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Amastae, Jon – Language Variation and Change, 1989
The analysis of interviews with 14 speakers of Honduran Spanish found that group "r,""l" glides, and "s" inhibit spirantization variably, much as they do in Colombian Spanish, presenting a view that attributes spirantization to syllable structure for a more comprehensive explanation of the variable processes. (29…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Distinctive Features (Language), Foreign Countries, Interviews

Field, Fredric – Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 1999
Focuses on the differences between bilingual mixtures and creoles. In both types of language, elements and structures of two or more distinct languages are intermingled. By contrasting Nahuatl, spoken in Central Mexico, with Palenquero, a Spanish-based creole spoken near the Caribbean coast of Colombia, examines two components of language thought…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Creoles, Foreign Countries

Davis, Martha Swearingen – Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 1993
Analyzes the anterior tense and its interaction with object clitics in Palenquero (a creole spoken in a northern Colombia village), arguing that in Palenquero, the morpho-syntax of the anterior tense and its interaction with clitics results from a convergence of Iberian, especially Portuguese, and relevant African languages. Examples are provided…
Descriptors: African Languages, Creoles, Linguistic Borrowing, Pidgins
De Abreu, Katia – Yelmo, 1976
This article discusses the use of the expression "a nivel de" (level with) in Colombian Spanish. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Expressive Language, Language Research, Language Usage

de Mejia, Anne-Marie; Tejada, Harvey – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2003
Traced development of a bilingual curriculum in a monolingual private school in Cali, Colombia, with particular reference to the creation of a curricular proposal in accord with the philosophy and expectations of the school community and the process of particular empowerment generated throughout the research. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Curriculum Development, Empowerment

de Ramirez, Lori Langer – Hispania, 1996
Emphasizes that language taught in a meaningful context is readily acquired by second-language learners and suggests that stories from the oral tradition of any Spanish-speaking cultures are excellent sources of material for language in content. These stories may be used to supplement traditional textbooks and readers. (13 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Oral Tradition
Hood, Joyce; Gonzalez, Clara R. – 1976
In order to investigate whether the reading process develops similarly in languages where grapheme-phoneme relationships are more consistent, or where there is less word-order constraint, than in English, oral-reading-error analysis was extended to a language other than English. Errors evaluated were made by five Colombian second graders and six…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Miscue Analysis

Lega, Leonor I. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1981
The Colombian version of the test met acceptable requirements of reliability and construct validity for use in cross-cultural research. Use of the back-translation method ensured equivalency of the Colombian and the English versions, and items in the Colombian version carried the same meaning as those in the original English version. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects
Ministerio de Educacion Nacional, Bogota (Colombia). Instituto Colombiano de Pedagogia. – 1971
This document discusses some considerations in the development of a system for educational documentation and information in Colombia. There is a need for a national policy of educational documentation to insure cooperation among various institutions involved in the task. The three main objectives are documentation and information for teacher…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, Computers, Educational Experiments
Guardado, Martin – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquee, 2006
This qualitative study aims to explore the loss and maintenance of Spanish in Latin American children in Vancouver from the perspective of parents. It focuses on the experiences of children either developing bilingually (Spanish-English) or monolingually (English). The participating families were from Colombia, Guatemala, and El Salvador, and had…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries, Latin Americans
Ministerio de Educacion Nacional, Bogota (Colombia). Instituto Colombiano de Pedagogia. – 1972
This booklet defines and establishes guidelines for educational research in Colombia. Sections describe basic philosophy and objectives, types of research, policies for educational investigation, governmental role, and principle areas for educational research. A listing of current and proposed research projects is provided. The final section…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Educational Research, Evaluation
Ministerio de Educacion Nacional, Bogota (Colombia). Instituto Colombiano de Pedagogia. – 1971
This booklet describes the procedures and requirements to be observed when financial support for education research is requested from the Instituto Colombiano de Pedagogia (ICOLPE), an educational improvement agency established by the Colombian government in 1968. The educational priorities for research are listed along with the rules and format…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Educational Research

Ardila, Alfredo; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1994
A questionnaire given to 1,879 Bogota (Colombia) university students found a prevalence of 2% in self-reported stuttering. Results also indicated that the prevalence of minor brain injury or dysfunction, developmental dyslexia history, word-finding difficulties, and depressive symptoms were higher among the stutterers than the nonstutterers. (DB)
Descriptors: College Students, Depression (Psychology), Dyslexia, Emotional Problems
Ordonez, Claudia Lucia – International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 2004
In Spanish-monolingual Colombia, social pressures push for access to early 50 = 50% Spanish-English medium instruction from the age of five. Parents and school administrators consider this the best way to achieve bilingualism. This article takes a first general look at the effects of this type of bilingual education on the Spanish and English…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Monolingualism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
Verdugo, M. A.; Cordoba, L.; Gomez, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Assessing the quality of life (QOL) for families that include a person with a disability have recently become a major emphasis in cross-cultural QOL studies. The present study examined the reliability and validity of the Family Quality of Life Survey (FQOL) on a Spanish sample. Method and Results: The sample comprised 385 families who…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Test Validity