Examines the provision of Catalan and the use of Catalan as a medium of instruction in Catalonia's education system at all levels. A discussion focuses on whether resources and the support from the community are sufficient, and whether the policy favors Catalan aggressively enough to prevent Castilian remaining always the dominant partner. (22…

Describes Jacobson's New Concurrent Approach to bilingual instruction, which systematically incorporates intersentential code-switching to teach content to limited English proficient children raised in a bilingual environment, and how such incorporation and adaptation contributes to the balanced distribution of the two codes in question. (24…

Investigates the use of questions in medical texts. Six medical journals were studied; a large number of questions were found, particularly in editorials and letters. The paper discusses their uses in the organization of discourse and as part of the rhetorical devices used by the authors. (seven references) (Author/LR)

Describes and criticizes five principles developed as part of a bilingual schooling model and presents eight components of a broadened domain theory of bicultural schooling. Main purpose behind strategy of hard or soft domain separation in bicultural schools is to create curricular space for less powerful languages and cultures that are in danger…

Although formal western-oriented educational planning is the basis of the search for educational direction in South Pacific countries, the planning process has often been subverted by tensions based in local cultural contexts. In Vanuatu, planning has been hindered by political instability and a colonial inheritance of two languages of instruction…

Arguments for students' use of their first language as well as English in the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classroom are reexamined. Pedagogical and political aspects of ESL instruction are noted. (LB)

The employment status of 420 francophone 1991 graduates from an Ontario French-language teacher education program found that after 1 year, 63 percent had full-time and 9 percent had part-time teaching positions. After 2 years, an additional 6 percent had signed teaching contracts, but 12 percent had lost their teaching jobs. One-quarter had failed…

Critiques the Ramirez et al. study of bilingual programs for its serious research flaws. Calls into question the findings of no consistent difference in the achievement of language-minority children regardless of how much Spanish or English is used in instruction. Proposes a reanalysis of the Ramirez data. (KS)

Longitudinal studies from the 1980s suggest that the greater the amount of native language instructional support for language-minority students, combined with balanced second language support, the higher they are able to achieve academically in the second language in each succeeding academic year, in comparison to matched groups being schooled…

Examination of the nature and roles of two types of classroom talk that emerged from a bilingual multiethnic classroom focused on how students of differing language backgrounds participated in lessons, how teacher allocation of time affected students' learning, and how the latter related to teachers' attitudes and values in selecting and…

Investigation of ways to teach English reading comprehension strategies to Spanish-proficient students, focusing on the use of primary language strategy instruction, found that primary language instruction had a central role in improving reading comprehension and in teaching non-English-proficient students comprehension strategies. (38 references)…

Describes three important phenomena of European education: the great expansion of secondary and higher education since World War II, the rapid internationalization of education, and issues of language. Discusses implications of these issues for comparative education as a field of study. (SV)

Distance learning (DL) is proposed as one means of providing in-session language classes for non-native-speaking postgraduate students at English-medium universities. A DL preparatory language program at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok is described. (48 references) (Author/LB)

Primary school students in Papua New Guinea take three examinations for secondary school admission. This study showed that examination results are influenced by student competencies in native language and English, and language of schooling. (15 references) (Author/LB)

The article discusses the small group of Hawaiian students who grow up as native Hawaiian speakers but are being taught in programs that do not support the continued development of their native language. Suggestions for creating effective additive bilingual education programs are presented. (SM)