This math workbook in the Navajo language contains vocabulary designed to introduce a few pre-mathematical concepts to the child before she is presented with mathematical concepts in a classroom situation. The terms "least,""most,""many," and "few" are introduced. Initially, each concept is introduced individually. Later on, different concepts are…

One of two publications developed to facilitate bilingual vocational training, this handbook is intended to assist instructional materials developers and teachers in designing or adapting existing materials for selected-language speakers and vocations. (CE 019 070 contains a guide for assisting decision makers in determining priorities for…

It is contended that verbal and nonverbal behavior are necessary components of human communication and that they should be conceived of as inseparable elements when teaching a foreign language. It is suggested that the use of gestural dictionaries currently available could serve to close the gap between old and new methods of teaching during the…

Speech performance data, including hesitations in the stream of speech, fragmented words or phrases, retracings, and the use of intonation contours for noncommunicative purposes, are examined. It is proposed that these types of speech phenomena are indicative of underlying hypothesis testing and utterance planning strategies. Data produced by 48…

The need for cooperation between bilingual teachers and teachers of English as a second language is addressed in this position paper. Operational definitions and characteristics of bilingual education and English as a second language are presented, and the interrelationship of bilingual education and English as a second language is clarified. The…

This modern Chinese textbook offers three main features. It contains a graded selection of writings in Chinese by some of the most important modern Chinese writers, representing a wide range of viewpoints. Secondly, all new words and phrases encountered in the lessons are defined in Chinese, so that the reader becomes accustomed to the use of…

This reader in the Hualapai language is intended for use in a bilingual elementary school classroom. Pen-and-ink drawings illustrate the text. (NCR)

This children's reader in the Hualapai language is to be used with "Hualapai Misith Mispo Book 1" in a bilingual elementary school classroom. Pen-and-ink drawings illustrate the text. (NCR)

This cost analysis model was developed for use in examining the costs of programs teaching French as a second language. Its main aim is to understand how costs are incurred, but it can be used to figure actual costs that can be used in a cost benefit analysis. The model was developed using data from two Canadian school boards that offer a variety…

The term "village English" has been used by a number of people to label the English used by Alaskan natives. The term appears in discussions of educational problems and often the phenomenon is cited as a significant reason for the lower than expected achievement of Alaskan school children. It is suggested that statements about…

This publication is part of a bibliography of language teaching materials for German, including printed and recorded materials. It contains a contents list, the annotated entries, an index of authors, editors, compilers and adapters, and a title index. For each entry are given basic bibliographical details, an annotation describing the course, a…

This is the second of 16 volumes of audiolingual classroom instruction in Mandarin Chinese. The course is designed to train native English speakers to Level 3 Foreign Service Institute proficiency in comprehension and speaking, and to Level 2 proficiency in reading and writing Mandarin. Volume II introduces the reading and writing of Chinese…

Insight into processes involved in child bilingualism is provided by this account of the "primary language acquisition" (in the sense of Lamendella, 1977) of two languages, English and Hebrew, by a 4 1/2 year old subject. The child's re-entry into her first language, Hebrew, after a year spent in an all-English environment, is traced. Of central…

This report shows that verbal routines are not easily acquired by adult second language learners and it identifies some of the specific problems they have in acquiring routines. Empirical data concerning the role of verbal routines, (that is, fixed expressions which have been acquired as memorized wholes), in adult second language performance are…

Semilingualism is discussed as a sociolinguistic concept and is viewed as a mediating variable when the society reproduces the class structure and vocational structure of suppressed minorities. A Finnish group of immigrant children in Sweden is the minority considered. It was found that the longer the Finnish children were educated in Finnish, the…