In 1970 there were about 68,000 persons of minority, racial, and ethnic background who had occupations as actors, architects, authors, dancers, designers, musicians, composers, painters, scupltors, photographers, radio and television announcers, university teachers of art, music, or drama, and other types of artists and entertainers. In this…

Many international students who come to the United States to improve their research techniques and their written and oral presentations have little or no training in the English language. Such students might benefit from a program similar to that held at Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) in September 1981 for 12 Ecuadorian technicians. This…

The display of Spanish and English communicative competence of two Hispanic children is explored in a study analyzing directive speech acts (orders, requests, suggestions, hints). The linguistic, sociolinguistic, and strategic resources of the Mexican-American children, aged 4-1/2 to 6 years, are examined qualitatively in data taken from…

Reports on an investigation in which the acquisition sequences of eleven English functors were compared for native Chinese- and Spanish-speaking children learning English. Provides strong support for the existence of universal child language learning strategies. (PP)

Several theories on bilingualism are studied and compared. (PP)

Spanish speaking children who spell better than they read often have a visual perception problem. (DB)

This paper describes a program whereby elementary school children are allowed to select their own reinforcement for performing a specified behavior (reading). An evaluation of the program shows significant improvement of reading ability. (RWP)

Paper presented at the 1973 TESOL Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (HW)

An extensive campaign was conducted through community organizations to inform Spanish-surnamed individuals about careers in podiatric medicine using a brochure containing a postage-paid return postcard. All organizations known to be reasonably active in the health careers and Spanish-surnamed field were contacted and asked to participate in…

The illustrated book is about the legend of Pluma de Quetzal and the marimba. The story, which takes place in the Mexican state of Chiapas, tells how the woodcutters who lived in the area would sit around the fire talking and singing every night. Sung by tired voices, their songs had no happy music. Instead of happiness and hope, they expressed…

Article revealed the handicaps that bilingual children have in taking intelligence tests in English as opposed to their mother tongue, Spanish. (RK)

Seeks to formulate a definition of imperativity based on extralinguistic rather than formal notions. (TL)

A study was conducted of 275 Puerto Rican pupils to assess the relative effectiveness of various experimental models of bilingual education with respect to selected pupil and parent outcomes. A model providing a major part of the instructional day in Spanish in addition to English had generally positive results. (Author/RM)