Notes that either consciously or unconsciously blacks had accepted a negative image of Mexico and her people much like that of white Americans and explains why, by 1935, negroes were unable to sympathize with the plight of their Mexican-American brothers. (Author/AM)

The data for the years 1969-1972 clearly support the ethnic succession-decentralization hypothesis. The new ethnic groups in New York City, the blacks, and Hispanics are achieving greater success in penetrating the school bureaucracy in the decentralized than in the centralized districts. (Author)

This article reports on experiences in the bilingual education, psychologically and pedagogically planned, of a child who died of brain cancer at age 5. Conclusions are drawn regarding order and method of language learning. (CHK)

There are numerous opportunities for the Spanish surnamed in careers within criminal justice. The fact that lawsuits have opened doors, that Chicano power activists have demanded representation, and that a large segment of clients in criminal justice are Spanish surnamed certainly means an area wide open for entry. (Author)

In Bernal School, lessons are done in English one day, in Spanish the next: all subjects, from mathematics to music to spelling, are taught in the language of the day. Most of the students come from Spanish-speaking backgrounds. However, both English and Spanish flow freely on the playground and in and between classroom sessions. (Author/NQ)

"El Interprete," a communicative activity designed for third- or fourth-semester Spanish language students, promotes communicative competence through: (1) lowering stress; (2) having students work in pairs; and (3) helping students concentrate on the transmission of real messages. These activities are appended with suggestions for creating,…

A study of the extent to which Spanish and French noun cognates in a 15,000-word corpus have the same or different grammatical gender is presented, and a list of about 750 cognates with differing genders is included. (MSE)

Intervocalic features of Villa Mella Spanish, a dialect spoken in a region of Santo Domingo, are reviewed, with particular emphasis on the intervocal "d." (CB)

Examined the ability of audiovisual aids to facilitate second language acquisition. One group of Spanish students was taught with substantially more audiovisual aids than the control group. The audio-visual aids group performed significantly better on listening comprehension tests. No differences were found in use of structure. (Author/DJD)

Presents suggestions for planning a Spanish as a second language program for preschool children. The rationale and means of implementing the program are considered, and guidelines for teaching vocabulary are discussed. A variety of classroom activities are also presented. (TR)

Suggests appropriate kinds of texts and ways foreign language teachers can lead students through readings that build understanding of the target culture. Examples presented regarding Spanish are applicable to other beginning language courses. (Author/CB)

Examination of the effectiveness of a classroom approach to foreign language (Spanish) learning indicated that, although students apparently preferred to work in groups, there was no significant difference between achievement of students who worked in groups or those who worked independently. (CB)

Presents preliminary results of a study on the association of field dependence/independence to success in language tasks and in language-learning programs of varying orientations and discusses implications of these results for second-language instruction. (CB)

Analysis of data from the High School and Beyond national survey, focusing on Hispanic language minority students, suggests that language of instruction during elementary education has a strong impact on students' subsequent educational achievement. (CB)

Standardized methodology was used to help identify item characteristics explaining differential item functioning among Hispanics on Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), in two studies with 284,359 and 292,725 Whites, Mexican-Americans, and Puerto Ricans. Results indicate true cognates, or words with a common root in English and Spanish; and content of…