanic population, the total United States population, and the White and Black populations. It documents the relative size and growth of the Hispanic population nationally, contains data on the use of the Spanish language, and provides inter-group comparisons of key indicators: age and sex distributions, income, employment, and education. It also gives comparative demographic profiles of the four major segments of the American Hispanic population: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Other Hispanics. Section II contains statistical tables and graphs that directly support findings presented in the first volume of this report. Out of school rates, grade averages, high school program enrollment, high school coursework in Spanish, achievement test scores, and… [PDF]
(1981). Bilingual, Bicultural, and Bidialectal Studies Related to Reading and Communication Skills: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in \Dissertation Abstracts International,\ July through December 1981 (Vol. 42 Nos. 1 through 6). This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 17 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the communicative competence of teenage boys in a northern United States urban warren; (2) the effects of second language learning upon reading achievement in selected English speaking second and fifth grade students; (3) differences in WISC verbal-performance categories and reading achievement among black, urban school children; (4) the development of a language arts program designed to improve reading and writing skills in Spanish or bilingual secondary level students using their interest as motivation; (5) the effects of race and dialect on decoding; (6) racial similarities and differences in adolescents' proverb comprehension; (7) the effects of dialects in selected passages on black third grade students' reading strategies as revealed by miscue analysis; (8) children's acquisition of… [PDF]
(1977). Bilingualism in Early Childhood. Papers from a Conference on Child Language. This book consists of the 29 papers presented at the Conference on Child Language co-sponsored by the Center for Applied Linguistics and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Chicago in November of 1971. The subject of the conference was restricted to the learning of two or more languages or dialects by young children, especially between the ages of three and eight, with particular attention to the social setting. The volume is divided into the following eight sections: (1) Theory and Method; (2) Early Language Learning; (3) Family Bilingualism; (4) Bilingualism and Society; (5) Planning Preschool Language Learning; (6) Planning the Primary Curriculum; (7) Case Studies of School Bilingualism; and (8) Policy and Research. (CFM)…
(1976). Pilot Course in Century 21 Shorthand. Second Semester. An Evaluation of the Project. After the second semester of comparing college student performance in beginning courses in Century 21 shorthand and Gregg shorthand the following conclusions were made: Century 21 instruction produced a higher proportion of successes among students who speak a foreign language at home (Spanish); after two semesters of instruction, the attrition rates for Century 21 and Gregg were the same; and even though Century 21 students outperformed Gregg students overall in the first semester, Gregg students outperformed Century 21 students in the second semester and could take dictation at higher speeds. (A bibliography on shorthand prognosis, the proposal for the evaluation, and three questionnaires used to gather student data are included in this evaluation report. Results of the first, third, and final semester evaluations are presented in separate documents.) (BM)…
(1977). Pilot Course in Century 21 Shorthand. Third Semester. An Evaluation of the Project. After the third semester of comparing college student performance in beginning courses in Century 21 shorthand and Gregg shorthand statistics failed to support the contention that Century 21 instruction produces a higher proportion of successes among students who speak a foreign language at home (Spanish). Results also indicated that the attrition rate and the overall performance in both classes was virtually the same. At the end of the third semester, Century 21 students could take dictation at higher speeds while Gregg students did significantly better on vocabulary word lists. Since the size of the original experimental group dropped to fifteen students (eight Century 21 students and seven Gregg students), no meaningful statistical comparisons could be made. Hence a larger group of students were included for a four-group design, and several qualifications were considered. (Results of the first, second, and final semester evaluations are available in separate documents.) (BM)…
(1974). Annual Report of Indian Education in Montana. Johnson-O'Malley Activities, Fiscal Year 1974. Montana's Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) funds provided services for 6,094 and 7,613 Indian students respectively in 1973 and 1974. JOM funds were channeled into special projects, i.e., home-school coordinators, tutors, counselors, special transportation, special teachers, Indian teacher aides, Indian studies classes, summer programs, field trips, cultural programs, and boarding home care. Kindergarten programs were also made available to Indian children. Two other "very successful" JOM projects were the Montana Indian Youth Practicum (a statewide gathering of Indian youth to allow them to become more familiar with Tribal government, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Montana Inter-tribal Policy Board) and the Speech Tournament which allowed Indian students to compete against one another in speech and debate. In 1974, there were also 28 local Indian parent advisory committees operating in 28 school districts. Although their involvement in JOM program planning and evaluation…
(1976). ERIC Documents on Foreign Language Teaching and Linguistics: List Number 14. CAL-ERIC/CLL Series on Languages and Linguistics, No. 33. This is the fourteenth in a series of catalogues of ERIC documents of interest to teachers and researchers in foreign languages and linguistics. The list consists of documents processed into the ERIC system from April 1974 through December 1974, and is divided into categories adapted from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Bibliography. Each entry provides the author's name, the title of the document, its source (wherever applicable), date of publication, length, and ED number. (CLK)… [PDF]
(1973). ERIC Documents on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: List Number 10. This is the 10th in a series of bibliographies of those documents related to the teaching of foreign languages available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. This list consists of documents processed into the ERIC system by the various clearinghouses from May 1972 through September 1972. The 377 entries are arranged in alphabetical order by author, and a user index of 15 topics is provided. Each citation refers the reader to the page and issue of Resources in Education (RIE) where he or she can examine an abstract of the document. Price information for microfiche and hard copy reproductions is also given. (PMP)…
(1973). ERIC Documents on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: List Number 11. This is the 11th in a series of bibliographies of those documents related to the teaching of foreign languages available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. This list consists of documents processed into the ERIC system by the various clearinghouses from October 1972 through March 1973. The 404 entries are arranged in alphabetical order by author, and a user index of 15 topics is provided. Each citation refers the reader to the page and issue of Resources in Education (RIE) where he or she can examine an abstract of the document. Price information for microfiche and hard copy reproductions is also given. (PMP)…
(1972). Foreign Language Education: A Reappraisal. This fourth volume in a series on foreign language education develops a cohesive review of language instruction in American public schools and also forecasts probable trends for the 1970's. The dominant themes which prevail in this study are individualization of instruction, pluralism of group interests, and technical assistance in learning. Chapters included material on: (1) purposes and goals in future foreign language programs, (2) teacher attitude, aptitude, and motivation, (3) teaching as facilitation and management of learning, (4) teacher education for new goals, (5) student aptitude, attitude, and motivation, (6) implications of psychological research for second language learning, (7) curriculums for new goals, (8) measurement implications of recent trends in foreign language teaching, (9) interaction of student and teacher with the learning environment, (10) teachers, students, and media as coagents in learning, (11) extra-school factors that influence language learning,…
(1976). Training Manual: Job and Social Skills. Vocational Strategies for Special Needs Students. Curriculum materials presented in this Spanish-English guide, one of five developed as part of the vocational strategies project, are intended to provide vocational services to mildly handicapped special needs students mainstreamed into regular high schools. Material is sequentially arranged, emphasizing those skills which a student needs to know initially, and those which become critical as the time of actual employment nears. The first unit, "Your Name and Some Important Things You Should Know," concerns basic knowledge and can be used as early as the first year in high school. Exercises are provided for budgeting time, learning to use public transportation, answering questions, and obtaining a Social Security card. The second unit, "Finding Jobs," covers processes for finding work through the media, the Yellow Pages of the telephone book, the employment ads, and the State employment office. The third unit, "Applying for Jobs," gives students practice…