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Hornberger, Nancy H.; Micheau, Cheri – Peabody Journal of Education, 1993
Examines one example of an enrichment bilingual program in a middle school in an inner-city Latino neighborhood. The article discusses instances of motivated, interdisciplinary, and biliterate learning observed in the classroom, describes obstacles and solutions, and suggests directions for continued curricular development. (SM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Waits, Mary Jo; Campbell, Heather E.; Gau, Rebecca; Jacobs, Ellen; Rex, Tom; Hess, Robert K. – Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University, 2006
Throughout Arizona and the Southwest, the odds are against high achievement in schools with a mostly Latino, mostly poor student enrollment. Some schools, however, "beat the odds" and achieve consistently high results or show steady gains. Why do these schools succeed where others fail? Using the methodology of business guru Jim Collins…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, High Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Enrollment
Graham, Leah Sharice – ProQuest LLC, 2006
English for Academic Purposes literature is often criticized for its very functional interpretation of language (e.g. Benesch, 2001) which ignores the intellectual, cultural, and social side of learning in an attempt to appear "neutral." Furthermore, writing is the EAP skill area which seems to provide students with the most difficulty.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Gifford, Bernard R.; Valdes, Guadalupe – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2006
According to Frankenberg, Lee, and Orfield, segregation for black students declined substantially after the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision, "Brown v. Board of Education," reaching its lowest point 30 years later. By comparison, Latino students have experienced "steadily rising segregation since the 1960s." Unlike…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Spanish Speaking, Language Usage, Student Rights
Cloud, Nancy; And Others – 1989
This training package assists educators in improving the delivery of services to culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional (CLDE) students at the classroom level. It is based on the necessity of addressing multiple systems (e.g., the child, the family, and the school), with emphasis on mildly disabled over other levels of disability and on…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Temps d'Educacio, 1989
Each of the 12 issues of this Catalan-language journal offers book reviews and articles on general issues in education. Some issues contain a Spanish-language translation of the Catalan articles; issues 3 and later contain only Spanish-, English- and French-language abstracts of included articles with keyword references. Number 1 (1st. semester…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Aesthetic Values, Childrens Literature, Computer Assisted Instruction
Wadden, Jerry M. – 1996
An evaluation of the foreign language programs of the Des Moines (Iowa) Public Schools is presented. It is divided into six ares: (1) Introduction; (2) Context Evaluation; (3) Input Evaluation; (4) Process Evaluation; (5) Product Evaluation; and (6) the Future. Sections include: a statement of program mission and philosophy; notes on the context…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Awards, Educational Objectives
Byrne, John Stephen – TEANGA: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 1995
A study investigated the instructional effectiveness of Autotutor, an interactive video program developed at Trinity College (Ireland), based on its ability to create an environment promoting learner interaction in a second language. Six students in three monolingual pairs (Japanese, Korean, Spanish) were filmed and recorded using the business…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Communication, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
Ferdman, Bernardo M., Ed.; And Others – 1994
The collection of essays on literacy and culture includes: "Literacy Across Languages and Cultures" (Bernardo M. Ferdman, Rose-Marie Weber); "Practice-Engagement Theory: A Sociocultural Approach to Literacy Across Languages and Cultures" (Stephen Reder); "Literacy Acquisition Among Second-Language Learners" (Arnulfo…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism
Kuehl, Matt; And Others – 1995
This lesson plan for the second and third grades uses information on dinosaurs, their adaptations and survival, to provide science education for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in San Diego, California. The primary text is "Los Dinosaurios Gigantes," a core literature book used in the school district. Lessons are based on the whole…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperative Learning, Dinosaurs, Educational Objectives
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1990
This handbook on elementary-secondary foreign language education goals and objectives serves as a framework on which a comprehensive curriculum for Michigan schools can be built. It includes a discussion of the most significant components of current foreign language methodology and is designed to assist local school districts in goal setting and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Djite, Paulin G. – 1994
Based on an Australian study creating sociolinguistic profiles of nine languages other than English (LOTE) commonly used in Australia, the report examines implications for public language policy and planning. The languages are: Arabic; Chinese; French; German; Modern Greek; Indonesian/Malay; Italian; Japanese; and Spanish. The report begins by…
Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Sell, John W.; And Others – 1991
A program at the College of Wooster (Ohio) in commercial language and international business is described. The program was undertaken with private funds and within the context of a traditional liberal arts college. It has three main curricular goals: (1) additional training of language instructors for language courses that would include the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1992
Students from Lafayette High School and Pershing Intermediate School in Brooklyn, New York who were of Spanish and Cantonese linguistic backgrounds (and who scored at or below the 40th percentile on the Language Assessment Battery) received intensive instruction in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and native language arts (NLA) in Spanish or…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Cantonese, Career Education, Dropout Prevention
Carpenter, Mark, Ed.; Armstrong, Scott Collins, Ed.; Bao, Charlene, Ed.; Coberly, David, Ed.; Wells, Terri, Ed. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1998
The collection of articles on second language teaching and learning includes: "Cross-Cultural Discourse Pragmatics: Speaking about Hearsay in English and Japanese" (Nobuko Trent); "An Investigation of Student Opinions and Educational Experiences in Spanish for the Heritage Speakers at Arizona State University and the University of…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Cognitive Style, College Entrance Examinations, Contrastive Linguistics
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