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Zalbide, Mikel; Cenoz, Jasone – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
This paper focuses on the situation of Basque in education in the Basque Autonomous Community. First, it provides statistical information about four crucial aspects of bilingual education: (1) Parental choice regarding the linguistic model, that is, the use of Basque, Spanish or both Basque and Spanish as languages of instruction over the last 20…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Official Languages, Language of Instruction, Indo European Languages
Cenoz, Jasone – AILA Review, 2008
This paper focuses on the use of Basque as the language of instruction. In the first part of the article the situation of Basque in the Basque Country is briefly described and the different possibilities regarding the language(s) of instruction are explained: model A with Spanish as the language of instruction and Basque as a subject; model B with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Languages, Language of Instruction, Bilingual Education
Ramos, Francisco – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2009
This study examined opinions about some theoretical and practical tenets of bilingualism and bilingual education, as well as about the instructional use of English language learners' (ELLs) native languages in the classroom, of 77 teachers from Spain working in California as part of the California/Spain Visiting Teachers Program. In their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Academic Achievement
Huguet, Angel – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2007
From a legal and institutional point of view, the current situation of the different languages in Spain has a double basis: the fact that the Spanish Constitution acknowledges the country's multilingual and multicultural character, and the country's organisation into Autonomous Communities. Such a constitutional framework has made it possible for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Multilingualism, Bilingualism
Breton, Nekane Oroz; Ruiz, Pablo Sotes – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
This paper examines the impact of the Basque Law of 1986 on the status of Basque in schools in the Autonomous Community of Navarre. The sociolinguistic situation of Navarre is outlined, and changes in enrollment figures for the three principal language models (A, D and G) in infant and primary school in the different linguistic zones are examined…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Multilingualism, Enrollment, Indo European Languages
Sierra, Josu – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
The evaluation of bilingual education in the Basque Country has gone through different stages during the last 25 years. From 1983 onwards, language models of schooling A, B and D were developed, according to parental choice. Model A is not considered a bilingual education model, since L2 is taught as a subject only, while models B and D are…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Compulsory Education, Bilingual Education, Official Languages

Balerdi, Felix Etxeberria – Educational Review, 1997
The Basque Country in Spain has seen a resurgence in the Basque language (Euskara) and support for bilingualism and bilingual education. Two-thirds of students choose to learn in Euskara and fewer than one-third in Spanish. Schools using Euskara as the language of instruction are achieving better results. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basque, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education

Siguan, Miguel – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1980
Describes five types of schools presently functioning in Catalonia, a Spanish state with its own language existing alongside Spanish. The typology accords with the role of Catalan and Spanish in instruction and in student activities. The expected evolution of this situation is discussed along with a description of the Catalan-education project.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Background, Educational Planning
Cortina, Regina; Sanchez, Maria Teresa – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2007
The research presented in this article concerns la Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional (Spanish Agency for International Cooperation--AECI) and its growing presence in Latin America since the late 1990s. The aim is to evaluate the transformative potential that bilateral funding can have on educational reform in the region. The article…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Bilingual Education, International Cooperation, Educational Change
Ruiz-Molina, Maria-Eugenia; Cuadrado-Garcia, Manuel – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use of virtual learning environments in multicultural higher education of two different subjects: foreign language and marketing. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes the aims, development and results of an interdisciplinary collaboration project was held between two European…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Class Activities, Multicultural Education, Program Effectiveness

Beardsmore, Hugo Baetens – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1993
This article describes several language-related projects undertaken by the European Community to promote multilinguality and improved cross-national communication. It also describes four systems of bilingual education operating in individual Member States (Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Catalan and Basque regions of Spain). (Contains 15 references.)…
Descriptors: Basque, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Commission for International Adult Education, 2012
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Religion
De Par en Par, 1994
This document consists of three issues (1994) of a Spanish language periodical directed at elementary and middle school-aged children. Contained in these periodicals are a variety of activities designed to encourage the reader to learn and practice the Spanish language. Each issue focuses on a particular topic, e.g., "The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Childrens Games, Educational Games, Foreign Countries
Siguan, Miquel – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1984
The political changes which have occurred in Spain, e.g., the introduction of a democratic system of government, have made it possible for Catalonia to re-establish the official use of its language--Catalan--and to use this language in education. This process of change and educational practices today are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Education, Democracy, Educational Change
Huguet, Angel – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
In the bilingual contexts of two regions of Spain, Asturias (Asturian/Spanish) and Eastern Aragon (Catalan/Spanish), and given the relationship between language attitudes and linguistic proficiency, our study has two objectives. Firstly, the attitudes to the two contact languages are described. Secondly, the variables that can explain such…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Language Proficiency