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Ulibarri, Horacio – 1969
This project, carried out in 1968-1969, undertook as its main purposes (1) to review the research that has been conducted on bilingual education; (2) to obtain the recommendations on bilingual education from those persons who have been actively engaged in working with this problem; (3) to conduct on-site visitations to see at first hand programs…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Biculturalism
Piechowski, Marjorie – 1967
Selections from world literature can increase high school students' interest in reading, their familiarity with age-old literary themes, their understanding of literary genres, their awareness of varying cultures, and their skill in analyzing and writing about literature. A world literature course with those aims introduced in a small Wisconsin…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classical Literature, Comedy, Drama
Blanch, Emma J. – 1974
The two elements of drama are action and dialogue, and both have a place in the foreign-language learning experience. They may be introduced into the classroom by means of a "drama lab," a learning activity that permits students to act out foreign language materials such as tableaus, poetry, ballads, folklore, and plays. Drama allows the student…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Drama, Dramatics, FLES
Dodge, James W., Ed. – 1972
The Report of the First Working Committee of the 1972 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages focuses on the interrelationship of culture and language. A discussion on teaching another culture and on sociocultural aspects of foreign-language study comprises the first major section of the "Report." The second part presents short…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Interrelationships, French, German
Cummins, Jim – 1999
This digest describes ways in which professionals who work with students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds can create an educational climate that accepts and respects the language and culture of its students and empowers them to feel confident enough to risk getting involved in the learning process. Methods of creating such an…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Community Involvement, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
McNeil, Aurelia – 2000
This paper presents a descriptive examination of the effects of high school learners of Spanish who complete a series of Internet-based assignments using a popular online Spanish tutorial. The study is designed to measure the knowledge acquired from the World Wide Web by administering and comparing a pretest and a posttest to both a sample and a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, High School Students, Internet

Bullitt, Leslie Kay; Gonzalez, Augusta C.; Luna, Boni – National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, 1998
This unit was created as a result of a summer institute sponsored by the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. The Center's goal is to improve student learning of foreign languages in kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12). To this end, the Center provides professional support for foreign language…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, National Standards, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
O'Shea, M.V. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
This monograph presents data and conclusions derived from one phase of an investigation of objectives and methods in the teaching of modern foreign languages in high schools and colleges. A committee of specialists operating under the auspices of the American Council of Education and with financial assistance received from the Carnegie Corporation…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Graduation, High Schools
Beckett, Amie Mitchel – Teacher Education and Practice, 1997
Preschool teachers from Texas school districts with high and low Hispanic populations completed surveys examining their knowledge and beliefs about early childhood bilingualism and developmentally appropriate practice. Positive beliefs about the use of native language to develop emergent cognitive-academic language proficiency through active…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Child Development, Developmental Stages

Sheets, Rosa Hernandez – Theory into Practice, 1995
Describes a culturally relevant Spanish program in a high school that helped native speakers avoid failure due to culturally inappropriate teaching. The class maintained Latino students' native language and increased language fluency by developing thinking, oral, and written Spanish skills. Eventually, students previously labeled "at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement, Cultural Influences

Yudkin, Jacqueline – Music Educators Journal, 1995
Maintains that every public school student deserves an opportunity to study a musical instrument. Asserts that a limited command of English should not prevent a student from being accepted into instrumental music class or hinder that student's progress. Describes a music education program for students speaking limited English. (CFR)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Environment, Educational Opportunities
Rubinstein-Avila, Eliane – Educational Leadership, 2006
The English-only initiatives sweeping the United States are mainstreaming English language learners into content-area classes designed for native or fluent English speakers, with little, if any, English as a second language (ESL) support. This spells trouble for the ever-growing population of Latinos because ESL teachers are not likely to have the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Hispanic American Students, Foreign Countries

Wrigley, Heide Spruck; Guth, Gloria J. A. – 1992
An overview of the salient issues in adult English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) literacy is presented as reported in the literature on adult education and applied linguistics. Emphasis is on programs that have implemented promising practices and effective approaches to help ESL students develop their literacy skills. Characteristics of effective…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingualism, English (Second Language)
Nacif, Vannessa – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2005
This article describes a food and restaurant project undertaken by 6-year-old children in a bilingual school in Mexico City. The teacher who conducted this study illustrates the children's involvement in this investigation through photographs, samples of their work, and explanations.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Students, Photography, Preschool Education
Andrews, Nancy; And Others – 1986
The Minneapolis public elementary school program in Spanish is described. It was established in 1974 as a FLES program in kindergarten and first grade, later established as part of a fundamental school alternative, and recently expanded to a partial immersion program. Children ideally follow the program from kindergarten through sixth grade. A…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education