Instructional materials generated at the November 1971, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Pre-Conference Workshop on Culture compiled in this publication include papers for teachers of French, German, Spanish, and English-as-a-second-language. This compilation is intended to help secondary school teachers broaden their approach…

This selective annotated bibliography is designed to provide reference materials on Latin America that are useful at the secondary level. The guide includes materials on traditionally ignored areas of study, and reflects, as much as possible, an awareness of the problem of relevance and reality in Latin America, in social studies education, and in…

This report, prepared for the Committee on Education of the Community Service Society of New York, describes a court-ordered program for pupils with English language difficulty. A total of forty elementary, junior high and high schools were identified and designated as pilot schools. These schools were to provide a complete bilingual program for…

This report contains a description and evaluation of the Bilingual Pupil Services Program, operated by the New York City Board of Education, Office of Bilingual Education. The basic goal of the program was to improve the reading and mathematics abilities of Hispanic non-English speaking pupils and Hispanic English speaking pupils who were one or…

Purpose of the Advisory Committee was to: advise the Assistant Secretary/Commissioner of Education on the problems central to the education of the Spanish speaking children and adults, particularly those of bilingual bicultural families; recommend, where appropriate, shifts in emphasis of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW),…

This guide has been created to accompany the Lancaster, Pa., School District's Bilingual/ESL Reading Assessment Materials. The guide includes reading tests and information about how the tests were made, about how to give and score the tests, and about how to use test results. The tests are designed to help the teacher monitor changes in students'…

Socioeconomic factors related to second class citizenship can not only limit opportunities but also contribute to an acceleration of the aging process. This paper presents baseline data on the socioeconomic plight of the Spanish speaking elderly. Data pertain to: population growth, nativity, family status, education, labor force participation,…

In order to determine whether bilingual (Spanish/English) readers of English are less efficient in using language cues than are monolinguals (English), the Reading Miscue Inventory (RMI) was used to analyze the reading performances of 60 subjects--ten bilinguals and ten monolinguals each in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Subjects read orally at…

The University of Toledo developed a course, primarily for its undergraduate business administration students, to hone their awareness of how business practices and approaches are shaped by culture. The course also aims to give students the opportunity to function effectively in the increasingly international environment of business. An outline…

Considers several factors that combine to hinder a learner in the task of second language acquisition, including barriers related to culture and society and the classroom environment. Appropriate teaching strategies for Spanish classes and research opportunities are also discussed. (CB)

Most second language texts not only do not emphasize negotiation of meaning, but are also structured to mislead learners in their attempt to express meaning (in the learners' native language). Examples from German, Spanish, and French are used to illustrate the need for second language learning to stand alone and independently from the native…

Analyzes characteristics of Spanish language news broadcasts and discusses their peculiarities and discourse structure. A newscast that can be used in the classroom to improve students' listening comprehension is also outlined. (LMO)

Much research in second language reading uses a free written recall task to measure comprehension. The significance of differences in research design is analyzed. Sixteen groups of college Spanish students (N=20 each group) were given a recall task (in appendix). Research variables, including level of study, language of recall, and pre-reading…

Compares written expression of temporal relationships by American and Mexican children fourth- and ninth-grade children (N=80) receiving long-term second language instruction to that of native speaker children of the same grade level. Nonnative speakers use the same general patterns of syntactic, lexical, and discursive devices for expressing…

More than 1,500 high school foreign language students were tested for comprehension of authentic texts. First- through fifth-year French, German, and Spanish students read texts of the types mentioned in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines at the intermediate and intermediate high levels. All students captured some meaning from each of the texts.…