Spanish foreign language teaching should aim at the following: 1) adequate reading-comprehension ability; 2) fluency in spoken and written Spanish; and 3) ability to recognize linguistic characteristics in literature, which would serve as a basis for further graduate stylistic research. (Text is in Spanish.) (Author/DS)

Three areas of diversity in Spanish and Portuguese studies - the status of the Spanish language in the U.S., teacher training and out-of- school learning - are examined, and recommendations are made for safeguarding the interests of the diversity and unity of the profession. (KM)

This fourth and final of a series of papers on communication in the Spanish-speaking world deals with body language and other nonverbal communication. The use of nonverbal sounds, the visual and olfactory senses, and behavior patterns are noted. (Text is in Spanish.) (CK)

Essentially an antipoverty measure, the Bilingual Education Act, which is supporting 76 bilingual programs in public elementary schools, comes far from meeting the needs of any significant proportion of the disadvantaged children whose language is other than English. One of the various federal and regional organizations striving to ameliorate…

Problems associated with identifying names among Spanish-speaking people and addressing them are discussed. Their customs regarding names and differences which exist in Puerto Rican and Spanish cultures are included. Variations and compound names are treated. Suggestions are given for recording names of Spanish-speaking persons to facilitate…

An 8-week summer institute (three weeks background and preparation, two weeks practice, three weeks summary and translation) was conducted to improve and reorient the abilities of selected high school teachers by giving advanced academic training in the areas of Mexican language, literature, and culture; and by relating these areas of experience…

Access to some of the latest research findings and developments in Mexican American education is provided in this bibliography. A supplement to 2 previous ERIC/CRESS publications: "Mexican American Education, A Selected Bibliography" (ED 031 352) and "Mexican American Education, A Selected Bibliography--Supplement No. 1" (ED 048 961), the present…

This is the seventeenth Spanish lesson in a regular series. It contains a passage from the writings of Pio Baroja. The exercises include questions on the passage and its vocabulary, exercises on the syntax of verbs, with emphasis on the subjunctive, translation exercises from English, and other drills. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

Discusses the many uses of the honorific title of "Don" in Spanish literature and Spanish colloquial speech. It may be used to joke and express irony, as in the expression "don ladron" (sir thief), and forms part of many idiomatic expressions. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

Women's roles and their impact on the Hispanos' historical past are examined. Three powerful cultural forces which through the centuries have shaped and conditioned women's lives in Iberian societies are considered: "donjuanismo,""marianismo," and the strong Iberian tradition of courtly, romantic love. (NQ)

Theorizes that the linguistic basis for Texas Spanish comes from at least two dialectically distinct zones and attempts to discover the morphosyntactic varieties in Spanish of second and third generation bilingual speakers. (Text is in Spanish.) (NCR)

The range of feeling among scholars, activists and teachers on the subject of the desirability of the dialect of the Spanish Southwest is discussed. Bilingual education teachers must have special preparation in the dialect to deal with students speaking this form of Spanish. (CHK)

The array of federal and state bilingual programs are not coordinated and are not being implemented. Increased structural and philosophical support for bilingual and bicultural education is needed to give the growing number of Latino learners greater opportunities for viable education. (Author/IRT)