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Ramirez de Arellano, Diana – 1971
The author presents her appreciation and defense of Spanish as it is spoken in New York City, especially among Puerto Ricans. She believes that the institution of bilingual education in the city's schools is an important first step in elevating Spanish to the position it deserves as a means of instruction and communication. The instructional…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
Sandstedt, Lynn A.; And Others – 1971
Articulation of materials, methods, and educational objectives of language programs in French, German, Spanish, and Latin focuses on achievement goals in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, writing, culture, and language analysis for levels 1 through 5. The programs emphasize the attainment of language fluency through the audiolingual…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiolingual Methods, Basic Skills, Cultural Education
Glaude, Paul M.; And Others – 1971
This updated Latin syllabus provides a framework for imparting an understanding of the Ancient World, more particularly of Roman civilization with its Grecian overtones, primarily through the development of reading skills. A chronological-historical approach has been chosen for the course of study from level 1 through level 5 courses of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Classical Languages, Cultural Education
Gomes de Matos, Francisco; Wigdorsky, Leopoldo – 1966
This report presents a survey of foreign language programs in Latin America. English as a second language is discussed as well as the teaching of other foreign languages. Remarks are made concerning language programs at various levels, teaching methods and materials, teacher preparation, status, and organizations, and acute problems. In the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Graham, Robert H. – 1971
This bibliography, compiled primarily for instructors and students of comparative and international education courses at the university level, is organized by topic and geographic area. Topics covered include: (1) general materials in the field of comparative and international education, including references and sources of data; (2) standard texts…
Descriptors: African Culture, Area Studies, Asian History, Bibliographies
Estrada, Lawrence J. – 1977
This document is a course outline for a community college Chicano Studies course focusing on the development of the Chicano and his role within Latin American society. The course seeks to examine broad concepts such as colonialism, discrimination, racism, and conflict and cultural pluralism within the Chicano context in the American Southwest and…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Brod, Richard I. – 1976
This report is based on a questionnaire survey sent to the registrars of all two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Replies were received from 2,494 institutions, of which 2,313 reported registrations in one or more foreign languages. The fall 1974 survey shows a decline of 6.2% in total foreign language…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Rate
Institute of International Education, New York, NY. – 1976
The report highlights issues discussed at a meeting of the International Councils on Higher Education held in Mexico in 1975. The purpose of the meeting was to promote exchange of ideas and experiences among higher education experts from Latin America and the United States. A major portion of the Mexico conference was devoted to an assessment of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
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Street, Jack D. – Foreign Language Annals, 1986
Explains Beloit College's 10-day program, designed to interest entering freshman in study of foreign languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish) and cultures. The program was successful in teaching the basics of the foreign languages and in eliminating anxiety about the study of those…
Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, College Freshmen, College Second Language Programs
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Gallant, Jennifer Jung; And Others – Top of the News, 1986
Thirteen bibliographies report on notable media for children and adolescents in the following categories: films; filmstrips, books, recordings, popular music, Batchelder Books (international read-alouds), books from Spanish-speaking countries, library services to children in hospitals, children's self-esteem, high-tech trade books, and the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiotape Cassettes, Childrens Literature
US House of Representatives, 2005
The purpose of this field hearing was for the members of the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, to learn more about a variety of programs authorized and funded by Title VI. Continued Federal support for these programs reflects the significance and growing relevance of language and area studies,…
Descriptors: International Studies, Higher Education, National Security, Latin American Culture
Callis, Jan – 1992
This simulation allows students to learn of the shared Hispanic background of the Southwestern states and help students realize that the states developed in a parallel fashion, not in isolation. The packet is divided into eight sections: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Land"; (3) "Native Americans"; (4)…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Area Studies, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Aikman, Sheila – 1999
This book examines indigenous education in South America, focusing on the development of intercultural education and on an ethnographic study of educational processes and change among the Arakmbut people of the Peruvian Amazon. The Arakmbut are one of seven Harakmbut-speaking peoples who live in the Department of Madre de Dios in southeastern…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education
Wei, Deborah, Ed.; Kamel, Rachael, Ed. – 1998
This teaching resource presents multiple perspectives of U.S. history by introducing the voices of peoples who may feel disconnected from the American Dream. Secondary level students are encouraged to understand how the vision of history is shaped according to who is looking and who is being seen. Organized in seven chapters, the document opens…
Descriptors: American Studies, Foreign Countries, Imperialism, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Linn, Bernard S.; Zeppa, Robert – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
Attitudes, personality, and career preference of Anglo and Cuban male and female medical students at the University of Miami were studied when they entered their surgical clerkship, and their performance was measured 12 weeks later. Most differences observed were a result of the Hispanic females, who may not be as assimilated into the core culture…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Career Choice, Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis
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