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Equity in Education: The Case for Bilingual Education.
Nieto, Sonia – Interracial Books for Children Bulletin, 1986
An overview of some basic issues underlying the national debate on bilingual education: its history, goals, and political implications. Contrasts the maintenance and transitional approaches. Argues that bilingual education is a civil rights and an equity issue, an essential part of multicultural education. (LHW)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Civil Rights
La francophonie a la conquete de l'ouest (Francophony in Quest of the West).
Dufieux, Bertrand; Prieur, Gerard – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
An interview with Guy Roy, adjunct minister of education and professional education in Manitoba (Canada), explores the role of French, French language instruction, and French-language education outside Quebec Province, and specifically in Manitoba. Issues discussed include language and cultural maintenance, immersion education, language attitudes,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Futures (of Society), Immersion Programs
A Second Language in the Classroom; Are We Missing the Boat?
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Selman, Ruth – Montessori Life, 1993
In the context of an increasingly interdependent world society, discusses the benefits of early acquisition of a second language for American children. Benefits cited include the ease of learning a second language at an early age, improved abilities in concept formation, greater cognitive flexibility, and appreciation of cultural diversity. Second…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Cultural Awareness, Early Childhood Education
For Doing Business Abroad, How Much Foreign Language Proficiency is Enough?
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Gould, John W. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1986
Suggests that business communication students learn a foreign language, concentrating on conversation more than reading, in order to interact more effectively with foreign clients. (SRT)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Foreign Countries
Vivre Babel au quotidien (Living Babel Every Day).
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Merkt, Gerard – 1994
A discussion of multilingualism in Switzerland begins with a description of the country's linguistic characteristics. Historical Swiss policy recognizing four official languages, one of which (Romansch) is spoken by very few people, is compared with the current situation in which internal and external migration and multilingualism are common. The…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
When Children Don't Speak the Language of Instruction.
Speidel, Gisela E. – Kamehameha Journal of Education, 1992
Examines ways to adjust instruction to develop language while teaching specific academic content to students from different cultural and language backgrounds, focusing on students in Hawaii. Information is presented on adjusting instruction so that students will understand better, with emphasis on providing sufficient cues and information,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Foreign Language Education in Elementary Schools: Revitalizing and Maintaining a Workable Program.
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Finney, Rachel Elaine – 1996
A discussion of foreign languages in elementary schools (FLES) includes both historical and current overviews of FLES in the United States and makes recommendations for development of FLES programs. The historical review looks at program design and methods during the 1950s and 1960s and the successes and failures of program types and approaches.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiolingual Methods, Curriculum Development, Educational History