The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of the initial teaching alphabet (ITA) would have a beneficial effect upon English language learning when used with adult Spanish speaking students. The study consisted of five randomly selected English as a Second Language classes in the Los Angeles City Unified School District divided…

This guide for teachers of pre-school, Spanish-speaking children provides materials for conceptual development in the target languages. Some 120 structural Oral Language Circle lessons in Spanish and in English, each approximately 15 minutes in duration, represent the heart of this package. Used together, they develop in the child language and…

This report on foreign language textbooks used in junior and senior high schools in California during the 1968-69 school year tabulates data by classification of students and schools. A complete breakdown of all textbook titles for classes in Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, and Portuguese is provided. Only the major textbooks used in French, German,…

According to this summary report, the State of Wisconsin has been guided by 3 goals in planning education programs for migrant children: (1) to increase familiarity of the school staff with the problems and needs of migrant children, (2) to develop a curriculum emphasizing communication skills, and (3) to build a school environment which…

An analysis of a Mexican essay by Samuel Ramos attempts to resolve the issue of whether or not there is a common philosophy in Latin America today. Manuel Mendoza concludes that no such philosophy exists, because the area has not had time to develop an internal character, and as a result, the intellectual and and philosophical concepts are based…

Designed for those involved in teacher education, the writing of instructional materials, educational administration, research, and library accessioning, this 712-item bibliography with abstracts acts as a current guide to authoritative and useful books concerned with foreign language teaching theory and practice. Although most of the books cited…

The purposes of the study conducted in Saginaw County, Michigan, were to determine (1) changes experienced by Spanish-speaking migrants, especially moves into and out of the labor force; (2) future changes in the availability of Spanish-speaking migrants for agricultural labor; (3) the significance of migrants' settling permanently in Michigan;…

The summer school program undertaken in 26 centers in New York State in 1967 served 1,537 migrant children ranging in age from 4 to 13 years. The program had as its major objectives improvement of the student's self concept, development of his social and scholastic ability, establishment of good health habits, expansion of cultural experiences,…

The general objective of a study conducted in the 1950's was to describe the physical and human resources of the rural areas in north-central New Mexico. The specific objectives were (1) to inventory and classify the land, labor, and capital resources, (2) to determine levels and sources of incomes of these households, and (3) to appraise some of…

The purpose of this field survey report is to present the actual operations of programs geared for disadvantaged residents of New York State and funded through Urban Education appropriations for 1968-1969. The descriptions attempt to provide a picture of how the programs are actually operating, the processes by which they were established, the…

Major speeches on culture and language instruction explore anthropological, humanistic, and integrative perspectives. The complete talks delivered by Margaret Mead, Katherine Bateson Kassarjian, and Nicholas B. Adams are included with condensed version of Laurence Wylie's remarks. Also in the conference report are summaries of the French, German,…

This annotated bibliography of integrated FLES materials in French, Spanish, and German is designed to help teachers and administrators select classroom materials. Each of the major sections lists principal publishers and programs with current prices for each component. Subclassifications discuss: (1) time allotment, (2) teacher training…

This conference report deals with the roles and objectives of adult basic education in manpower development; educational personnel and technology; educational innovation; and special problems in teaching disadvantaged adults. Office of Education activities involving regional university resource specialists are described, as is the learning center…

The purpose of this curriculum guide is to help the tenth grade teacher in his endeavor to fulfill his teaching responsibilities. Space is provided for teachers' additions, deletions, notes, and criticisms, which will be useful when the guide is revised. The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating the Spanish curriculum concepts to:…

The report questions whether there is evidence to indicate a significant undercount of the Spanish speaking background population in the United States in the 1970 Census and whether the undercount, if any, was due to the U.S. Census Bureau's methodology, including its collection techniques. The report also notes that these issues are not unique to…