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Nechworth, John; And Others – 1989
This study examined the impact of Chapter 1 Developing Language Arts Competencies through Literature (DLACL) program in Houston, Texas, in the academic achievement of students served during the 1988-89 school year. A total of 8,505 students in grades 1-5 were served by the program. The investigation was designed to provide answers to the following…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Language Arts, Language Research

Schreffler, Sandra B. – Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 1994
A study identified second-person singular pronoun usage among Salvadoran speakers living in Houston, Texas, to see what changes, if any, have been caused by contact with other Spanish speakers with different speech patterns. Although the results confirm some linguistic behavior observed by others, some unexpected facts and diverging trends were…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Usage