This is a primary-level reader to be used in connection with a bilingual education program. The story is preceded by a pronunciation guide, which lists Cheyenne and Arapaho sound symbols and their approximate English equivalents. Each illustrated page contains a Cheyenne and an Arapaho caption with an English translation. (AM)

This book for Peace Corps volunteers on learning Mano, one of the languages of Liberia, is divided into two sections. The first section consists of ten lessons and two review lessons, while the second section has eight lessons and a final review lesson. Each lesson is divided into four or five sections: (1) tests and dialogues, (2) grammatical and…

This Kiribati communication and culture handbook presents 40 situations in which the volunteer is likely to be involved in the Gilbert Islands, and establishes classroom activities that require the students to exchange messages in a way that is appropriate to the cultural context. Most of the lessons are divided into "basic material" and…

This primary level story and coloring book in the Seminole language is developed for use in a bilingual education setting. Each page contains a large pen-and-ink drawing and a few lines of large-type text. An English translation of the story is provided at the end of the book. (AMH)

This reader in Maskoke (Muskokee) is developed to help elementary school children begin simple reading. Black-and-white drawings personifying animals illustrate the text. An English translation is included. (NCR)

This dictionary contains lists of nouns in the Holikachuk Athabaskan language as spoken by about twenty people, most of whom live in the village of Grayling, Alaska. The Holikachuk alphabet and sound system are presented. The nouns with English equivalents are listed according to the following categories: animals, fish, insects, birds, plants,…

This short dictionary is designed to accompany the work of Melzian (1937) for the benefit of scholars concerned with the place and function of the Nigerian Bini language in the structure of West African languages. The conventional orthography has been used, except in three cases. The body of the general word list contains the English meaning, the…

The nineteenth of 20 volumes of lessons designed for use in a full-time, intensive training program in Arabic is presented. This volume is a companion to the preceding ones. It presents summaries and explanations of the major patterns which were explained and practiced in the preceding volumes. (AMH)

THIS HANDBOOK WAS WRITTEN FOR PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS BUT IS USEFUL FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE HAD BASIC FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING AND NEED INFORMATION ON HOW TO CONTINUE LANGUAGE LEARNING IN THE FOREIGN CULTURE WITHOUT FORMAL CLASSES. DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN THIS HANDBOOK ARE (1) THE LANGUAGE ASSISTANT, (2) USE OF AVAILABLE WRITTEN AND AUDIOLINGUAL…

This English-Cantonese phrase book is designed for the English speaking person learning Cantonese. The useful phrases and vocabulary words are divided into eleven sections: basic needs and safety; greetings and amenities; getting acquainted; directions and classroom articles; calendar, numbers, and time; subjects; shapes, sizes, and colors; body…

This is a grammatical sketch of Siberian Yupik Eskimo as spoken on St. Lawrence Island. The text is in English and is intended to be used by linguists and native speakers who wish to learn the grammatical structure of the language. It should not be used by non-speakers wishing to learn to speak the language. The book covers morphology, nominals,…

This paper examines the semantic structure of antonyms on the basis of some examples taken from Romanian. Both grammatical and lexical antonyms are considered with a view toward grasping the correspondence and differences between the two classes. Representative examples illustrate the following conclusions: (1) the distinction between lexical and…

This is a text for a basic course in Gulf Arabic, the language used in informal situations by the educated indigenous populations of the United Arab Emirates. A brief linguistic sketch of the area in which this variety of Arabic is spoken is given. The text is divided into forty-two units, each consisting of a dialog or narrative, a presentation…

The significance of language in the teaching of Indonesian culture is illustrated in a lengthy discussion of pronouns, personal names, and titles. The function of the second person singular pronoun "you" is also examined. Concluding remarks describe the author's personal experience in teaching Indonesian culture and language at the college level.…

The student manual contains no grammatical explanation or other commentary. The Aymara material is presented in a pedagogical manner for ease in reading the dialogues and reviews and for structural clarity in the exercises. The translations are provided in both Spanish and English, making the volume ready for use with students whose first language…