Three bilingual booklets are presented listing technical terms for golf and baseball. The golf terms are in French-English and Spanish-English lists; the baseball terms are in French-English. The French terms are taken from French-Canadian newspapers, books, and periodicals, while the Spanish terms are taken from Mexican newspapers, books, and…

This is a report on a research project which developed an evaluative model for a Kindergarten through Grade 2 bilingual education program in the Prosser School District in the state of Washington, a program that had been in operation for three years. The report is divided as follows: (1) background information on the program; (2) a summary of the…

This terminology circular is one of a series issued by the International Labour Office on an irregular basis, designed to facilitate the work of translators, editors, and other staff members. The circular contains official titles of personnel, offices, bureaus, branches, departments, and other organizational units of the ILO. Entries are listed…

A COURSE, COMPLETE WITH DETAILED LESSON PLANS AND PRACTICE DRILLS, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AT SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE, TO PROVIDE THE ADULT SPANISH-SPEAKING STUDENT WITH A BASIC FOUNDATION IN AMERICAN-ENGLISH GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS AN AMPLE DAILY AND PROFESSIONAL VOCABULARY. THE IDEA OF TRANSLATING CONCEPTS AND VOCABULARY IS USED TO TEACH…

This paper examines three aspects of phonological interference observable in the speech of Puerto Rican bilinguals: (1) segmentation patterns, (2) accentual patterns, and (3) pitch patterns. Ten representative speakers, including nine students and one faculty member, were selected to read a story in the original Spanish and in English translation.…

This manual accompanies a programmatic text in beginning Spanish which was developed for use in the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State and is available as FL 000 961. It consists of all of the voicing script that does not appear in the student text. (AF)

In 1973, kindergarten children in a rural village in Texas were tested with the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. For the next 2.5 years, children from successive grades in the same school were given the same test. During the entire period over 200 children had been tested, but of the original 53 pupils only 20 took the test all three times…

The minority image presented in the majority of children's books is too often a stereotype of a particular minority. Blacks are seen as ludicrous or unnaturally good, as ghetto bound, and--when portrayed in a group of characters--as the only dialect speakers in the group; American Indians are portrayed with depersonalization and ridicule; and…

The self concepts of multiethnic Spanish speaking children were measured using a Spanish translation of the Self Appraisal Inventory, Primary Level, developed by the Instructional Objectives Exchange in Los Angeles, in cooperation with the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III programs throughout the United States. The test was administered…

This is a diagnostic test to determine the student's ability to answer certain questions concerning Hispanic American Culture, Language, and History. The test contains nine questions, all of which are in both Spanish and English, as are the instructions to the student. (DB)

This instructor's guide states that the objective of this modular sequence is to provide teachers with an awareness of the methods and materials used for teaching reading to Spanish-speaking students. The guide explains that there are 17 modules in the sequence and that participants should be able to arrive at a practical understanding of major…

This teaching module is an overview which, together with the modular sequence that follows, is designed to enable participants to make an informed choice as to the appropriate approach for teaching reading to Spanish-speaking students. Upon completion of this module, participants should be able to (a) discuss current English reading programs for…

This training module provides participants with a theoretical overview of both process and skills of second-language reading, as well as practical classroom applications. Upon completion of the module, participants should be able to (a) differentiate between three categories of second-language readers, (b) explain developmental reading stages, (c)…

Responses from 1,613 former servicemen with Spanish surnames were examined to evaluate Spanish surname recognition as a means of identifying persons of Latin American birth or ancestry. Questionnaires were mailed to 5,019 servicemen who had: (1) been inductees or enlistees in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps; (2) left active duty in the first 6…

The present study, conducted at the Department of Audiology and Sciences, Michigan State University, consisted of determining the intelligibility of 648 Spanish stimulus-words arranged in a multiple-choice test of the two forms, A and B, each including 12 lists of approximately the same degree of difficulty. (Appendix.) This multiple-choice test…