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Campos, James – 1985
The Carpinteria school district in California has developed a model preschool program to bring Spanish-dominant preschool children up to a level of readiness for school that compares favorably with that of English-speaking children in the same community. That goal is achieved by developing skills in four major areas: Spanish language, cognition,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition
Download full textWing, Barbara H.; Mayewski, Sandi F. – 1984
A handbook designed to acquaint college and university language departments with recent developments in oral proficiency testing gives an overview of the rationale, development, procedures, and implications of oral proficiency evaluation. The discussion is placed in the context of college and university language teaching. An overview section…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development
Williams, Gregory – Passage, 1986
The D-E Work Orientation Program at the Phanat Nikhom Refugee Camp is designed to prepare upper-level (D and E) students to enter and succeed in the American workplace. This preparation is especially important for these refugees since they are more likely than the lower-level students to get jobs during their first few months in the United States.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Students, Advanced Students
Wing, Barbara H. – 1984
The typical route to certification for beginning foreign language teachers requires the candidate to complete an approved program of teacher education in a four-year institution, have a certain minimum grade point average, and have completed a specified number of foreign language credit hours. Notable trends in foreign language teacher…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Program Development. – 1987
New York State's syllabus for second language education is designed to help local school district personnel fulfill state mandates and develop curricula consistent with state standards. It identifies the components of intended learning outcomes and implications for instruction, but does not specify instructional methods to be used. The guide…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Kohonen, V.; And Others – 1988
A collection of papers on evaluation and testing in language learning and teaching for communicative competence includes: "Evaluation in Relation to Communicative Language Teaching" (Viljo Kohonen); "On Determining the Function and Quality of Language Tests" (Jan van Weeren); "On the Trail of Everyday Experience...The Individual Learner's…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Norwalk Board of Education, CT. – 1987
This report is designed to provide the Norwalk (Connecticut) Board of Education and the entire school community with the status of the school system testing program for the spring of 1987. From May 6 through May 15, the system administered the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBSs) and the Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS) to 5,113 students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. Div. of Language and Literacy. – 1983
A study of the kinds of educational services provided to limited English speaking students, how schools provide these services, factors shaping and guiding the programs, and instructional practices fostering the development of school-related language of bilingual students is summarized. The report is divided into two parts: (1) a descriptive study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education
Fillmore, Lily Wong – 1986
The relationship between language and education is considered, focusing on the central role of language in learning, and two kinds of research concerned with language and educational issues are discussed. Linguistic research focuses on the language aspects and treats the educational aspect as the contextual surrounding of the problem. Educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Dialects, Comparative Analysis, Dialect Studies
Franks, M. E. – 1988
Procedures and results of an evaluation of the Choctaw Bilingual/English as a Second Language (ESL) Program, conducted in east central Mississippi, are discussed. The program, which is in its fifth year, is implemented using Title VII funds in three of the six Bureau of Indian Affairs elementary schools on the Mississippi Choctaw Reservation. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education Programs
Rodriguez-Brown, Flora V.; Elias-Olivares, Lucia – 1987
A study investigated the use of questions and directives by bilingual children of variable relative proficiency in Spanish and English. Patterns in the use of each question and directive type were examined in relation to language proficiency and context of use. Qualitative characteristics of the questions and directives were analyzed. The subjects…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Washington, DC. – 1985
A secondary school principals' reference guide provides information on key issues concerning foreign students in the United States both in organized exchange programs and under sponsorship of relatives and friends. The topics discussed include: elements in promoting successful youth exchange programs; admissions and academic placement (initial…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Admission (School), Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries
Ortiz, Alba A.; Wilkinson, Cheryl Y. – 1987
The document reports detailed results of an analysis of special education services provided in three urban school districts in Texas to 24 limited English proficient (LEP) Hispanic students and 28 English proficient Hispanic students (grades 2 through 5) who were classified as communication disordered. The focus of the study was on data collected…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communication Disorders, Communicative Competence (Languages), Diagnostic Tests
Graduate Management Admission Council, Princeton, NJ. – 1982
A comprehensive guide to the kinds of verbal and mathematical questions likely to appear in the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is presented. The current GMAT consists of multiple-choice questions, which are divided among eight separately timed sections. A general description and brief discussion are presented of the objectives and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Business Administration Education, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Christian, Donna; And Others – 1983
A study examining the sociolinguistic context and emerging linguistic structure of English in a Northern Virginia Vietnamese community, based on taped interviews and limited writing samples, is presented. The subjects were 93 refugees categorized by age range (10-13, 15-18, 20-25, 35-55 years), length of residence in the United States (1-3 and 4-7…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Classroom Techniques, Contrastive Linguistics
