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Til, Brianes – Yelmo, 1975
The author fantasizes that at some point in the distant past England was a Spanish colony. He supports his thesis by revealing fantastic etymologies of some English place names showing the influence of Spanish on English, for example "Surrey" comes from "su rey." (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)
Descriptors: English, Etymology, European History, Fantasy
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Zialcita, Fernanado – World Englishes, 1990
Nick Joaquin, a leading English-language writer in the Philippines, explores the cultural construction of self though fiction that centers on the lives of the Spanish-speaking elite. Joaquin seeks to interpret the self as a dynamic process, forever exploring, interrogating, and reaffirming itself against the background of Philippine culture. (25…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, English, Fiction, Foreign Countries
Goldman, Susan R.; Reyes, Maria – 1983
Children's understanding of fables and the degree to which knowledge used by the child to understand first language input is also used to understand second language input were studied. In addition, the way that such a relationship changes as the second language is acquired was examined. Students in Spanish-English bilingual programs in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Elementary Education, English
Lukes, Marguerite, Ed.; Rawson, Katherine, Ed. – 1993
On Saturdays, neighbors in the Mount Pleasant area of the District of Columbia come together to participate in the family involvement component of The Books Project, a teacher education program that trains teachers to implement writing workshops in language diverse classrooms. The Family Involvement Project expands The Books Project to include…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
WITHIN EACH OF 19 FIELDS, BOOKS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR. ENTRIES INCLUDE THE AUTHOR'S NAME, THE TITLE OF THE BOOK, THE PUBLISHER, THE PUBLICATION DATE AND THE PRICE. THE LIST INCLUDES 3,767 ENTRIES. (WO)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Architecture, Art, Bibliographies