A study was conducted among college students of Spanish to determine whether certain linguistic and ethnic attitudes can predict proficiency in Spanish as a second language. Attitudinal data did not predict second language proficiency, but evidence suggested that a positive orientation toward the Chicano community was not necessary for the…

Suggestions are made for the achievement of an interesting and successful language laboratory to the student as well as the instructor. (RM)

Described is the Developmental Assessment of Spanish Grammar, an analysis procedure designed to evaluate the language of American Spanish-speaking children with deficient grammatical skills and to serve as a model for structuring language remediation. (Author/SB)

Given that thousands of Spanish-speaking children attend school in almost every state, it is strongly recommended that every teacher-to-be learn Spanish and be exposed to the culture of those who speak it. (Author/SJL)

Shows how comparison and contrast of cultures yields poetry from bilingual elementary students. Provides samples of student poems. (RL)

A mail survey was conducted in 1977-78 to determine American Hispanists' perceived needs in research tools for Spanish and Portuguese literatures/linguistics. This article summarizes the study's findings and its recommendations as to which projects should receive the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. (KM)

This article provides a descriptive study of the people and the community of Spanish Harlem in New York. (AM)

Contrastive psycholinguistic analysis of second language acquisition was undertaken with bilingual students taught primarily in French and with bilingual students taught in both English and Spanish. Three types of contrastive comparisons are made on the results of production tests administered to students. (SW)

Describes bilingualism among Chicanos in the American Southwest and the social, historical, and economic factors which have determined both the rate of assimilation and the continued retention of the Spanish language. For journal availability, see SO 506 098. (Author)

Describes a study using transformational generative grammar to demonstrate that the frequently used structure "verb a verb" in Spanish is to be interpreted in three ways. Conclusions are drawn for the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language. (AMH)

The development of two children who learned to read Spanish before age two is traced. Both children soon became bilingual in English and Spanish. The process of teaching them to read is described. (CHK)

Recordings of various sound effects may be used to stimulate dialogue in foreign language classes. Examples are given. (CHK)

The roots and development of the Spanish language are outlined, and Columbus' discovery of Puerto Rico and meetings with the Indian inhabitants are described. Mixed with the native language and spoken by the native people, it has evolved into the rich idiom spoken in Puerto Rico today. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

Written in Spanish, the article focuses on the sociolinguistic characteristics of Chicano Spanish and a method for emphasizing the morphosyntactic component in dialect studies. The term dialect is applied to the language used in the Southwest. The term sub-dialect is utilized to indicate local variations within the Southwest. (NQ)

The most striking aspect of this study is that the PIAT, designed and standardized for children in the educational mainstream, is as applicable to Mexican-American children as to their Anglo counterparts. Consequently, the PIAT may be advantageous as a screening instrument with this culturally specific population. (Author)