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Hechinger, Fred M. – The New York Times Magazine, 1985
Presents descriptions of bilingual education in Sweden, Great Britain, Canada, France, West Germany, and Japan. In all cases, the struggle is to preserve ethnic pride while developing proficiency in the dominant language of each nation. Methods range from special classes or courses to total immersion experiences. (SA)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction
Baker, Keith A.; deKanter, Adriana A. – American Education, 1983
Reviews the history of bilingual education in the United States from the 1974 Supreme Court ruling to the present. Concludes that federal policy must be flexible in allowing districts to select the program that best meets their needs. Discusses three specific programs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedEngberg, Eva – Journal of Reading, 1983
A Swedish linguist talks about his work and the role of reading and writing in helping immigrants achieve full bilingualism. (FL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Peer reviewedAdamo, Amelia – Children Today, 1981
Reviews recent actions taken in Sweden to promote child welfare such as banning corporal punishment, prohibiting the sale of toys depicting modern war, implementing parent education and bilingual programs, and providing leave from work so parents can care for their newborn. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Welfare, Corporal Punishment, Divorce
Download full textPaulston, Christina Bratt – 1982
Swedish research and opinion on bilingualism, language policy, and bilingual education in Sweden is reviewed. The Swedish debate on language planning and bilingual education revolves around two perspectives: structural-functional theory and conflict theory. Swedish research consists primarily of statistical and descriptive studies rather than…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Tingbjorn, Gunnar – 1979
Since Sweden will never again be a monolingual, monocultural country, new approaches to language instruction in the schools must be developed. Instruction in Swedish and in Swedish as a Foreign Language should be provided for all pupils for whom Swedish is truly a foreign language. Instructional programs should be designed to prevent the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism
Peer reviewedBain, Bruce – Integrated Education, 1982
Holds that, in Canada, educational achievement inequalities are erroneously attributed to language disadvantage rather that to the power implications imposed on languages by social-psychological relationships. Examines several countries' experiences with bilingual education, and stresses that children should master their native language before…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
