The research reported in this paper tests the possibility of using differences in conceptual categories in the measurement of differences between two cultures. In the initial experiment, which contrasts French and French-Acadian linguistic habits, the authors limit themselves to conceptual categories reflected in concrete nouns representing the…

The annual bulletin of the French 8 section of the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America is presented with the texts of papers read at both the 1969 and 1970 sessions. The 1970 papers, in French, include Jean Louis Darbelnet's "Etude Sociolinguistique des contacts entre 1'Anglais et le Francais au Canada et en…

In this study the languages and culture of the Salish Indians of the northwestern United States are used to examine some of the relationships which obtain between language and culture. An introductory chapter provides justification for the study and discusses the statistical methodology used. In Chapter II the history of the Salish languages is…

The administrator in a bilingual, bicultural community must act with caution, forebearance, and great understanding, paying intense heed to his community. The term "bilingualism" refers to facility in the use of two languages, ranging from a minimal knowledge of either language to a high level of proficiency in both. "Biculturalism" is a…

This paper shows the school principal how to map his school district or attendance area to systematically organize and relate physical and cultural data into a comprehensive spatial pattern. Use of such maps is shown to make interactions of cultural and physical elements within the spatial pattern more easily seen and understood. Major sources of…

An attempt to provide an alternative set of procedures for cross-cultural training aims at imparting skills which enable the Peace Corps Volunteer to make the necessary adjustment of his own behavioral style and to evaluate host country patterns more accurately, in order to facilitate communication across cultural barriers. The introduction…

The twelve papers included in this second volume of Topics in Culture are related to the Institute's four areas of research interest: cultural identity, cultures in contact, language in culture, and thought and expression in cultural learning. The articles also examine one or more of four themes which transcend the four research areas: learning…

Traditional academic approaches to the study of rhetoric must be modified by those who explore the rhetoric of black Americans. Black rhetoric is inherently interactive, combining verbal, tonal, musical, and physical behaviors, whereas traditional white-oriented rhetoric can be viewed in terms of standard verbal and literary aspects of…

This paper is supportive to the anthropological principle of biculturation as a pragmatic principle of education of America's contemporary ethnically-different people. The acquisition of bilingualism and a bicultural ethos are objective evidences of this process in action. Personal experiences of the author's childhood education in a Greek and…

The article focuses on tribal minorities (American Indians) of the Peruvian tropical forest from the point of view of the political circumstances and the general administrative conditions of the country. In 1968 the revolutionary military government initiated a series of structural reforms which aimed at transforming Peru. This article poses and…

The first part of this publication contains detailed presentations on the subject of planning in education for Norway, The Netherlands, and the United States; a summary of the educational planning program for 18 OECD countries; a commentary on the substitution of teacher input by "other resources" input; and a description of the Educational Policy…

The approach taken in this program is based on the assumption that children are placed in heterogeneous classes with children of varied abilities and socioeconomic backgrounds. Although migrant children may be given special attention through small group activities specifically designed to meet their needs, these children should be given the…

Attempting to delineate urban Mexican American life patterns, this analysis seeks to indicate the distinctions in the patterns of life of different types of Mexican Americans in order to provide a workable framework for empirical research. The analytical framework contains 4 levels: the rural novice (from rural areas in the United States) or the…

This resource guide contains complete descriptions of films about poverty and development both in the United States and in poor nations. The films are selected for use in classrooms, workshops, and community seminars and annotations summarize film content. Topics related to development in the United States include perspectives, poverty, realities…

American Indian Education has been built upon the premise that the Indian had a great deal to learn from the white man and that the white man represented the highest level of achievement that mankind had reached in the evolutionary process. Education is supposed to teach the Indian respect for law and order while he watches the law being violated…