La Raza Advisory Committee, created in September 1971, was to recommend to the State Board of Education the means by which the quality of educational services to Michigan's Spanish speaking community could be improved. A problem was encountered in obtaining the necessary data to evaluate the current services offered the Spanish speaking community.…

The most obvious factor common to the Spanish Speaking is their lack of control and minimal influence over institutions and programs affecting them. This characterizes their situation as one of subordination to the dominant culture's external powers, followed by the denial of occupational opportunities which are manifested in the high unemployment…

The addendum to the Denver Public Schools education plan, which was submitted to the Court on January 23, 1974, makes specific recommendations for elements of school activities outlined in the plan. The recommendations pertain to the philosophy; policy; the scope and sequence of poverty, cultural, language, mobility, and perceptual aspects;…

The purpose of this study was to measure the learning effects of "Carrascolendas," a Spanish/English television series, on selected primary school children in Pueblo, Colorado. The subjects, 160 randomly selected children, were tested with two criterion referenced tests, one in Spanish and one in English. Ten weeks after viewing the…

Designed to be used as a measure of English language readiness to assist the classroom teacher in grouping native Spanish-speaking pupils for English language instruction, the index may also be used to assess pupil achievement in learning English as a foreign language. Based on a contrastive analysis of English and Spanish grammar and phonology,…

The document is an evaluation of the Bilingual Instructional Project in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades of 4 elementary schools in the Harlandale Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas, during the 1968-69 school term. Evaluation of the 1st grade included a mental ability and readiness test--pretest and posttest. At the 2nd grade level, the…

This publication presents four science curriculum units designed to meet the learning problems of students with special language handicaps. The materials are written in both English and Spanish, and deal with topics in biology suitable for students in grades 7 through 11. All four units were classroom tested during 1970-1972 in the Calexico…

The Mapuches, a tribe now numbering about 500,000 people in south central Chile are the descendants of the Araucanians of Spanish legend. Many still speak only their own idiom, which now shows much lexical influence of the surrounding Spanish. This paper is an exposition of Maria Catrileo Chiguailaf de Godo's research in her native language. It…

This study sought to determine whether there would be any significant difference in the scores on an English reading test between second and third grade Puerto Rican students in a bilingual program, and second and third grade students in the same school, but not in the program. The subjects, 160 predominantly disadvantaged Puerto Rican students,…

This teacher's guide is designed for use with "La Ciudad" and "Otros Amigos, Otras Culturas," two textbooks in the second part of the Spanish language series of readers. It contains lesson plans to enable the teacher to make better use of the texts and includes illustrations taken from each of the books themselves. (SK)

This teacher's guide is designed for use with the following textbooks in the Spanish language reading series: "Mira,""Mira y Lee,""Lee y Trabaja," and "Trabaja y Aprende." It contains lesson plans for each text and illustrations from the books themselves. (SK)

This Spanish ecology packet contains resource units and materials for intermediate and advanced Spanish classes. It is designed to be used for individual and small-group instruction in the senior high school to supplement the Spanish language curriculum. Included are articles, pictures, and cartoons from Spanish-language newspapers and magazines…

The text describes the lives and welfare of the Chicanos as affected by development in rural economy; particularly in the Southwest, where they have their highest population concentration. The study does not seek to perpetuate the myth that Chicanos as a group are tied intrinsically to rural sections; most are not. Nonetheless, many still are, and…

Goals of the National Conference on Bilingual Education, held on April 14-15, 1972 in Austin, Texas, were to emphasize bilingual education interaction at the national level using outstanding consultants from throughout the United States and to exchange ideas among educators in existing programs. The conference was also organized to give bilingual…

More than three-fourths of the Nation's school districts receive funds for improving opportunities for educationally deprived children in low-income areas under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act. The Division of Compensatory Education, which administers Title I in the U.S. Office of Education, has examined a number of successful…