Reports on an investigation in which the acquisition sequences of eleven English functors were compared for native Chinese- and Spanish-speaking children learning English. Provides strong support for the existence of universal child language learning strategies. (PP)

Several theories on bilingualism are studied and compared. (PP)

Spanish speaking children who spell better than they read often have a visual perception problem. (DB)

This paper describes a program whereby elementary school children are allowed to select their own reinforcement for performing a specified behavior (reading). An evaluation of the program shows significant improvement of reading ability. (RWP)

Paper presented at the 1973 TESOL Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (HW)

An extensive campaign was conducted through community organizations to inform Spanish-surnamed individuals about careers in podiatric medicine using a brochure containing a postage-paid return postcard. All organizations known to be reasonably active in the health careers and Spanish-surnamed field were contacted and asked to participate in…

The illustrated book is about the legend of Pluma de Quetzal and the marimba. The story, which takes place in the Mexican state of Chiapas, tells how the woodcutters who lived in the area would sit around the fire talking and singing every night. Sung by tired voices, their songs had no happy music. Instead of happiness and hope, they expressed…

Article revealed the handicaps that bilingual children have in taking intelligence tests in English as opposed to their mother tongue, Spanish. (RK)

Seeks to formulate a definition of imperativity based on extralinguistic rather than formal notions. (TL)

A study was conducted of 275 Puerto Rican pupils to assess the relative effectiveness of various experimental models of bilingual education with respect to selected pupil and parent outcomes. A model providing a major part of the instructional day in Spanish in addition to English had generally positive results. (Author/RM)

The effect of such examiner variables as language, ethnicity, and sex in the measurement of the self-concept of 169 Spanish speaking migrant pupils were studied. (Author/NQ)

Two parties of different native languages communicate via a third of which neither is a fluent speaker. Lingua franca talk is discussed under four aspects: entrance considerations, non-comprehension problems, speaker frustration, and increasing entropy. Devices for achieving strategies in multilingual settings are discussed. Available from…

A discussion of university-level FL instruction in Canada. (RM)