Personal experiences illustrating the psychological phenomenon of "culture shock" are integrated with a discussion of the pedagogic significance of the process of acculturation. Problems encountered in acculturation processes appear to be particularly significant for teachers of English-as-a-second-language, and practical suggestions for improving…

The continued growth of bilingual, multicultural education is accompanied by the need for supplementary materials, including audiovisual teaching aids. This film catalog is an annotated listing of over 1900 Spanish language films. It is designed to provide teachers, teacher aides and librarians with a source guide for such films available for use…

In 1969-70 the Research and Planning Department established Phoenix Union High School System study area boundaries that are contiguous with census tracts, elementary school and district boundaries, high school and district boundaries, area transportation study boundaries, and natural and man-made obstacles. Students were identified by these study…

Three handouts give the history of three holidays celebrated in the United States: Christmas, Halloween, and St. Valentine's Day. Each holiday is described in Spanish and in English for use in bilingual classrooms. (CFM)

In order to investigate whether the reading process develops similarly in languages where grapheme-phoneme relationships are more consistent, or where there is less word-order constraint, than in English, oral-reading-error analysis was extended to a language other than English. Errors evaluated were made by five Colombian second graders and six…

A study was conducted to determine if informal learners of ESL had the same acquisition order of morphemes as formal learners have and to find out what would happen to the established order if only certain of the grammatical morphemes were explained and drilled. Instruction did not change acquisition order. (Author/KM)

This article outlines the history and development of the substratum theory concerning Spanish in the Americas, the basic tenet of the theory being the role of indigenous languages in phonological changes in Spanish. (CLK)

Discusses the relationship of the school to Spanish-surnamed students. Reviews literature on self-concept, academic achievement, skin color, language, socioeconomic status, and cultural traits of Spanish-speaking Americans. (JMB)

An intensive course in Spanish is described which met daily for eight weeks from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Time was divided among classroom instruction, native speaker groups, and the language laboratory. (RM)

A program in which Spanish-speaking high school students were taught basic number skills is described. The program was individualized, and used a variety of activities and materials. (SD)

Describes the results of a study involving 103 junior-high-school-age Spanish speaking students at a private school in Mexico. Variables that can influence learners' success in producing native language words that are accepted cognates are discussed. (EJS)

Problems of cultural incompatibility among Colorado's ethnic groups have not been resolved by official gestures in the direction of racial harmony; nor have economic gains meant social integration for these groups. Anglos still hold the dominant position they gained in the nineteenth century. (Author/EB)

Explores advantages of emphasizing multicultural objectives across all curriculum areas rather than in specialized ethnic studies courses. Reviews ways to increase collaboration between bilingual education and the social studies. (DB)

The rationale for using multiple measures to assess language ability in bilingual students is examined. The relationships among the Language Facility Test, teacher judgment, home bilingual usage estimate, and, where possible, standardized achievement tests are investigated, utilizing data from a study of 1800 Washington State students. (Author/GC)

The problems affecting the reception, adjustment, and placement of Spanish-speaking students into the Toronto school system are discussed, and include immigration patterns, Spanish values, and the Latin American school. (Author/HP)