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Tauroza, Steve – ELT Journal, 1993
For 42 Italian students studying English as a foreign language, there was no significant difference in subjects' success in recognizing words, regardless of whether words' final consonants were fully realized. Exercises that focus attention on sounds at the ends of words make learners practice a strategy that neither they nor first-language…
Descriptors: College Students, Consonants, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Strambi, Antonella – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2004
This article presents the results of a longitudinal study on the perceptions of a Web-enhanced learning environment by a group of beginning-level students of Italian. A Website was specially designed and implemented as a complement to the existing syllabus, in order to enhance interactivity, variety, and authenticity of materials and tasks, as…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computers, Educational Technology, Educational Environment
Levy, Mike; Kennedy, Claire – Language Learning & Technology, 2004
The aim of this paper is to describe a task-cycling pedagogy for language learning using a technique we have called "Stimulated Reflection". This pedagogical approach has been developed in the light of the new technology options available, especially those that facilitate audiovisual forms of interaction among language learners and teachers. In…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Second Languages, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Schaeffer, Jeannette – 1995
This paper reports the results of an experiment with 21 Italian children (age 2;8-5;11) and 29 U.S. children (age 2;7-5;9) who were tested on their knowledge of verb raising to C in main WH-questions, an obligatory movement process in adult Italian and English. Along the lines of recent movement and feature checking theories, it is proposed that,…
Descriptors: Child Language, English, Graphs, Italian
Iandoli, Louis J. – 1993
This paper discusses the development and content of a third-year Italian course entitled "Italian for Business and Communication," taught at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. Since there are few texts that focus on business Italian, the instructor conducted on-site research at three Italian companies in Milan. Observations and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions
Trivelli, Remo J. – 1990
The University of Rhode Island's business Italian course is an advanced language course whose focus is the Italian business world and its reflection of values, customs, and traditions. The course begins with presentations on salient features of contemporary Italian, such as syntactical simplification and nominalization, and how the social,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Course Descriptions
Offenberg, Robert M.; And Others – 1978
The first year of an individualized bilingual magnet project was evaluated. A total of 254 elementary and secondary students in Philadelphia participated. Multimedia bilingual education was provided to students of non-English speaking backgrounds at two sites. At the elementary site, bilingual education was offered in Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Project COPE, in its second year of funding, offered basic skills instruction, career development, and pre-occupational training to 343 students of limited English proficiency in grades 9 through 12 at three sites in New York City. The students varied in native language skills, proficiency in English, and overall academic preparedness. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Haitians
Grant, Geraldine S. – 1980
This research report summarizes data on six new immigrant groups, Colombians, Italians, Greeks, Koreans, Asian Indians, and Israelis, living in the Borough of Queens in New York City. The research format consisted of a comprehensive interview administered to 116 households. Data on occupation, education, income, household composition,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Educational Background, Ethnicity
Lombardo, Maria – 1985
To help parents of Italian descent take an active part in their children's education, a 2-year program was implemented in New York City and Boston. The project attempted to examine the impact of training upon (1) parents' active participation in the schools and the bilingual programs; (2) parents' home activities with their children; and (3) the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Home Study, Italian Americans
Rabkin, Judith G.; Struening, Elmer L. – 1976
This report is an analysis of five ethnic groups in New York City (Jews, blacks, Puerto Ricans, Italians, and Irish), and makes correlations between ethnicity, social class and mental illness. It estimates the extent to which five indicators of health in area populations account for variation in rates of mental hospitalization for men and women…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Status
King's Coll., Wilkes-Barre, PA. – 1975
The document consists of 25 papers on various topics in ethnic studies presented at an institute at King's College, Pennsylvania. General topics include two essays on teaching approaches to ethnic studies; a bibliography of relevant reference materials, fiction, poetry, drama, biography, audiovisual materials, research centers, and Pennsylvania…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development
Meloni, Alberto – 1978
Aspects of Italian immigration to the United States outlined in this guide include: (1) historical precedents for the Italian migration to North and South America; (2) economic reasons for the migration; (3) costs and resulting permanence of the migration; (4) characteristics of the family and individuals who migrated; (5) assimilation of these…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Status
Hayden, Robert C., Ed. – 1979
The document presents ten interviews with ethnically diverse Bostonian immigrants who have been long-time residents of their communities. It is part of the 1978-79 Ethnic Heritage Project for Boston Youth, designed for secondary students. Oral history is used to help students gain an understanding of the development of urban-ethnic neighborhoods…
Descriptors: Blacks, Chinese Americans, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
The Expanded Language Arts program aimed to increase the basic language skills of educationally disadvantaged children by decreasing class size and improving instructional materials. Students were drawn from a low income inner-city area of Buffalo and ranged in age from 11 to 19 years (grades 7-12). Fifty percent of the students spoke a Southern…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Expository Writing