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Irujo, Suzanne – IRAL, 1993
Fluent Spanish-English bilinguals were asked to translate passages containing idioms into everyday conversational English. Results confirmed the use of knowledge of English to produce many idioms and the production of more idioms that were identical in both languages. (Contains 20 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, English, Error Analysis (Language)

Jacquette, Charles – 1973
This textbook for ESL contains ten lessons, plus a preface lesson to introduce the format. It is designed for use by Spanish-speaking high school students. All directions are given in both languages. Each lesson contains a statement of rationale and learning objectives, a pre-test, a list of sources of information to aid in learning the lesson…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Idioms
Wilkins, Ernest
The guide consists of 15 units to teach conversational Spanish to teachers of migrant children. Using directed conversations and patterned responses, the units cover exchanging common greetings, asking and answering questions, introducing yourself and telling where you work, making statements and answering questions about certain personal…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Rondon, Adolfo, Ed.; Serron, Sergio, Ed. – CLAVE, 1998
These two issues of the journal "CLAVE" contain these articles in Spanish with one article in English: "La ensenanza de la lingua materna" (Pablo Arnaez); "Saben resumir los alumnos universitarios de nuevo ingreso?" (Marisol Garcia); "El desempeno en la escritura de cartas argumentativas y cuentos en alumnos de octavo grado" (Yolanda Perez, Maria…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Speech), Bilingualism, Classroom Techniques