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Bergsma, Lily Chu – 1977
Compared in this report based on a dissertation are the tendencies of Chinese and Americans to conform to their own cultural norms. Background information is provided through a review of pertinent literature and a discussion of conformity and imitation. Three experiments used in investigating the degree of conformity and imitation in Chinese and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Conformity, Cross Cultural Studies
Tabbert, Russell – 1978
The term "village English" has been used by a number of people to label the English used by Alaskan natives. The term appears in discussions of educational problems and often the phenomenon is cited as a significant reason for the lower than expected achievement of Alaskan school children. It is suggested that statements about…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Cultural Background, Dialects, English
Salas Reyes, Vicente; And Others – 1969
This Aklanon-English dictionary consists of a list of basic root words or word bases of Aklanon. The dictionary is designed to be used both by native speakers of Aklanon and by foreign learners. For the former, it can serve to: (1) establish a uniform system of spelling, (2) broaden or intensify the use and understanding of idiomatic standard…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dictionaries, Etymology, Form Classes (Languages)
Neidlinger, Susan; Mason, James H. – 1968
A bibliography of almost 1,100 items on the college teaching of English is arranged according to the following categories: (1) General, (2) Curriculum, (3) Composition, (4) Rhetoric, (5) Literature, (6) Composition and Literature, (7) Linguistics and Composition, (8) Grammar, (9) Linguistics, and (10) English Language which is subdivided into…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Educational Research, English
Wisconsin Univ., Milwaukee. Dept. of Language Labs. – 1971
Two three-week institutes in adult basic education, with emphasis on teaching English to speakers of other languages or dialects, were held at the University of Wisconsin in the summer of 1969. The institutes attempted to train and upgrade a number of culturally and linguistically sophisticated language teachers for adult basic education so that…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Educational Programs, English (Second Language)
Peterson, Joseph; Thundyil, Zacharias – 1971
This questionnaire presents about 450 phonological, lexical, and grammatical items that are used in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In composing the dialect survey, terms pertaining to climate, topography, and ethnic groups were taken into account, as were other words and phrases which might be used by Upper Peninsula native speakers. The survey…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Research, Language Usage
Goldstein, Bernice Z.; Tamura, Kyoko – 1975
This is a comparative analysis of the Japanese and American languages and cultures. The following are discussed: verbs, kinship terms, category terms, apologies and thanks, honorifics and postpositional particles, and levels of usage. A final section relates conclusions about linguistic patterns to culture patterns. (AM)
Descriptors: American Culture, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies
Tonkin, Roger S.; And Others – 1970
Over 200 families from lower and middle income areas of British Columbia, including a group representing the Indian communities, were studied in this effort to examine poverty as it relates to families, especially to young children. A wide variety of health, social, and economic variables were examined in the hope of developing output criteria for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Dental Health, Family Characteristics
Hodges, Richard E.; Rudorf, E. Hugh – Elementary English, 1965
Although spelling instruction has traditionally treated almost every spelling word as requiring a separate learning act, recent research indicates that over 90% of American-English orthography actually is determined by a set of rules for unit phoneme-grapheme relationships, based with decreasing productivity upon three levels of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Componential Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Feagin, Louise Crawford – 1976
In a sociolinguistic study of the verb phrase in Southern White English, a pattern of change in progress was observed. The 14 variables studied showed that certain variants were increasing, others decreasing, and yet others stable across time within the community, and that each variable's change was progressing in a wave sensitive to age, social…
Descriptors: Age, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Interviews
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Wright, Ian – History and Social Science Teacher, 1987
Briefly reviews the purposes of law-related education in social studies and demonstrates how these may be achieved through historical case studies. Illustrates this point with various events surrounding the experience of Japanese Canadians during World War II. Includes primary source documents and two photographs. (JDH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Awareness, Discriminatory Legislation, Japanese American Culture
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Farver, Jo Ann M.; Howes, Carollee – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1988
Samples of 36 Indonesian and 36 American children were observed. Indonesian children tended to play in mixed age groups. Children in both cultures tended to interact in same-sex groups. Research supported Hartup's hypothesized symmetrical-asymmetrical nature of same- and mixed-age social interaction. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Kenny, Minnie – CALICO Journal, 1987
Describes the monolingual nature of the United States in a multilingual world. Proposes a partial solution--a National Foreign Language Center which would utilize current technology to allow quick access to information about any language. (LMO)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Images, Educational Technology, Electronic Equipment
Hall, Dean G. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1986
Argues that comparing standard English usage to systems of standardization students are familiar with from their technical training forces technical writing students to understand the need for consistent signaling in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and other language conventions. Includes an example from early American literature written in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 1998
An applied research paper on how Canadian English differs from British and American English. Highlights ways for teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) to demonstrate these differences to their students. The notion of Canadian identity is also explored. A 3-item bibliography is included. (Contains 15 footnotes.)
Descriptors: North American English, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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