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And Others; Kweller, Ronnie Jill – Manpower, 1975
Federal and State employment service systems provided local job placement services for Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees in their temporary housing centers. Placements were generally at a lower skill level than refugee qualifications. Resettlement and job placement processes are described, and agencies involved are discussed. (LH)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Cambodians, Employment Services, Government Role
Mortensen, JoAnn; And Others – 1985
This package consists of various bilingual instructional materials for use in helping Indochinese refugees learn basic nutrition skills. Included in the package are translations in English, Vietnamese, and Lao of booklets outlining guidelines for adapting Indochinese dietary habits to incorporate foods available in the United States, including…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Cambodian, Dietetics
Berry, J. W. – 1988
This paper reviews the concepts of acculturation and adaptation to provide a framework for understanding the highly variable relationship between acculturation and mental health in refugee populations. It begins with an extended definition and discussion of the concepts of acculturation and adaptation. The characteristics of acculturating groups…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Cambodians, Laotians
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1975
This guide contains a list of hints for tutors of English as a Second Language who may be tutoring: (1) an adult needing to learn English in order to live and work in this country, or (2) a student needing to learn English in order to go to school. The list of hints is followed by sample lessons intended to show the kinds of things which can be…
Descriptors: Cambodian, English (Second Language), Individual Instruction, Indochinese
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Noss, Richard B.; Proum, Im – 1966
This Basic Course attempts to provide samples of two different Cambodian dialects--Standard Cambodian, the approved speech style of public education and mass communication, and the dialect of Phnom Penh. The material is arranged in groups of five units with a common theme. The first four units of each sequence are based on Dialogs, usually in the…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Cambodian, Cultural Context, Dialects
Huffman, Franklin E. – 1970
The purpose of this book is to prepare the student to read and write Cambodian. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the author's "Modern Spoken Cambodian" (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1970) in an intensive or semi-intensive beginning course. The phonological transcription used is that developed during five years of study and…
Descriptors: Cambodian, Cultural Context, Glossaries, Instructional Materials
Morrow, Robert D. – Principal, 1991
Among the many factors that influence the level and quality of Southeast Asian parents' involvement with schools are parents' literacy level, prearrival education, and strong cultural beliefs. Provides implications for principals and selected resources. (13 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cambodians, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
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Malicky, Grace V.; Derwing, Tracey – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1993
A Canadian bilingual ESL program for Cambodians was taught by an experienced English-speaking ESL teacher and a Cambodian-speaking coteacher. Observations, interviews, and journal analysis showed that a bilingual monocultural format encouraged student participation and peer teaching and that second-language learning was facilitated by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education, Cambodians
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Ma, Grace X.; Tan, Yin; Toubbeh, Jamil I.; Su, Xuefen; Shive, Steven E.; Lan, Yajia – Health Education Research, 2004
The relationship between acculturation and smoking behavior was examined in four Asian-American groups that included recent immigrants and US-born Koreans, Chinese, Vietnamese and Cambodians residing in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The study was part of a community-based, comprehensive cross-sectional study designed to…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Smoking, Acculturation, Immigrants
Minneapolis Public Schools, MN. – 1994
This booklet of individual handouts was prepared to assist Minneapolis mainstream school teachers to work with limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. Topics discussed include current research on how LEP students best learn in mainstream classes, social versus academic English, and adapting instructional procedures for and integrating LEP…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cambodians, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem, Lucy, Ed.; Halper, Joel Martin, Ed. – 1989
This publication provides autobiographical essays by students originally from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, all of whom arrived in the United States as refugees between 1975 and 1982. Following an introduction is an initial essay, "Becoming a Refugee, Being a Refugee, Ceasing To Be a Refugee," by L. Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem. The student essays are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Autobiographies, Cambodians
Sharma, Sanjeev; Ladd, Ginger, Ed. – 1994
This book provides students with information about culture and trace important historical events that have brought this nation to its current position in the 20th century. Each chapter provides background information along with a glossary, student activities, and project suggestions. Chapters include: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "The…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, Cambodians
Chhim, Sun-Him; And Others – 1989
This document comprises three booklets that serve as a foundation for understanding the cultural diversity and values of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese students. Each booklet reviews the country's history and geography. "Introduction to Cambodian Culture" (S. Chhim) discusses the following topics: (1) the Khmer concept of individual…
Descriptors: Asian History, Cambodians, Cultural Background, Cultural Context
Slavin, Robert E.; Yampolsky, Renee – 1991
This report presents the results of two years (1988-1990) of the Success for All elementary school restructuring program in grades K-3 at the Francis Scott Key Elementary School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). The program was designed to ensure basic skills education for the majority Asian population of the school. The program uses innovative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Basic Skills, Cambodians
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Project TEACH (Technological Enrichment and Achievement for Cambodians and Hispanics) aims to facilitate the students' linguistic and cultural adjustment to American society while preparing them to enter the job market. Carried out at Theodore Roosevelt High School (Bronx, New York) Project TEACH provides students new to America with computer and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Business Education
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