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Download full textGross, Susan; Kirshstein, Rita – 1986
Evaluation of a county system of intensive language instruction in special language centers, including subject-area instruction in social studies, science, and mathematics, for limited-English-speaking high school students found improvement in program consistency, retention, enrollment, and completion. The program was found to be helpful to…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bilingual Education Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives
Garner, Lucia Caycedo; And Others – 1987
This paper reports on an innovative five-day training program for foreign language teaching assistants (TAs) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW). The program developed out of a perceived need to train graduate students better for the teaching profession and to develop colleague support. In the UW program, the French and Italian, German,…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Cooperative Programs, Departments, Educational Innovation
Snow, Marguerite Ann – 1986
Bilingual immersion programs combine second language immersion for language majority children and bilingual education for language minority children. The programs are based on the underlying assumption of the immersion model: that a second language is best learned as a medium of instruction, not as the object of instruction. However, they are not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Elementary Education
Pollock, Richard – 1985
Interpreting, or oral translation, can be used in undergraduate second language study as a technique for developing oral skills. The technique can produce both sound linguistic judgment and confident oral and written performance that last beyond testing. It integrates four essential elements of oral/aural skills: comprehension, phonology/fluency,…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Aural Learning, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs
Crawshaw, Robert – 1985
An examination of the principles and techniques of oral testing in British university-level final examinations in modern languages discusses: (1) the shortcomings of present oral testing procedures; (2) the theoretical controversy surrounding the design and value of oral proficiency tests, arising from research in English as a second language…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Foreign Countries
Sullivan, Francis D. – 1983
Designed to serve newly arrived, immigrant pupils in the Cleveland Public Schools, the English-as-a-Second-Language project aims to help participants acquire enough English proficiency for adequate functioning. The project uses a pull-out model in which, for about 30 minutes daily, small groups of students are given additional reading, language,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Spanish Speaking Community of Maryland, Inc. – 1983
A federally funded program in English as a Second Language involving 516 North and Central American immigrants in two Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., is described. The instruction began in 1981 in three public schools, and had good attendance and high student motivation. The following aspects of the program are outlined and discussed: (1)…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Achievement Gains, Adult Education, Attendance Patterns
Gray, Tracy C.; And Others – 1984
Results of a study of the efficacy of foreign language instruction at the elementary school level are presented. The study provides new information permitting comparison of three program types--Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES), partial immersion, and immersion--currently used in schools in the United States. The results are based…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum, Elementary Education
Offenberg, Robert M. – 1983
La Salle College's three-track Bilingual/Bicultural Master of Arts Program is described and its first operational year (September 1982 - August 1983) is evaluated. Track I served teachers of English as a second language, Spanish as a first language, and other classes within bilingual education programs. Track II served students from other fields…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language)
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1988
The statewide overview of Texas bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs for limited-English-speaking public school students reports results of a survey concerning program and student characteristics and successful instructional practices. Data for bilingual and ESL programs are considered separately. Student characteristics…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Research, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Connections: A Journal of Adult Literacy, 1989
The 10 articles (and introduction by Stephen Reuys) in this journal discuss issues of adult literacy/adult basic education from a variety of perspectives. Titles and authors are as follows: "The Boston Adult Literacy Initiative: Moving beyond Initiative" (Silja Kallenbach); "Project FOCUS: Writing through Pictures" (Beatriz M. Strohmeyer); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodians
Berman, Paul; And Others – 1988
This report presents recommendations to the chief executive officers (CEOs) of over 90 of California's major corporations to strengthen and redesign the state's public elementary and secondary schools. The recommendations build on the current system and on reforms already underway. Although the recommendations are fairly comprehensive, they do not…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Education, Community Role, Educational Change
Hill, Deborah J., Ed. – 1987
Recommendations for designing a study abroad curriculum are offered to program directors, teachers, and study abroad leaders. The 13 essays and their authors are: "Study Abroad and the Liberal Arts: The Canon in Disarray" (Michael Kline); "Preparing for Study Abroad: Innovative and Traditional Library Resources" (Carolyn…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Curriculum, College Second Language Programs, Cross Cultural Training
Muchisky, Dennis – 1985
The instructional settings and teacher-learner relationships observed in English-as-a-second-language classes at the secondary and university levels in Poland by an American senior Fulbright lecturer are characterized by very formal instruction with heavy emphasis on pronunciation and grammar exercises, large classes with little opportunity for…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Size, Educational Environment, English (Second Language)
Blumenthal, Peggy – 1981
American study programs in China were assessed, based on interviews with American undergraduate or graduate students studying or doing research at various China institutions during the 1980-81 academic year and with Chinese administrators from the institutions. Four channels exist through which American students can arrange placement in China:…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Freedom, Chinese, College Programs
