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Download full textMojab, Shahrzad; McDonald, Susan – 2001
A comparative study of the impact of violence on immigrant women's learning was conducted among immigrant women of two communities in the Toronto area: the Spanish-speaking community and the Kurds. The two authors of the study each worked with one of the communities in which they had knowledge of the language. An in-depth, non-structured,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Anxiety, Battered Women
Constantino, Rebecca, Ed. – 1998
Papers on linguistic minorities and library use include: (1) "Why Consider the Library and Books?" (Stephen Krashen); (2) "Supporting Spanish Language Literacy: Latino Children and School and Community Libraries" (Sandra Pucci); (3) "'I Did Not Know You Could Get Such Things There!': Secondary ESL Students' Understanding, Use and Beliefs…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adults, Attitude Change, Attitudes
Hashemipour, Peggy, Ed.; Maldonado, Ricardo, Ed.; van Naerssen, Margaret, Ed. – 1995
Essays on Spanish linguistics and related topics are dedicated to linguist Tracy D. Terrell. An introductory section gives a brief biography and a list of his publications. Essays include: "The Natural Approach to Language Teaching: An Update" (Tracy D. Terrell); "Two Mad, Mad, Mad Worlds: Notes on Natural Approach and the Writing…
Descriptors: Biographies, Classroom Techniques, Communication Apprehension, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Riley, Richard W. – 2000
The main theme of Richard W. Riley's speech is the importance of quality education to America's Latino community. The speech outlines a series of challenges for the 21st century: the promise of language and the need for Latinos to learn English with the aid of bilingual education; the need to meet increasing demand for quality teachers, especially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Culturally Relevant Education
Curry, Janice – Online Submission, 2005
This report summarizes AISD's 2004-2005 prekindergarten program activities and student participation and performance results.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Grants, At Risk Students, English Language Learners
Drouin, Patrick, Ed.; And Others – 1993
Papers from a 1993 conference on linguistics, all in French, include essays on the following: Yoruba morphophonology; literary Arabic morphophonology; grammatical cohesion in Burushaski; phonological and lexical variation in French Canadian dialects, including Acadian; insults in Madrid Spanish; discourse analysis; maintenance of meaning in…
Descriptors: African Languages, American Indians, Arabic, Berber Languages
Lane Community Coll., Eugene, OR. – 1997
This document, which is intended for workplace trainers, contains materials for conducting 10 workplace language and communication skills courses that were developed through the Workplace Training Project, which was a partnership involving Lane Community College in Oregon and five area businesses. The courses were developed by project staff based…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
Laberge, Diane, Ed.; And Others – 1992
Papers on French linguistics, most in French, address the following topics: micro structural treatment of regionalisms in three French dictionaries; effects of the use of Quebec French on the intelligibility of synthesized speech; reading comprehension as a constructive process; acoustic markers of the utterance in Quebec French; constraints and…
Descriptors: Basque, Black Dialects, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Consonants
Choonoo, John – 1993
To Examine and Plan for Occupational Requisites and Employment (Project EXPLORE) was a federally funded program in its fourth year of operation in two Queens (New York) high schools in 1992-93. It served 451 limited-English-speaking students of varied language backgrounds with less than two years of schooling in English. The project's two…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance Patterns, Aviation Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Fryer, T. Bruce, Ed.; Medley, Frank W., Jr., Ed. – 1988
Papers included in this volume from a conference on language teaching include the following: "The Symposium on the Evaluation of Foreign Language Proficiency: Challenges to the Profession" (Albert Valdman); "Conversion to a Proficiency Oriented Curriculum at the University Level" (Carmen Villegas Rogers, William H. Heflin, John…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Apprehension, Competency Based Education
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1987
Abstracts are provided for 16 bilingual vocational education projects offered in 1987-88. Each abstract provides information on: grantee; state; project title; project director, address, and telephone number; project officer and U.S. Department of Education address; language group(s) served; occupational skills area(s); length of training cycle…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Bilingual Education
Hart, Sylvia; Conlon, Kathleen – 1977
In an attempt to help educators, particularly in nursing, understand the attitudes, feelings, and perspectives that students from other cultures bring to the teacher-learner situation, this paper identifies some generalized behavioral characteristics of different cultures and the educational problems that may arise when cultural differences are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Culture, Black Culture, Chinese Culture
Peer reviewedMcLane, Kathleen, Comp.; Omaggio, Alice, Comp. – Modern Language Journal, 1977
This is the eighteenth in a series of catalogues of documents in the ERIC system that are of interest to teachers and researchers in foreign languages and linguistics. The documents cited in the present list appeared in the monthly ERIC abstract journal "Resources in Education" (RIE) from July through December 1976. The list is compiled from all…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
Salamanca, Anthony J. – 1974
This position paper gives the results of informal surveys carried out by the Bilingual-Bicultural Task Force of the California State Department of Education. Only 60 to 65% of the teachers in the state bilingual programs are judged bilingual and 50% bilingual-biliterate. Almost all of the teacher aides are judged bilingual, and a large percentage…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education
Anderson, Winifred; Chitwood, Stephen; Hayden, Deidre – 1999
Designed to assist Spanish-speaking parents and teachers in understanding special education procedures, this book describes the process for obtaining school services for children with disabilities. An introduction reviews six major provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that relate to children's rights to a free,…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Career Planning, Civil Rights, Disabilities
