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Escamilla, Kathy; Andrade, Anna – Education and Urban Society, 1992
Research suggests that use of a child's native language in initial literacy instruction is beneficial. The Descubriendo la Lectura (DLL) Spanish-language application of the English Reading Recovery Program is described as implemented for one Spanish-speaking first grade boy. The DLL program capitalizes on strengths children demonstrate in reading.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Elementary School Students, Grade 1

Kuball, Yazmin E. – Young Children, 1999
Describes a preschool teacher's transition from a traditional kindergarten to a multi-age, multi-year (looping) program. Lists common complaints heard from more-traditional teachers receiving children from more-developmentally appropriate classrooms. Explains the importance of using whole language with quality children's books for Spanish-speaking…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Continuous Progress Plan, Developmental Continuity
Fiori, Melissa L. – CALICO Journal, 2005
This article reviews the findings of a study which set out to examine the role that consciousness raising (CR) plays in grammatical development in synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC). Students participated in weekly SCMC sessions. Spanish L2 forms "por/para" and "ser/estar" were chosen, and the data from two groups--form-and-meaning…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Mediated Communication, Social Behavior, Verbs
Kenner, Charmian – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2005
Mainstream educators tend to assume that families should follow a school-prescribed pathway, centred on parent-child storyreading sessions, to help their children become literate and achieve educational success. The research discussed here focuses on case studies of bilingual families with six-year-old children growing up in London, and shows that…
Descriptors: Siblings, Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Child Development
Severeide, Rebecca – Online Submission, 2007
Purpose and Methods: This report is the second benchmark study to assess the system of supports for school readiness. The data for this study was collected in the fall of 2006 on 537 entering kindergarten children and their families in eight representative schools across the County. The ecological model and methods from the first study, which was…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Gimeno, Ana; Ingraham, Bruce – 1994
CAMILLE's primary objective is to exploit recent developments in multimedia computing to create a flexible, student-centered, electronic language learning environment to support the acquisition of a second language. The consortium's first target was to produce a learning resource for beginners of Spanish and another for beginners of Dutch, as well…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Change Agents, Classroom Environment
Roman, Elliott M. – 1994
In 1993-94 the Career Awareness Program for Bilingual Haitian and Hispanic Students (Project CAP) was in its fifth and final year as an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII project. Project CAP operated at two high schools in Brooklyn (New York), serving 136 Haitians at one and an undetermined number of Spanish-speaking and Haitian…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Development, Dropout Prevention, English (Second Language)
Yanping, Ann – 1994
The Helpful Opportunities for Pupil Enrichment (Project HOPE) was an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its third year in 1993-94. It operated at three intermediate schools in New York City. In the year evaluated, Project HOPE served 365 Spanish- and Chinese-speaking students in grades 6 through 8 who were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Career Counseling, Chinese Americans
Coleman, James A. – 1995
A study of over 3,000 British college and university students investigated the relationship of student language proficiency and student demographic and background characteristics. Proficiency levels were assessed by means of C-Tests, while associated questionnaires sought to explore biographical data, language learning background, residence…
Descriptors: College Students, Demography, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
McClure, Erica; And Others – 1993
A study compared the types of information included in English narratives written by monolingual American students, English narratives by bilingual Mexican students, and Spanish narratives by monolingual Mexican students, and possible differences by grade level. Subjects were in six groups: monolingual (English-speaking) American; bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Huang, Shwu-yong L.; And Others – 1997
A study investigated the effects of home language and some bilingual instructional practices on language minority or bilingual secondary students' learning of English as a second language. Subjects were 17 teachers and their students from 12 secondary schools in an urban school district with a high Hispanic enrollment. Teachers were observed for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Huang, Gary Gang – 1992
This study examines the conditions under which Spanish proficiency is associated with self-esteem among Mexican American adolescents. The study questions the validity of a gross relationship between Spanish proficiency and self-esteem and postulates that the link is stronger: (1) for youth whose significant others prefer speaking Spanish; (2) for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Grade 8, Hispanic American Students, Junior High School Students
Chamot, Anna Uhl; And Others – 1988
Part of a larger research project, this longitudinal study analyzed differences between effective and ineffective high school and college language learners and changes in strategy uses over time. Related studies include a descriptive study, which identified learning strategies used in studying foreign languages, and a course development study, in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Chamot, Anna Uhl; And Others – 1988
The range and characteristics of learning strategies used in studying foreign languages were studied in a 3-year project involving 67 high school students of Spanish and 34 college students of Russian. This final report reviews second language acquisition theory and learning strategies, research in learning strategies, and a cognitive model of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, High School Students

Columbia Univ., New York, NY. Inst. for Urban and Minority Education. – 1994
This guide was compiled of instructional materials designed by teachers of Spanish at the elementary and secondary levels. The materials consist of lesson plans and readings, each with a slightly different perspective, which collectively give a comprehensive view of the history and culture of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Many lessons…
Descriptors: Art Education, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Cultural Awareness