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Bringing the Humanities to the Countryside: Improving Access to the Humanities in Western Minnesota.
Download full textGroen, Gerrit, Ed.; Pichaske, David, Ed. – 1985
The use of new technologies to deliver courses in humanities to adult, off-campus students in rural western Minnesota is described in nine essays. A 4-year project was funded to improve access to the humanities, resulting in the redesign of 40 courses since 1981. In addition discussing the background of the project, evaluative mechanisms, and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Audiotape Recordings, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
Hymes, Dell – 1978
The need for change in the way language is understood and treated in schools is discussed. It is important: (1) to see the need for knowledge of the language situations of the United States, (2) to support training and research to obtain such knowledge, and (3) to change the relationship between linguistics and education. The language situation of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Blacks, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Liskin-Gasparro, Judith E., Ed. – 1996
This collection of papers is divided into three parts. Part 1, "Changing Patterns: Curricular Implications," includes "Basic Assumptions Revisited: Today's French and Spanish Students at a Large Metropolitan University" (Gail Guntermann, Suzanne Hendrickson, and Carmen de Urioste) and "Le Francais et Mort, Vive le…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Chinese, Curriculum Development
Reyes, Maria de la Luz, Ed.; Halcon, John J., Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers brings together the foremost leading authorities and scholars on the issue of literacy for Latino students. After an "Introduction" (Maria da la Luz Reyes and John J. Halcon), there are 14 chapters in three parts. Part 1, "Sociocultural, Sociohistorical, and Sociopolitical Context of Literacy"…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingualism, Children, Culturally Relevant Education
Fishman, Joshua A., Ed. – 2001
This edited volume considers the contemporary position of 18 threatened languages. Two important questions are examined in every case: (a) what is the current demographic and functional status of a threatened language? and (b) what is the best way to understand its future prospects? The view presented in this volume is that there are ways to save…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Basque, Cultural Maintenance
Pinton, Giorgio Alberto, Ed. – 1978
A collection of 99 writings in Spanish, predominantly poetry, by Puerto Ricans in a correctional institution, is presented here. The introduction gives the following information: (1) a "quantitative profile," including information on the education, age, and scores on selected tests of the inmates; and (2) a "qualitative profile," including…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Gass, Susan M., Ed.; Neu, Joyce, Ed. – 1995
Articles on speech acts and intercultural communication include: "Investigating the Production of Speech Act Sets" (Andrew Cohen); "Non-Native Refusals: A Methodological Perspective" (Noel Houck, Susan M. Gass); "Natural Speech Act Data versus Written Questionnaire Data: How Data Collection Method Affects Speech Act…
Descriptors: Advertising, Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
Hardman, Joel, Ed.; And Others – 1991
Five working papers in linguistics and education are presented. "The Mediators: Providing Access To Texts in English in a Semi-Urban Maharashtrian College Community" (Grace Plamthodathil Jacob) examines the teacher's role in mediating cultural awareness as part of English second language education in a multilingual, non-western society.…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Distance Education
Pusch, Margaret D., Ed. – 1979
Primarily designed for use in teacher education programs, this manual provides education faculty with a resource for building multicultural education training into the teacher education curriculum. Chapter 1 defines terms basic to multicultural education, intercultural communication, and cross-cultural training. Chapter 2 discusses the theory of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Evaluation, Cross Cultural Training
Klee, Carol A., Ed. – 1994
The papers in this collection fall into three categories. Part 1, "Overview of Research," includes "New Directions in Language Anxiety Research" (Dolly Jesusita Young) and "Native Genderlects and Their Relation to Gender Issues in Second Language Classrooms: The Sex of Our Students as a Sociolinguistic Variable" (Lydie E. Meunier). Part 2,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Arabic, Curriculum Development, Demography
Christian, Donna, Ed.; Genesee, Fred, Ed. – 2001
This edited volume contains studies demonstrating the linguistic, cultural, and academic contributions that bilingual approaches to education can make around the world. It is divided into three parts and 12 chapters. Chapter one, "Bilingual Education: Contexts and Programs," is an introduction by the editors. Part one, "Learning a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Tulasiewicz, Witold, Ed.; Adams, Anthony, Ed. – 1998
This book on mother tongue (native language) teaching in Europe contains three parts. The first explores definitions and teaching implications of mother tongues, including issues of language identity, language standards, mother tongue roles, and language policies in the European Union. The second part consists of nine case studies: "Teaching…
Descriptors: Bielorussian, Case Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen, Ed.; Hartford, Beverly, Ed. – 1997
This collection of essays gives an overview of the different disciplines that inform language teaching and language teacher education. They include the following titles: "The Case for Psycholinguistics" (Bill VanPatten); "The Place of Second Language Acquisition Theory in Language Teacher Preparation" (Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig); "Why Syntactic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), French, Grammar, Higher Education
Connor, Walker, Ed. – 1985
The outgrowth of a conference intended to broaden the base of objective information about the Mexican American community, this collection of 13 papers examines the effects of immigration by people of Mexican origin on the economic, educational, social, political, and linguistic systems of the United States. Walker Connor's introduction puts the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Johnson, Kenneth F.; And Others – 1985
In an attempt to formulate a set of testable propositions about the dynamics of Hispanic life that will be valuable pedagogically and as a basis for public policy formation, this study assesses the impact of Hispanic Americans on Wichita, Kansas. Chapter 1 identifies the Hispanic origins of Kansas' 63,339 Hispanics who represent 2.7% of the…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Cultural Background, Educational Needs, Ethnic Studies
