The small size and peripheral geographical location of the Gaelic speech community in the northwest of Scotland and the Hebrides are discussed as the two most important factors resulting in a lack of development in the concept and practice of bilingual education within the community's schools. (Author/HP)

A study is reported in which Mexican-American and Anglo adolescents rated the personalities of sixteen speakers representing four language categories: English-Home, Spanish-Home, English-School, and Spanish-School. The study sought information about the Mexican-American bilingual adolescent and his reactions to his position as a bilingual.…

Analyzes of the Australian linguistic scene, from the theoretical viewpoint of humanistic sociology and on the basis of empirical data collected from a number of surveys of ethnic groups. (Author/HP)

A survey of the current language situation in India from a historical perspective, and an analysis of assumptions concerning language development. It is concluded that present government policies are ambivalent, giving lip-service to narrow definitions of mother tongues while directing resources toward the development of more broadly defined…

Describes a setting in which some people become bilingual and others do not, in which some languages are learned as second languages and others are not, and in which bilingualism is sometimes a creature of formal education and sometimes is not. (Author/HP)

Current trends in American Indian bilingual education are discussed. An overview of American Indian bilingual programs is presented. The model utilized shows the range of variation in situation, programs and goals. (HP)

This paper discusses cultural diversity and language in the schools and the need for bilingual-bicultural education. Language planning deals with (1) the language problems which precipitated calls for bilingual education, and (2) the manner in which the U.S. Government has sought to solve this problem. (CHK)

Two studies which examined the effect of bilingual cultural/educational experience on competence are presented. The language/educational matrix of the child is an influential factor in development. Bilingual children tended to have greater "cognitive plasticity" than monolingual children. A comprehensive theory of human development is…

This study identifies preferences regarding the medium of instruction (mother tongue/second language) in science in the secondary schools of Amman and Irbid in Jordan. It attempts to identify the preferred language of instruction in science for secondary students, secondary science teachers, and first-year university students. (Author/HP)

Discusses the concept that one must work from within bilingual education outward toward other disciplines rather than from the outside, or from the pursuit of other disciplines inward toward an understanding of bilingual education. (Author/HP)