This report summarizes a meeting sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and carried out by the Center for Applied Linguistics to outline a bilingual kindergarten program in which Navajo would be the main medium for kindergarten activities, with oral English introduced as a subject. The meeting was the direct outcome of the recommendations of…

A brief review of the literature on bilingualism prefaces the study. Research which points up possible deleterious effects of bilingualism is cited. Two additional studies by Reigal et. al., and Peal and Lambert raise the possibility of bilingualism having some positive relationship to creativity. In this study, an attempt was made to examine the…

Written in Spanish, the article briefly discusses the composition of Hispano students in elementary schools. The role of bilingual education programs is discussed. (NQ)

Presents results of research in multilanguage teaching in the Philippines. (JM)

Author, consultant on bilingual education for the Dade County (Florida) schools, describes an instructional program aimed at a multicultural, bilingual society.'' (SP)

Argues that teaching writing effectively to diverse students of non-English background will require an examination of existing views about the nature of writing and a critical evaluation of the profession's ability to work with bilingual individuals of different types. Discusses the nature of bilingualism, trends in current scholarship, and…

Background/Context: New teachers face an array of challenges in today's schools. Even when teachers leave credential programs with useful preparation, early-career jobs and contexts shape and constrain teachers' goals and practice related to teaching diverse learners. Becoming change agents can be a tall order. Purpose/Objective/research…

Students Upgrading Mathematical Achievement (SUMA) is a part of the Bilingual Mathematics and Science Achievement project for Spanish-speaking Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. Its objective is to provide both remedial tutoring to students lacking mathematics skills and enrichment to students who are potentially gifted in mathematics.…

Discusses the cultural mediation of thinking and the idea of schools as special cultural settings that are never neutral. Describes an approach that mediates the school's contradiction between access to and control of literacy through a pedagogy that transcends the classroom and challenges the reductionist tendencies that characterize…

The relation of language of instruction and vocabulary to the English spelling of bilingual first graders receiving either English or Spanish literacy instruction and of monolinguals in English literacy instruction was explored. Only bilingual students in Spanish literacy instruction (SLI) exhibited Spanish-influenced spelling, indicating a…

This presentation on the preparation of early childhood teachers addresses implication of multiculturalism and bilingual education in early childhood programs. The purpose of the presentation was threefold: (1) to increase understanding of bilingualism and multiculturalism; (2) to compare and contrast bilingualism and multiculturalism; and (3) to…

Using data from census reports and educational statistics, this paper analyzes the language status and literacy trends in multilingual Singapore, where the four official languages are Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English. (CK)

This longitudinal study investigated the facilitative effects of four different program models on both acquisition of English and maintenance of Spanish by native Spanish-speaking kindergarten children. The four program models or treatments were: (1) traditional or regular kindergarten, taught in English with no formal English as Second Language…