This illustrated children's reader in the Barrow Inupiaq language is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. (NCR)

Assumptions and conclusions concerning language teaching at the advanced undergraduate level are presented, and suggestions of both general attitudes and practical activities to implement the conclusions are proposed. Although the practical experience and all examples are drawn from the teaching of French, the principles and methods should be…

A package of supplemental materials for use in junior and senior high schools at all levels of language learning is designed to acquaint students with the concept of a second language as an adjunct career skill. Seven activities, designed to develop the student's career awareness, are to be completed in English, French, German, or Spanish. The…

One of two publications developed to facilitate bilingual vocational training, this guide is designed to assist educational agencies at the national, state, and local levels in determining priorities for development of materials needed for bilingual vocational training programs. (CE 019 071 contains a handbook for developers of bilingual…

This conference report of a UNESCO meeting concerns the aspects that are essential in planning and implementing a second language teaching program in a plurilingual context. The relevance of the following kinds of factors are described: (1) the variety of plurilingual contexts; (2) the specific didactic components of teaching a second language in…

This first book of a conversational English program for adults contains an introductory section in Portuguese and exercises in English. The text centers around an English-speaking family from the United States that goes to live in Brazil. It contains color photographs with captions followed by exercises. The exercises are in English and involve…

This second book of a conversational English program for adults contains an introductory section in Portuguese and exercises in English. The text centers around an English-speaking family from the United States that goes to live in Brazil. It contains color photographs with captions followed by exercises. The exercises are in English and involve…

Literary instruction as a central element of language instruction for non-language majors at the secondary and college level is advocated to remotivate American students to learn languages. This approach is not directed at those who need oral skills, such as prospective language teachers, interpreters, and translators. It is suggested that more…

This bilingual-bicultural reader in Korean and English is intended for elementary school children in a bilingual education setting. Pen-and-ink drawings illustrate the story about two Korean-American children celebrating the Korean Children's Day. (NCR)

This bilingual reader in Korean and English is intended for elementary school children in a bilingual education setting. Pen-and-ink drawings illustrate the story about a family's celebration of a traditional Korean Thanksgiving. (NCR)

This is the first of 16 volumes of audiolingual classroom instruction in Mandarin Chinese. The course is designed to train native English speakers to Level 3 Foreign Service Institute proficiency in comprehension and speaking, and to Level 2 proficiency in reading and writing Mandarin. The introduction to Volume I discusses the main features of…

This is the eleventh of 16 volumes of audiolingual classroom instruction in Mandarin Chinese. The course is designed to train native English speakers to Level 3 Foreign Service Institute proficiency in comprehension and speaking, and to Level 2 proficiency in reading and writing Mandarin. Facility in reading, writing, and translating texts written…

The existence of a global language proficiency factor is discussed. This factor, cognitive/academic language proficiency (CALP), is directly related to IQ and to other aspects of academic achievement. It accounts for the bulk of reliable variance in a wide variety of language learning measures. Three propositions concerning CALP are reviewed. (1)…

A progress report is presented of a study which applies a system of generative grammar to error analysis. The objective of the study was to reconstruct the grammar of students' interlanguage, using a systematic analysis of errors. (Interlanguage refers to the linguistic competence of a student who possesses a relatively systematic body of rules,…

A bibliography on Alaska native languages covering educational publications printed during 1968-78 is presented. The document concentrates on printed materials produced for school use in modern practical orthographies and is divided into two major sections, Indian languages and Eskimo-Aleut languages, and within these into sections by language.…