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Ponterotto, Joseph G.; Rao, Vincent; Zweig, Julie; Rieger, Brian P.; Schaefer, Kristin; Michelakou, Sophie; Armenia, Carolyn; Goldstein, Harold – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2001
Attitudes towards receiving professional services were measured among Italian American and Greek American college students (N=232) attending schools in the Northeast. Italian American women had greater recognition of the need for help and increased confidence in counseling than the men did. Greek women were also more willing to seek counseling.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship

Muller, Natascha; Hulk, Aafke – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2001
Compares the results from monolingual children with object omissions in bilingual children who have acquired two languages simultaneously. Claims that the difference between monolingual and bilingual children is due to crosslinguistic influences in bilingual children. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, French

Allen, Stanley; Deuchar, Margaret; Dopke, Susanne; Kato, Mary Aizawa; Koppe, Regina; Paradis, Johanne; Roeper, Thomas; Schlyter, Suzanne; Tracy, Rosemarie; White, Lydia – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2001
Comments are provided by ten authors in response to an article on language separation and crosslinguistic influence in bilingual first language acquisition. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, French

Muller, Natascha; Hulk, Aafke – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2001
Responds to comments by various researchers on an early article presented in the same issue of this journal, claiming that language separation and crosslinguistic influence coexist in bilingual first language acquisition. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, French
Ferragina, Anna Maria; Mustica, Giuseppina – Babel, 2006
International Grammar School was founded twenty years ago on the belief in the benefits of immersion language learning for children. It offers immersion second language learning in German, Italian, French, and Japanese which continues through kindergarten into the high school years. With language as the medium and not the object of learning,…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education, Immersion Programs
Clyne, Michael; And Others – Language and Language Education: Working Papers of the National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia, 1992
This paper reports on a project examining the relationship between program model, sociolinguistic factors, and linguistic outcomes in a small sample of school languages other than English (LOTE) programs in Victoria. The languages are Chinese, German, Greek and Italian. Issues under consideration include: content-based versus language-object…
Descriptors: Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, German
Kaya-Carton, Esin; And Others – 1986
Social studies textbooks need careful inspection with regard to how they treat ethnicity. Although there have been several studies of possible bias in textbooks, there are methodological concerns that need further deliberation. Content analysis has been called a "technique for systematic inference from communications," and it may be viewed as a…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Italian Americans
Grant, Geraldine S. – 1981
This research report summarizes data on six immigrant groups residing in the New York City borough of Queens: Colombians, Greeks, Italians, Koreans, Indians, and Israelis. Data on which this report is based include aggregate qualitative data, analysis of previous surveys, data from other projects and public agencies, and a review of scholarly and…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Employment Level, Ethnicity, Greek Americans
Eiler, Mary Ann; Victor, David A. – 1988
A study compared and contrasted the use of openings, summational closings, and closures in Italian and U.S. business letters to examine the role of culture in international business communication. It is argued that the Italian business letter should be studied in a functional intra-cultural perspective where its meaning creates and maintains…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
Giauque, Gerald S. – 1984
A discussion of techniques for assisting native English-speaking students in understanding the concept of gender in such languages as French, German, Italian, and Spanish considers three issues: (1) What is gender? (2) What is a good way to learn the gender of nouns? and (3) How did the concept of gender develop and how can the concept help one to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation, Diachronic Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages)
Vecoli, Rudolph – Center Magazine, 1974
Traces the history of the Italian migration to the United States and their transition to American life. Describes changing trends in housing patterns, social mobility, educational attainment, social organizations and political and cultural orientations. (EH)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Influences, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Traits
Leaf, Jeanette B. – 1976
Elementary school students who were recent immigrants from Puerto Rico, Haiti, Greece, Italy, Hong Kong and Israel participated in this after school program. The goal of the program was to increase student proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English. Ninety-seven students from two elementary schools were selected on the basis of…
Descriptors: Chinese, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Haitians
Scavee, P.; Intravaia, P. – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1975
The article presents an audio-visual teaching method for advanced students of Italian, in which major emphasis is placed on phonostylistic and semiotic factors: intonation and stress, rhythm, and gestures. A sample exercise is included. (CLK)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Audiovisual Aids, Italian, Language Instruction
Palandra, Maria – 1978
This primary level reader in Italian intended for use in a bilingual education setting, is about the life cycle of a drop of water. The drop of water is personified and the story tells of its adventures as it travels from the top of the lake to the bottom, its meeting with the inhabitants of the lake, and its trip to the clouds. After deciding not…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Books, Childrens Literature, Fantasy
Palandra, Maria; Cardone, Romolo – 1978
This Italian alphabet book designed for kindergarten and first grade students presents each letter in upper and lower case form accompanied by an illustration and a single sentence caption. The sentence contains two or more words that begin with the letter in question. The book has a teacher's introduction and is illustrated by pen-and-ink…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Bilingual Education, Books, Childrens Literature