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Cameron, Sandy – Camping Magazine, 2000
As camps employ more international staff, effective intercultural communication becomes important. Tips include being aware of cultural differences in the meaning of smiles, eye contact, and hand gestures; speaking slowly and clearly; avoiding slang; explaining common camp phrases; asking people how they would like to be addressed; learning common…
Descriptors: Body Language, Camping, Communication Problems, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedIma, Kenji; Rumbaut, Ruben G. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1989
A study comparing the educational performance of limited-English-proficient (LEP) and fluent-English-proficient (FEP) Southeast Asian students as a whole with that of other LEP and FEP ethnic groups finds that the five main Indochinese ethnic groups exhibit significant socioeconomic and ethnocultural diversity, impacting on their academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Communication Disorders, Cultural Differences
Download full textFreiberg, Christine – 1997
The information in this guide should help speech and language pathologists and others who are responsible for the assessment of students from the target populations, African Americans and Hmong students in Wisconsin. The guide provides information pertaining to cultural factors influencing learning and language and recommended procedures for…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Black Dialects, Black Students, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedRamirez, Bruce A.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
Appropriate instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse children requires distinguishing among individual needs related to culture, language, poverty, mobility, and exceptionalities. Presented are suggestions regarding prereferral, assessment, curriculum, parental involvement, and program coordination for Black, Hispanic, Asian, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Ulanoff, Sharon – 1993
The Metropolitan Educational Trends and Research Outcomes Center has identified seven projects in the southwestern United States and one in Massachusetts that exemplify the educational practices important in today's ethnolinguistically diverse classrooms. Preliminary findings indicate that each of these programs contains several critical elements…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Student)
Policy Expanding Opportunities: Academic Success for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students.
Peer reviewedCollege English, 1987
Notes the problem of teaching reading and writing in a way that is not racially or culturally biased. Offers teaching strategies for combating this, including using a wide variety of works from other races and cultures that provide a range of minority perspectives in a nonstereotypical fashion. (JC)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
Fitzgerald, Jane; Miramontes, Ofelia – Academic Therapy, 1987
The article clarifies the role of monolingual English specialists in the pre-referral process for culturally and linguistically different students. To help specialists assess language and learning disorders and plan intervention, a question-and-answer format which describes first language proficiency and relates it to learning English as a second…
Descriptors: Consultants, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
