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Wood, Paul W. – 1976
St. Bonaventure University holds a Language Day each spring, hosting some 3,900 area junior high and high school students. The buildings and facilities of the university campus are used, and activities include language competitions (exhibits, interpretative readings, language productions, audio-visual presentations and essays); a fiesta; foreign…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, College Bound Students, College Language Programs, College School Cooperation
Valencia, Atilano A. – 1970
Identification of 26 high priority problem areas in education which affect the lives of the Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Latin American peoples in the United States is made in this report. Examination of these areas, determined by a research task force, led to the development of 20 "state-of-the-art" papers which generated…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Biculturalism, Bilingual Students
Lertora, Luis H. – 1970
This report integrates instructional materials and concepts on the teaching of culture in foreign language classes in three major areas. Part 1 deals with the description of sociocultural concepts of Spanish peoples with emphasis on the basic features of Latin American Culture including: (1) the family, (2) family events, (3) social peculiarities,…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Cultural Interrelationships
Gorden, Raymond L. – 1970
This unit is one of a series of cross-cultural mini-dramas, and is offered as the prototype audio-visual unit of the Cross-Cultural Communication Packet (CCCP). The objective is to provide insight into the process of cross-cultural communication, and to develop observation skills, or to sensitize the student to concepts which will help him to…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Context
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Kennedy, Dora F.; And Others – 1970
This guide, produced by teachers and students, departs from the typical approach to language study in that the courses are based neither on a sequential progression of subject matter nor on a chronological view of Latin American history. The primary objective in the planning for both levels of instruction is to develop sociocultural and literary…
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Contemporary Literature, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Design
Cespedes de Fantini, Beatriz; Fantini, Alvino E. – 1967
This basic textbook for Latin American Spanish contains 10 units. The text is adaptable for use in an academic institution (Completion time is expected to be one year.), in an intensive program (Completion time is about 90-120 hours.), or in independent study. The vocabulary is limited and only basic, essential, grammatical structures are…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Conversational Language Courses
Bird, Thomas E., Ed. – 1968
Included in this volume are the reports on foreign language research and development produced by the three working committees of the fifteenth annual Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Discussions of (1) the Indiana and Washington State programs, (2) "Artes Latinae," a complete project of programed learning…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Conference Reports, Experimental Programs
Teitelbaum, Sidney L. – 1969
Designed to inform the profession about foreign language programs, methods, schedules, enrollments, and trends on Long Island, this report of a survey conducted in 1968 in 60 school districts, the Diocese of Brooklyn, and three parochial schools updates information gathered in a similar survey made in 1966. After a brief analysis under the general…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Data Analysis, FLES, Instructional Materials
Miller, Virgil – 1969
Guidelines for developing cross-cultural awareness and understanding in high school students studying a second language are offered to teachers of all languages, but more detailed references are supplied for the teacher of Spanish. Suggestions include teaching the familiar first, presenting a well-rounded view of the target culture, balancing the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. – 1971
This course concentrates on the geographic location of the Roman Empire, the Roman personality, the family organization, foods, and eating customs. The cultural background is presented in English and dialogues; mottoes and songs in Latin are included. Much emphasis is placed on English derivatives and on the comparison between Roman and…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Basic Skills, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association. – 1971
More than 20 groups of commentaries and articles which focus on the needs and interests of the second-language learner are presented in this work. The wide scope of the study ranges from curriculum planning to theoretical aspects of second-language acquisition. Topics covered include: (1) textbook writing, (2) teacher education, (3) career…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiolingual Methods, Basic Skills, Career Planning
Paulston, Rolland G. – Pitt Magazine, 1975
The author briefly examines how educational reform attempts in Cuba since 1959 have taken place and how they have been related to social, economic, and political change efforts in the society at large. The Cuban educational system makes a significant contrast against the failure which characterizes the other Latin American educational systems.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cubans, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged
Alderete, Wara, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This book compiles testimonies of the struggles, everyday life, and accomplishments of Indian women from Central and South America. Following an introduction to the increasing role of Indian women in international forums and indigenous organizations, the words of individual women describe the problems that affect them and their determination to…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indians, Child Health, Civil Liberties
Pillen, Michelle B.; Hoewing-Roberson, Renee C. – 1992
As part of a substance abuse prevention project, a measure was developed in both English and Spanish to measure levels of acculturation among members of a Latino youth population for later comparison of acculturation with high-risk behaviors. The Latino Youth Acculturation Scale (LYAS) consists of 23 items. Eleven items deal with language use of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Behavior Patterns, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Boyle, Kathleen – 1992
The lives and places in society of urban youth at risk of dropping out of the Los Angeles (California) Unified School District schools are explored through interviews of adolescents whom the author met when doing field work in Los Angeles County. Data come from interviews conducted in the course of the 1991 Drug Use Forecasting Study (DUF) and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Child Abuse, Crack
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