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Malicky, Grace V.; Derwing, Tracey – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1993
A Canadian bilingual ESL program for Cambodians was taught by an experienced English-speaking ESL teacher and a Cambodian-speaking coteacher. Observations, interviews, and journal analysis showed that a bilingual monocultural format encouraged student participation and peer teaching and that second-language learning was facilitated by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education, Cambodians
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Ma, Grace X.; Tan, Yin; Toubbeh, Jamil I.; Su, Xuefen; Shive, Steven E.; Lan, Yajia – Health Education Research, 2004
The relationship between acculturation and smoking behavior was examined in four Asian-American groups that included recent immigrants and US-born Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese and Cambodians residing in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The study was part of a community-based, comprehensive cross-sectional study designed to…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Smoking, Acculturation, Immigrants
Minneapolis Public Schools, MN. – 1994
This booklet of individual handouts was prepared to assist Minneapolis mainstream school teachers to work with limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. Topics discussed include current research on how LEP students best learn in mainstream classes, social versus academic English, and adapting instructional procedures for and integrating LEP…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cambodians, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem, Lucy, Ed.; Halper, Joel Martin, Ed. – 1989
This publication provides autobiographical essays by students originally from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, all of whom arrived in the United States as refugees between 1975 and 1982. Following an introduction is an initial essay, "Becoming a Refugee, Being a Refugee, Ceasing To Be a Refugee," by L. Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem. The student essays are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Autobiographies, Cambodians
Sharma, Sanjeev; Ladd, Ginger, Ed. – 1994
This book provides students with information about culture and trace important historical events that have brought this nation to its current position in the 20th century. Each chapter provides background information along with a glossary, student activities, and project suggestions. Chapters include: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "The…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, Cambodians
Chhim, Sun-Him; And Others – 1989
This document comprises three booklets that serve as a foundation for understanding the cultural diversity and values of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese students. Each booklet reviews the country's history and geography. "Introduction to Cambodian Culture" (S. Chhim) discusses the following topics: (1) the Khmer concept of individual…
Descriptors: Asian History, Cambodians, Cultural Background, Cultural Context
Slavin, Robert E.; Yampolsky, Renee – 1991
This report presents the results of two years (1988-1990) of the Success for All elementary school restructuring program in grades K-3 at the Francis Scott Key Elementary School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). The program was designed to ensure basic skills education for the majority Asian population of the school. The program uses innovative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Basic Skills, Cambodians
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Project TEACH (Technological Enrichment and Achievement for Cambodians and Hispanics) aims to facilitate the students' linguistic and cultural adjustment to American society while preparing them to enter the job market. Carried out at Theodore Roosevelt High School (Bronx, New York) Project TEACH provides students new to America with computer and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Business Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1984-1985, the final year of funding, Project BACIS provided instructional, resource, and supportive assistance to three different populations of recent immigrants from Cambodia, Haiti, and Vietnam at three high schools in New York City: Christopher Columbus (Bronx), Samual J. Tilden (Brooklyn), and Walton High School (Bronx). At each site the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodians, English (Second Language)
Stein, Barry N. – 1982
Because of the lack of research on the Khmer people in the United States, and because the Khmer have arrived here so recently, this paper describes itself as "less a state of the art analysis of Khmer resettlement and more of a speculation on their condition calling for more research." After an introductory section, the paper describes the two…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Cambodians, Educational Attainment
Koschmann, Nancy Lee; Tobin, Joseph Jay – 1979
This is a handbook for mental health workers and human service providers who deal with Indochinese refugees. Part I of the booklet provides an overview of the Indochinese refugee situation, discussing the refugees' experience, how they came to the United States, how they have adjusted, and factors that service providers must consider in helping…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Asian History
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Social Security Administration (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Family Assistance. – 1979
Written for the Indochinese adult immigrant and the American sponsor, friend, or teacher, the document describes the cultures both in English and Vietnamese. The first part is a guide to the American culture. It explains American characteristics that may seem puzzling to a foreigner: the value placed on achievement and hard work, the highly…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Asian Americans, Cambodians, Cultural Awareness
Burton, Eve – Migration Today, 1983
Based primarily on interviews with American sponsors of Khmer refugees, describes a cluster resettlement project conducted in Amherst, South Hadley, Northampton, and Easthampton, Massachusetts. Discusses services provided to refugees and considers sponsor-refugee relations. (GC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Cambodians, Church Programs
Fleck, Karen M. – Principal, 1995
The Santa Clara (CA) transition project is a collaborative effort between the county's Head Start program and a San Jose school district. The program provides teacher training, transition activities, developmentally appropriate practices, comprehensive family services, and parent involvement opportunities. During 1994-95, the project is working…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cambodians, Cooperative Programs, Early Childhood Education
Scheinfeld, Daniel R. – 1993
This guide is intended to aid in the design of parent education courses for refugee and immigrant parents, especially those who are having problems in relations with their children. The presentation is based on the experience of three parent-education projects, each of which conducted an 8-week course for Cambodian refugees who were experiencing…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Child Rearing, Culture Conflict, Foreign Countries
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