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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Continuing Education Curriculum Development. – 1983
This manual provides materials to help managers, counselors, and teachers of the Adult Education Act, the Welfare Education Program, and State-Funded High School Equivalency or External High School Diploma programs in New York operate effectively. It would also be helpful to managers of any program for adults leading to a secondary credential. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Download full textHandscombe, Jean, Ed.; And Others – 1983
The conference papers presented in this volume explore various aspects of a central question: how will computers be used in language teaching or, more broadly, who will be in control? The volume is divided into three sections: Critical Interactions, Promising Approaches, and Political Influences. Papers included within each of these categories are…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Bilingual Education, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Snow, Marguerite Ann; Brinton, Donna M. – 1988
The adjunct model of language instruction is described as it has been implemented at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). In this model, freshman English and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) courses are linked with content area courses to better integrate the reading, writing, and study skills required for academic success at the…
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Smith, Philip D. – 1980
This paper reviews research literature in the following areas associated with second language reading: (1) the level of language development in the native and target languages, (2) the teaching method selected, (3) the teaching materials selected, (4) the time and place of initial literacy in the home-language (L1), (5) the transition from…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Style, Cultural Context
Brown, Nancy; And Others – 1981
This handbook contains information to assist English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and administrators in developing a course for pre- and semi-literate adults, testing, determining criteria for hiring ESL teachers, and training teachers. In the first section an outline is provided for teaching basic literacy (reading and writing) skills. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1981
The purpose of this report is to acquaint the reader with the culture of the refugees entering American schools, to identify some of the educational problems they and educators face, and to help identify solutions or possibilities within educational management terms. In the first section of the report, the values, customs, traditions, beliefs, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Arithmetic, Bilingual Education
Kimball, George H. – Journal of Research and Evaluation of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, 1981
This report presents evaluation results of an Oklahoma City Public Schools bilingual and multicultural education program to increase achievement levels and improve multicultural attitudes among Spanish speaking elementary school children of limited English proficiency. Results of English and Spanish tests of language proficiency in kindergarten to…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Administrator Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Cultural Pluralism
Freedman, Albert I. – 1979
A field-responsive academic development program, the Hartford Higher Education Hispanic Project, was implemented to facilitate access to and continuation in three Hartford colleges by Hispanic students. It finances a Learning Skills/Resource Center housed at the University of Hartford and educational/guidance supportive services and activities at…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Planning, College Students, Educational Counseling
Haskell, John F., Ed. – TESOL Newsletter, 1980
Six 1980 issues of the TESOL Newsletter are presented. Topics include the following: preparing a written paper for oral presentation (Fraida Dubin); current trends in teaching English as a second language (TESL) (Ruth Crymes); ESL syllabuses (Carlos Yorio); teaching Black English (Lorraine Goldman); the state of certification and employment within…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Educational Media
Iwamura, Susan Grohs – 1981
Different views of the purposes of literacy are among the factors that influence success rates of students from different backgrounds. Research involving non-mainstream English proficient children is useful in understanding the adjustment of students with limited or no English proficiency. Although previous experience with literacy is an important…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Editing
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the English reading competence of Navajo students in public and Bureau of Indian Affairs schools; (2) the effect of syntax on readability for Spanish-speaking…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education
Korpi, Barbara, Comp. – 1979
This biliography is intended to help educators locate materials, ideas, and methods which will enable adults to become more functionally literate. Readability levels are provided for many items. The bibliography is divided into six sections. The first section lists materials for the professional educator, including resources, staff development…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies
Reflections and Investigations on Reading: Twenty-fifth Yearbook of the National Reading Conference.
Miller, Wallace D., Ed.; McNinch, George H., Ed. – 1976
Focusing on the broad topic of reading, the articles in this volume are arranged into the following categories: literature reviews, college and adult education, teacher education, reading research, language, and comprehension. The literature reviews cover the areas of the underlining study aid, learning from text, sex roles and reading…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Koppe, J., Comp. – 1973
This hand book is to be used in conjunction with Book Two of an English as a second language program for young aboriginal children. It outlines in detail suggested activities for each week of class, emphasizing oral and reading skills. There are numerous games, poems, and short stories. Also included are appendixes on teaching equipment,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Childrens Games, Class Activities, Educational Games
Davidoff, Stephen H.; And Others – 1971
The purpose of this 1970-1971 evaluation was to examine the degree to which this cluster of projects has been contributing to the attainment of the community-related goals of the School District, and to test the validity of the assumptions (on which these projects are based) that information leads to participation and that information and…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Cluster Grouping, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth
