The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title VII Bilingual Program operated at the Bilingual Mini School housed in P.S. 59 completed its third year in operation and will be expanded next year to include fourth grade participants. Grades serviced by the program during 1973-74 were Kindergarten, first, second and third. Instructional procedures in…

The term "Regional Standard English" should refer to any kind of English spoken by educated individuals in a particular region. Vernacular is spoken by individuals with little education. Sociolinguistics as a field embraces ethnography of communication, social coding, societal analysis, social-psychological analysis and anthropoloty, all…

The teaching of Spanish in American schools and colleges to native speakers of Spanish has its origin in two main factors: the need for acceptance by the teaching profession of maintenance and development of the Spanish spoken natively in the United States, and the need for cultural determination by the nation's native Spanish speakers. In light…

Information related to the implementation of the Miami Linguistic Reading Program for Spanish-speaking and American Indian children in 6 New Mexico school systems is presented. School systems utilizing and reporting on the program are: (1) the West Las Vegas School System; (2) Anton Chico Elementary School in Santa Rosa; (3) Pojoaque Valley…

Some 151 entries are listed in this annotated bibliography of books and audiovisual materials appropriate for persons with a Spanish language heritage. Compiled by the Cooperative Children's Book Center in Madison, Wisconsin, the document contains titles grouped by geographical area or national origin and subgrouped by reading and interest levels.…

The Reports of the Working Committees of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages of 1973 are devoted to the general topic of sensitivity in the foreign language classroom. They are divided into chapters on: (1) Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom, (2) Teaching Spanish to the Native Spanish Speaker, and (3)…

This textbook, the fifth in a series of six, is designed to give the advanced elementary school student continued practice in reading Spanish. It contains some 30 sections with passages of increasing degrees of difficulty. Illustrations are included. At this level the maintenance of a central plot is considered unnecessary. The central narrative…

This is the first in a series of six teacher's guides designed to accompany the Senda textbooks (FL 004 047 through 004 052). It contains instructions for presenting the lessons and for handling the individual needs of the pupils. (Author/SK)

This is the second in a series of six teacher's guides designed to accompany the Senda textbooks (FL 004 047 through 004 052). It contains instructions for presenting the lessons and for handling the individual needs of the pupils. (Author/SK)

This is the third in a series of six teacher's guides designed to accompany the Senda textbooks (FL 004 047 through 004 052). It contains instructions for presenting the lessons and for handling the individual needs of the pupils. (Author/SK)

This is the fourth in a series of six teacher's guides designed to accompany the Senda textbooks (FL 004 047 through 004 052). It contains instructions for presenting the lessons and for handling the individual needs of the pupils. (Author/SK)

This is the fifth in a series of six teacher's guides designed to accompany the Senda textbooks (FL 004 047 through 004 052). It contains instructions for presenting the lessons and for handling the individual needs of the pupils. (Author/SK)

This is the sixth in a series of six teacher's guides designed to accompany the Senda textbooks (FL 004 047 through 004 052). It contains instructions for presenting the lessons and for handling the individual needs of the pupils. (Author/SK)

This partial list, prepared by the Bilingual Resource Center in New York City, of bilingual training sessions includes staff development components under Title VII, ESEA. Among the projects are the In-Migrant School Community Project, Project BEST (Bilingual Education Skills Training), P.S. 25 (The Bilingual School), and the Integrated Bilingual…

This reading manual was prepared for Spanish-speaking children in the first grade of the Edgewood School District in San Antonio, Texas. It consists of a diagnostic exam, a scale to evaluate the readiness of each child, 39 lessons, and 12 tests. Also included are illustrations suitable for hanging and the Edgewood Picture Method to motivate…