Examines the realization of accent in Indian English (IE) compared to American English produced by teaching assistants in similar contexts. In teaching discourse, a lexically accented syllable is often realized in IE with a relative drop in frequency and without a reliable increase in amplitude. (Author/VWL)

As its core, the history of America is a history of race. Adding courses in Black studies to the regular curriculum is not enough to redress the White bias that permeates our thinking and our approach to teaching intellectual disciplines. Rather, we must reorder our one-sided approach to history. (GC)

Argues that oral and written American Indian literatures should be part of American literature courses dealing with the conquest of the West, the local color movement, or regional literature. Describes a selection of the best examples of American Indian autobiography and fiction. (AEA)

Views the teaching of a traditional English curriculum and the development of extramural cultural programs as potentially equal contributions to the discipline of English and describes a wide assortment of extramural offerings provided by the English department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (AEA)

Hundreds of words and phrases that are employed every day are not to be found in even the fullest dictionaries. This omission will be corrected by the Dictionary of American Regional English, which has collected daily speech of Americans, particularly regional colloquialisms. (MLW)

Presents three documents related to the Columbus Quincentenary and indigenous populations. Includes the Declaration of Quito (Ecuador) of July 21, 1990; the final text of the Declaration of Xelaju (Guatemala); and the document "After the 500 Years: Indigenous and Peoples' Unity Proposals for Political Action." (CFR)

This annotated list of reference sources features materials about Christopher Columbus's voyages to the Americas. While the sources featured are to be found specifically in Kent State University (Ohio) Libraries, this guide may provide helpful suggestions to persons interested in materials on Columbus in general. The guide covers the following…

Alcoholism is an almost universal problem which varies in nature and extent from culture to culture. To discriminate between French and American students on the basis of measured attitudes toward alcohol, American college students (N=291) and French college students (N=308) completed attitude measures for alcohol derived from a 14 scale semantic…

A 15-minute interview was conducted separately with 2 5th grade boys (1 Caucasian, 1 Negro) who were matched on IQ and 4 pupil characteristics; home background, personality, social behavior, and academic ability. A semantic differential scale was constructed for the 4 characteristics, and 5 disability labels were assigned to each child:…

Describes the beginnings of a concerted study of American Indian literature and calls for a systematic preparation and publication of a bilingual edition of surviving native American traditional repertories. (AEA)

Flannery O'Connor, author of prose characterized by directness and precision and unusally aware of her relationship with her readers, was consciously committed to communication. Yet she submitted her readers to tests they failed repeatedly and which they were bound to fail; often readers missed the point. (MSE)

Relates lack of clarity in educational thought and policymaking to the lack of direction in American society, resulting from a collapse of authority, breakdown of family and community ties, an erosion of traditional values, privatism v public good, and rejection of the past. Concludes, however, that these ills are not necessarily due to a failure…

Recommends that educational anthropologists publicly attack the ideological purposes to which the concept of culture has been deployed following the September 11 attacks, noting the importance of supporting schools, communities, and the media in addressing the power and politics of race and religion in contemporary social and political contexts.…

Examines the less obvious differences between British and American English in regard to semantics and grammar. A comparison is made, to see how American and British styles differ for public notice, in an experiment in which speakers of American English were asked to paraphrase notices from a British public utility office. (Author/OD)

Examines what happened to a little-known black newspaper, the "Provincial Freeman," which was published between 1853 and 1860 in what is now Canada's Ontario Province. Describes an uphill battle waged by editors and publishers to build a subscription base, solicit donations, recruit advertisers, and receive payment for their product. (TB)