(1972). Tecnologia educativa: Lengua nacional 6. Guiones didacticos para el profesor (Educational Technology: National Language 6. Teacher's Guide). This is the sixth in a series of six teacher's guides designed to accompany the Senda textbooks (FL 004 047 through 004 052). It contains instructions for presenting the lessons and for handling the individual needs of the pupils. (Author/SK)…
(1971). Preservation of a National Resource and Preservation of Self. Bilingualism and the cultural and linguistic pluralism that it involves should be preserved and encouraged within the national educational system. Statistics concerning bilinguals on a national scale would present a more accurate picture if based on John Macnamara's definition of bilinguals as \persons who possess at least one of the language skills even to a minimal degree in the second language.\ The benefits of bilingualism, seen as linguistic and cultural pluralism, are unknown, but bilingualism has not been encouraged sufficiently to predict the benefits or the disadvantages. A national commitment to a program of bilingualism must be made before its true value can be known. (VM)…
(1972). The Puerto Rican Community and Its Children on the Mainland: A Source Book for Teachers, Social Workers and Other Professionals. This collection of readings is organized in four parts. Part I, "Aspects of Puerto Rican culture," includes the following articles: "Explicit and implicit culture in Puerto Rico: a case study in educational anthropology," T. Brameld; "Respeto, relajo, and interpersonal relations in Puerto Rico," A. Lauria; "Puerto Rican spiritualist as a psychiatrist," L. H. Rogler and A. B. Hollingshead; and others. Part II, "The Puerto Rican family," includes such articles as: "Family and fertility in Puerto Rico," J. M. Stycos; "Research on the Puerto Rican family in the United States," C. Senior; and "The Puerto Rican Family and the Anthropologist: Oscar Lewis, 'La Vida' and The Culture of Poverty," F. Cordasco. Part III, "The Puerto Rican experience on the mainland: conflict and acculturation," comprises a statistical profile of the Puerto Rican community of New York and such articles as…
(1968). Enrichment Material for First and Second Year Language Laboratory Program for "A Course in Spoken English for Navajos.". This enrichment material for a first- and second-year language laboratory program was designed for a course in spoken English for Navahos. It was intended for Navahos with a 3rd to 7th grade reading achievement who are learning to speak English as a second language. Included are materials on phonics, grammar, poetry, government, and literature. A table of contents is included. (SK)… [PDF]
(1976). Teacher's Guide for Use with the Reading Assessment Materials. This guide has been created to accompany the Lancaster, Pa., School District's Bilingual/ESL Reading Assessment Materials. The guide includes reading tests and information about how the tests were made, about how to give and score the tests, and about how to use test results. The tests are designed to help the teacher monitor changes in students' language proficiency and to give the student the opportunity to receive fair and accurate information about his language development. The Reading Assessment Materials themselves consist of short reading passages in which students are required to fill in blank spaces with appropriate English words or phrases. (CHK)… [PDF]
(1985). Classroom Communication: An International Problem. Clearing House, v58 n5 p222-24 Jan. Looks at education in American Foundation Schools in Mexico and finds teacher-student interaction similar to that found in American schools between teachers and Black, inner city students. (FL)…
(1981). The ESL Student in the Business Communication Class. Journal of Business Communication, v18 n3 p31-38 Sum. Discusses the problem of finding appropriate communication and grammar texts for English-as-a-second-language (ESL) business students. Notes that texts do exist; however, more needs to be done before English characteristics of business can be adequately presented to ESL students. Provides lists of available texts. (PD)…
(1979). Variations in IQ Testing and Instruction and the Letter Learning Achievement of Anglo and Bilingual Mexican-American Children. Journal of Educational Psychology, v71 n6 p819-26 Dec. Effects of language of administration on IQ and predictions of letter learning and achievement were investigated for Anglo and bilingual Mexican American preschool children. Significant IQ differences were associated with language of test administration. No significant differences among predictions of letter task performance were obtained for testing or instructional variations. (Author/RD)…
(1979). The Development and Preliminary Validation of the Olguin Diagnostic Test of Auditory Perception for Spanish Language-Oriented Children. Educational and Psychological Measurement, v39 n4 p985-97 Win. Based on a sample of 95 first- and second-grade children with a Spanish language orientation (SPLO), psychometric information is provided for a newly constructed auditory perception test designed for children who are attempting to acquire basic reading, writing, and oral skills in standard American English. (Author/CTM)…
(1977). Testing Programs and the Spanish-Speaking Child: Assessment Guidelines for School Counselors. School Counselor, 24, 4, 261-269, Mar 77. Discusses five major factors that contribute to test bias against Spanish-speaking youngsters: culture, language, noun representation, administration of tests, and interpretation of tests. Also presents guidelines for counselors on assessing what tests to use with Spanish-speaking children, which may be applied to other cultually different groups as well. (Author/MC)…
(1997). Boosting Reading Success: Language, Literacy, and Content Area Instruction for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students–and Bilingual Students, and Students Learning English as a Second Language, and Everyone Else Who Needs a Little Help. TEACHING Exceptional Children, v30 n1 p52-56 Sep-Oct. Discusses strategies that teachers can use to support children with and without disabilities in comprehending reading material. Factors contributing to text readability, language learning for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, and strategies for in-class text reading and independent text reading are described. (CR)…
(2003). Testing Strategies Involving Least Biased Language Assessment of Bilingual Children. Communication Disorders Quarterly, v24 n4 p184-93 Sum. This article discusses alternative language assessment approaches with children for whom English is a second language. Advantages and disadvantages of each approach are noted. Also, results of a preliminary investigation with 28 bilingual Latino children using modifications of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals are presented. Clinical implications for creating least biased language assessment strategies are addressed. (Contains references.) ( Author/DB)…
(1997). Improving Attainment through Action Research: An Introduction to Hillingdon's Raising Achievement Project. Multicultural Teaching, v15 n2 p15-17 Spr. Describes the Raising Achievement Project designed to address the need for more information on the performance of ethnic minorities for whom English is an additional language, and the need for support for children who have passed the initial stages of learning English. It also describes the action research model used to answer questions about bilingual children's performance. (GR)…
(2003). Teaching English as an International Language: The Chilean Context. ELT Journal, v57 n2 p139-48 Apr. Argues that when teaching English as an international language, educators should recognize the value of including topics that deal with the local culture, support the selection of a methodology that is appropriate to the local educational context, and recognize the strengths of bilingual teachers of English. Based on a questionnaire given to Chilean teachers of English, maintains that in Chile there is growing support for such practices and attitudes. (Author/VWL)…
(1990). Meaning Construction in School Literacy Tasks: A Study of Bilingual Students. American Educational Research Journal, v27 n3 p427-71 Fall. The meaning-making strategies of 12 Mexican-American fifth grade students (5 males and 7 females), for whom English was a second language, were studied. Subjects' understanding and recall of Spanish and English texts were studied. Focus was on determining how reading strategies in both languages and knowledge sources relate to understanding. (SLD)…