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Brumfit, Christopher; Mason, Kathy – 1994
A study and associated development work concerning bilingual elementary and secondary students in British schools is reported. The study was designed to examine the progress and needs of bilingual students in several schools in the Southampton (England) area. It arose from concern about possible marginalization of minority language students in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Classroom Communication, Core Curriculum
Chang, Agnes Shook-Cheong – 1994
This study investigated the impact of parents with different language backgrounds on the language acquisition and language competency of their children in the mother tongue, Chinese, and a second language, English, in Singapore. Parents were surveyed on language usage and language materials provided to their children. Exams on vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Bilingual Schools
Robisheaux, Jo Ann – 1993
This study used qualitative research methods to investigate instructional and noninstructional interactions of Hispanic and non-Hispanic teachers with Hispanic American students. Two monolingual non-Hispanic teachers and two bilingual (Spanish and English) teachers at two public elementary schools were participants. The teachers had similar…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Cultural Awareness
Schmidt, Patricia Ruggiano – 1998
Noting that literacy development is a social phenomenon, this book provides an account of the cultural conflicts and struggles experienced by two children from culturally different backgrounds and their teacher in a kindergarten program. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter, "Introduction: History of the Struggle," introduces…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Classroom Environment, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Bilingual Education. – 1997
This manual incorporates a Multiple Intelligences perspective into its presentation of themes and lesson ideas for Spanish-English bilingual elementary school students in grades 4-8 and is designed for both gifted and special education uses. Each unit includes practice activities, semantic maps to illustrate and help organize ideas as well as…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cognitive Mapping, Elementary Education
Walsh, Catherine, Ed.; Prashker, Hana, Ed. – 1991
This manual is a collection of reports of library research, classroom research, and classroom experience of teachers of bilingual education and English as a Second Language. The guide is intended as an aid to teachers and administrators, who are encouraged to use and adapt the ideas for their own students. The essays include the following:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Guides, Adult Students, Bilingual Students
Hirano-Nakanishi, Marsha J.; Diaz, R. Leticia – 1982
Little has been done to analyze the forces that predict whether high-risk students will stay in school or drop out. Current and retrospective data from 27 high-risk youths were studied to shed light on this problem and to suggest ways of improving educational services. The at-risk students were from low socioeconomic backgrounds, were Mexican…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bilingual Students, Case Studies, Cohort Analysis
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Bilingual Bicultural Education. – 1983
The handbook, intended to assist California school personnel in understanding the Portuguese language minority group, is designed for use by bilingual education specialists, administrators, and other teachers. An introductory section presents several vignettes of language situations in the schools. Two subsequent chapters outline general…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Community Organizations
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1986
The English language and literature transition course is intended for high school students at the intermediate or advanced proficiency level in English as a second language intending to pursue further English language arts and literature courses. It builds on the communication skills introduced earlier in the English-as-a-second-language course…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
Incardone, Peter – 1982
This guide consists of suggestions designed to assist vocational educators in helping students improve their reading skills. School-related and non-school-related reasons why students have difficulty reading are examined. Discussed in a section on teaching the essential technical reading skills are textbook usage skills, vocabulary development,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Bilingual Students, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading
Philadelphia School District, PA. – 1977
A study was conducted to determine whether or not the Personalized, Individualized, Vocational Occupations Training (PIVOT) materials developed by the School District of Philadelphia were capable of developing entry-level competency in secondary school students in a variety of educational settings (comprehensive high schools, an occupational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Instruction, Bilingual Students, Comparative Analysis
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. Dept. of Educational Research and Program Assessment. – 1977
Milwaukee, Wisconsin public school pupils in the 1976-1977 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title VII Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program varied in language dominance from monolingual English to various degrees of bilingualism to monolingual Spanish. The program goals suggest that the 594 elementary pupils will pursue their studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
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Connecticut Staff Development Cooperative, Hamden. – 1977
This is one of a series of curriculum guides designed to assist bilingual teachers to provide a coordinated program of studies for students in the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and for any other students whose native language is Spanish. It is felt that an effort should be made to discover the skill level at which a child is…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
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Connecticut Staff Development Cooperative, Hamden. – 1977
This is one of a series of curriculum guides designed to assist bilingual teachers to provide a coordinated program of studies for students in the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and for any other students whose native language is Spanish. The overall focus of the curriculum guides in the series is on Puerto Rican history and culture. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Curriculum Guides, Educational Media
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1976
This highly selective annotated bibliography is intended for the general K-12 classroom teacher who is unfamiliar with the purposes, methods and techniques of bilingual education. With the influx of Indochinese refugees into our nation's school systems, many teachers found that for the first time in their teaching careers, they had one or more…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Asian Americans, Biculturalism, Bilingual Schools
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