ERIC Number: ED542574
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1938
Pages: 113
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Project in Research in Universities: Learning English Incidentally--A Study of Bilingual Children. Bulletin, 1937, No. 15
Meriam, J. L.
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior
The educational welfare of children of native and minority groups in continental United States and its outlying parts involves instructional procedures which in recent years are becoming more and more recognized as constituting specialized problems in education. Bilingualism is generally recognized as offering serious instructional difficulties among minority groups, though social and economic adjustment in the homes from which the majority of bilingual children come are necessarily reflected in the conduct and attitudes as well as in progress in the school studies of the children concerned. Research and experimentation concerned with the variety of problems involved in the education of bilingual children is yet quite inadequate to the needs. This bulletin reports a successful experiment in educating children of Mexican extraction extending over a period of years. The situation is probably representative of that in many communities in Southwestern States. It is believed, therefore, that this report of the experiment will be of special interest to teachers and administrators in communities in which Mexican children predominate. It should, however, be almost equally suggestive to schools which children of foreign speaking parents of whatever nationality attend. A bibliography is included. (Contains 19 tables and 4 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Bilingualism, Mexican Americans, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Immigrants, Teaching Methods, Educational Administration, Language Usage, Vocabulary, Elementary School Students, Oral Language, Vocabulary Development, Written Language, Spelling, Grammar, Writing Skills, Language Skills
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior.
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: Teachers; Administrators
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education (ED)
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