"English Through Patterns" is an oral approach text designed for Spanish students of English as a foreign language on the beginning level. Material is presented in selected basic sentence patterns sequenced and controlled so that each new structure introduces new items and reinforces previously taught patterns. Part I (Lessons 1-6) presents…

The primary data collected and analyzed in conjunction with this study were measurements of self-concept taken on a select sample of 428 fourth- and sixth-grade migrant children in New Mexico, 90% of whom were Spanish-surname migrants. These self-concept scores were correlated with scores from measures of intelligence and achievement; these…

This publication is the result of a Multicultural Education/Competency Based Teacher Education (M/CBTE) project which, among other objectives, sought to bring together the findings of separate studies, projects, and research efforts. The project proposed to take a broader approach to the overall problem of quality education by seeking to identify…

March 1971 data are given for women of Spanish origin in the United States. Country of origin, population, family composition, educational attainment, labor force participation, type of work, income, and low income level are covered. Where separate data for women are not available, data for both sexes are shown. (KM)

This consumable, graded workbook can be used for exercises, tests, and individualized learning. Each level contains 30 units divided into four groups of exercises: reading analysis, grammar, composition, and spelling. Ten general tests are also included. For the accompanying reader, see FL 004 052. (Author/SK)

This document is organized around five broad purposes of the Community Component of the TTT Project in Early Education with suggested activities for their attainment. The five purposes are as follows: a) developing understanding and empathy for the Spanish-speaking Spanish American and Mexican American; b) identifying the salient environmental…

This newsletter is designed to promote the concept of bilingual-bicultural education. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Elementary Art in the Push-Button Era, (2) Games Pupils Play (and Teachers Too), (3) Field-Testing Favorites, (4) Sample Lesson on Mayan Culture, and (5) Using RAF Charts in Science and Reading. Included is a…

This pamphlet describes the Spanish English Developmental Program, one component of Buffalo's overall Title 1 program. Begun in January, 1970, with funds from New York's Urban Education Act, the program seeks to provide bilingual instruction for nearly 1,600 students of Spanish origin. In August 1970, Title 1 ESEA funds were allocated to cover the…

In discussing assessment and its applicability to the needs of Spanish-speaking students, several types of testing approaches are needed. This paper focuses on the use of comprehensive assessment offered by multiple matrix sampling techniques. (SW)

The results of this survey indicate that parents, friends, and other relatives constitute a generalized helping source for personal concerns of Spanish-speaking youth; community agents and schools are sources of help when they are viewed as having special expertise by virtue of their training and positions. (JD)

A slide/tape program, composed of photographs taken from Spanish magazines and a recorded commentary, was used to teach students of Spanish about the culture of Spain. The program also provided students with incentive and direction for exploring a wide range of cultural information in Spanish magazines. (CB)

Outlines programs of Hispanic Information Exchange, a nonprofit organization established to support libraries in attempts to meet information and cultural needs of Hispanic population--current and retrospective bilingual cataloging services (SPANCAT, "Bilindex"), publication of review journal "Lector," cooperative acquisitions services,…

Discusses the problem of recruitment of Spanish-speaking Americans to the library profession from an historical perspective; offers reasons for recruiting failures; and notes the roles of the individual librarian, the library school, federal government, and library associations in solving problems. Twenty-one references are cited. (EJS)

Describes the parallel growth of educational broadcasting and its impact on the market of some 15 million American Spanish-language viewers. (DB)

A study conducted in a predominantly black university investigated the ways in which African American students of Spanish described Hispanics, and changes in these perceptions across Spanish language instructional levels. Subjects were 26 students in Spanish 101, 25 in Spanish 102, and 26 in Spanish 201. Measures used were a semantic differential…