Discusses the sociolinguistics of literacy with reference to three examples: the history of Jewish education and attitudes toward literacy, the Rock Point Community School bilingual program, and the Pacific Northwest Indian Reading Program. (EKN)

Discusses importance of looking into institutional practices within schools in bilingual research. Presents a case study and its community covering grouping arrangements for allocation of children of different scholastic achievement and language proficiency and the relationship of these groupings to curriculum and the school. (Author/BK)

In most bilingual education programs, the traditional course instruction, is conducted by the classroom teacher in English and later presented by the instructional aide in Spanish to the Chicano student. This implementation process and differentiated instructional modes may have severe consequences for the Chicano students' performance and…

Presents case promoting foreign languages in elementary schools using study conducted to explore relationships between bilingual and cognitive abilities of Mexican American children. Favors additive over subtractive bilingualism. (BK)

In this interview the president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals discusses the elements that make his school work. (IRT)

Describes an experience based reading program developed in Melbourne, Australia, for low-income and immigrant children and a series of books to be published which are based on this program. (MKM)

Describes the birth of a French immersion program in a Newfoundland primary school, attended by French-speaking, English-speaking, monolingual, and bilingual students. It is designed especially for the French-speaking minority in danger of losing its native language and culture to assimilation processes. (AM)

Studied secondary language learning and literacy practices for Swedish deaf bilingual students for whom Swedish Sign Language is the primary language and written Swedish is the secondary language. Observations in schools for the deaf over 3 years show how everyday classroom interaction makes available and restricts opportunities for students to…

Integrated schools that stress learning among students in two languages are called two-way schools. They provide a singularly rich educational environment and avoid the negative effects of educational segregation by tracking. A Chelsea, Massachusetts, bilingual elementary school focused on team building to use existing resources more effectively.…

Studied the longitudinal impact of a maintenance bilingual education program on the development of English in Spanish-speaking Mexican-American children in grades K-2. Subjects who were limited in both Spanish and English proficiency gained more in English achievement than those who were fluent in Spanish but not in English. (KS)

Describes experimental K-9 bilingual-bicultural curriculum in Navajo studies emphasizing open-ended questioning, inductive/analytical reasoning, and student verbalization in both small and large groups, and discusses reasons why it has been well received by teachers and students. Findings challenge conventional view that these students are…

An ethnographic case study investigated relations between teachers and parents of minority-language students in two elementary schools in a small California agricultural community. The study examined: (1) school district policies and guidelines concerning teacher interactions with parents and parent involvement in school activities; (2) the range…

In this evaluation of the fourth and final year of a Japanese and Korean bilingual education program, the program's seven major goals and sub-objectives are reviewed, and the program's success in attaining these goals is discussed. Data was obtained from visits to participating schools. It is concluded that the program met 15 of its 16 stated…

This is the teacher's guide for Matematica 1, an introduction to numbers for Portuguese-speaking students. The teacher's guide contains corresponding material to the 15 chapters in the student's book. The guide also contains for each lesson suggestions for presentation, a statement of objectives, and instructions for evaluating student learning.…

This mathematics textbook, written in Portuguese, is designed for second graders. Developed from objectives set forth by the National Portuguese Materials Development Center, it follows closely the objectives and methodology of major curricula used in schools of the United States. The thirteen chapters deal with: numeration (0-999); addition with…