Much Second Language Acquisition research focuses on young learners in the conventional classroom. Instructed adult learners, and in particular those who are learning at a distance, have attracted less attention. This group is substantial and growing: the Open University, the largest higher education language provider in the UK, alone recruits…

A study investigated the utility of a set of Spanish-language instructional materials, "Decsubriendo la Lectura," in compensatory or remedial literacy education for Spanish-speaking elementary students. The reading recovery approach, used with English-speaking first-graders, was adapted for Spanish. Program development included…

The purpose of this report was to collect a summary of information on instructional programs for bilingual students in Irving Independepent School District (Texas), so the parents of these students as well as staff members could evaluate the existing bilingual programs. The effectiveness of improving English-as-a-Second-Language skills for…

The Board of Education of the Houston Independent School District, through the Volunteers in Public Schools, organized the Kindergarten Screening Project in 1970. The screening instruments and procedures were developed by a committee of specialists composed of representatives from the Houston Independent School District, Baylor College of…

Areas of interference between English and the Spanish of some Puerto Ricans and Cubans in Chicago is the subject of this study. Fifty-nine informants were provided with a list of everyday expressions in English, which they were to express in Spanish. The informants were classified according to education, degree of knowledge of English, and degree…

Tables in this document present: (1) the 1977-78 racial/ethnic distribution of public school students for New York State's "Big Five" (Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers) school districts, and for the rest of the State; (2) the 1977-78 distribution of black and Hispanic students by location in the State; (3) the percent…

THE SOCIOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN AND MEXICAN AMERICAN FROM 1914 TO THE PRESENT ARE LISTED IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE, NON-ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. IT INCLUDES BOOKS, UNPUBLISHED DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS, MASTERS THESES, JOURNAL ARTICLES, AND OTHER MATERIALS. A BRIEF ESSAY RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S SEARCH FOR…

This book is the second in a set of four occupational and business education curriculum guides which were developed for Spanish speaking students with limited Engligh speaking backgrounds and also for foreign language students who desire to reinforce their Spanish language skills. The guides are structured so that the teacher can provide service…

This book is the third in a set of four occupational and business education curriculum guides which were developed for spanish speaking students with limited English speaking backgrounds and also for foreign language students who desire to reinforce their Spanish language skills. The guides are structured so that the teacher can provide service to…

BILINGUAL SCHOOLING CAN BE DEFINED AS THE TEACHING OF ALL OR A FEW SUBJECTS (OVER AND ABOVE ENGLISH AND SPANISH THEMSELVES) THROUGH BOTH TONGUES, WHICH IS DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE TEACHING OF A SECOND LANGUAGE AS AN ISOLATED SUBJECT. THE BILINGUAL SCHOOLS AT LAREDO, TEXAS, HAVE SUCCEEDED IN CREATING AN EFFECTIVE, "TWO-WAY," MIXED BILINGUAL…

MUCH OF THIS ADDRESS IS DEVOTED TO AN OUTLINE OF THE SCHOOL'S ROLE IN EDUCATING THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT. EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO ACCULTURATE THE STUDENT AND TRAIN HIM TO ADEQUATELY HANDLE HIS OWN CULTURE. THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, MULTILEVEL SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSES, THE STUDY OF SPANISH-SPEAKING REGIONS AND THEIR…

Features of parental speech to young children was studied in four English-speaking and four Spanish-speaking families. Children ranged in age from 9 to 12 months for the English speakers and from 8 to 22 months for the Spanish speakers. Examination of the utterances led to the identification of 34 prosodic, paralinguistic, and interactional…

The concerns of a linguistic minority in Boston during the period when their school district was ordered to desegregate due to the existence of a dual school system are shared in this paper. Two factors characterize the Boston case: first, the plaintiffs are representatives of the black community concerned with the unfair treatment of black…

The main goal of this course of study is for the student to understand, recognize, and interpret the many changes which occurred in the poetry and prose of Spain at the advent of Romanticism. The student also studies the movements that followed Romanticism: Realism, Regionalism, and Naturalism. Performance objectives, suggested materials, learning…

This report of an Institute for inservice training of teachers and other school personnel to accelerate the acceptance of Indian, Negro, and Spanish-speaking pupils in the Southwest involved 40 participants consisting of elementary and secondary teachers and principals, special education teachers, and guidance personnel selected from 35 schools…