After a review of current literature on Mexican immigration to this country, this paper focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of Mark Reisler's "By the Sweat of Their Brow: Mexican Immigrant Labor in the United States, 1900-1940." (EB)

Discusses the goals of native language instruction advocating a broadening of horizons, away from traditional grammar and literature teaching, and towards culturally based communication skills. Sociocultural awareness is stressed as the fundamental component of a teacher's background and the basis for mastering the relevant aspects of…

Discusses the links among native language, personal identity and ethnicity. Sees language as the carrier of all the values and qualities that distinguish an individual and a people, as the prime repository of a culture, and the foundation of its institution. (MES)

Presents a study that originated from a sociolinguistic research project in Mexico City during interviews with six to seven year old children from sub-proletarian groups. The study focuses on the inability of the children to distinguish between "preguntar" and "decir" ("to ask" and "to tell"). (MES)

Discusses Federal Communications Commission's policy regarding minority ownership and management in the broadcast industry and the expected effect of such ownership on the needs and interests of minority groups. Study indicates that in news, public affairs, and other nonentertainment programing, Latino owners perform no better or worse than Anglo…

Analyzes the purpose of metaphor, distinguishing five different types, proposes terms that describe its components, and lists seven procedures for its translation. It is claimed that metaphor is at the center of all problems of translation theory, semantics, and linguistics. (MES)

A study was conducted to ascertain whether use of an interpreter and/or a regular examiner in administering the WISC would affect test results of a group of Mexican-American children. Spanish administration of some scales of the performance test are likely to elicit optimum performance. (Author)

Discusses an analysis of grammar that systematizes knowledge about language according to new parameters but continues to view traditional grammar as the backbone of language structure. (NCR)

Discounts the theory that bilingualism causes pathological disorders as well as stuttering. Emphasizes that bilingualism does not create medical problems. (NCR)

Examines the temporal reference of Spanish verb forms by using a simple time axis showing five points of temporal reference. (NCR)

Offers a tentative explanation for the development of the phonological processes of aspiration and deletion of syllable final and word final position /s/ in Cuban Spanish. Summarizes other explanations of this phenomenon. (PMJ)

Discusses appositions in Spanish and states that there is no general rule to follow to determine the plurals. (NCR)

Lists the Spanish verbs most frequently used, in order of frequency. (NCR)

Provides information on Spanish-language programs, including the programs' intents, contents, methodology, and means of evaluation. An overall assessment and recommendations are provided for each program. (IRT)

Language choices in Spanish bilingual kindergartens are discussed and pupil and teacher language compared. In Concurrent Translation classrooms, English was used over 70 percent of class time, especially for directing and correcting children. In Alternate Day classrooms, there was a more balanced use of Spanish and English. (CHK)