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Terry, Robert M., Ed. – 1992
Papers from the 1991 joint Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)/ Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) conference are presented. Because the state of North Carolina is in the forefront of state-mandated foreign language education in the elementary schools (FLES), 4 of the 10 articles in this volume address FLES…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Culture, Basic Writing, Competency Based Education
Download full textIrujo, Suzanne, Ed. – 1990
A number of activities for teaching foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) are presented. The activities were developed by participants in a FLES teacher training workshop, Project INTERACT, in the Boston area. The first section contains games, thematic units, and other activities specifically related to French language instruction,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Awareness, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Education
Berwick, Richard – 1993
A study investigated the use of content-based tasks as central and peripheral in second language instruction. Specifically, it examined the relative effects of such tasks that were either central to the syllabus, as sources of knowledge or skills in their own right, or peripheral, as occasional source of language practice. The study was conducted…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Discourse Analysis
Rivera, Natasha F. – 1993
The federally funded Model Development Program of Bilingual Education served 385 students at one elementary and one middle school in Manhattan (New York) in 1992-93, its third year of operation. Participants included 168 native Spanish-speaking, limited-English-proficient (LEP) students and 217 English-proficient (EP) students, both…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Inservice Teacher Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Savignon, Sandra J., Ed.; Berns, Margie S., Ed. – Studies in Language Learning, 1983
This collection of papers is a resource for classroom teachers and program administrators who want to know not only what the communicative approach to language teaching is all about but how the goal of communicative competence is being met in teaching contexts similar to their own. Papers and authors include: "Functional Approaches to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Strategies
Ramirez, Arnulfo G., Ed. – 1985
A collection of papers concerning college language instruction and exploring issues related to promoting communicative skills and cross-cultural understanding includes the following titles: (1) "Languages at College: The Student and the Curriculum," by W. M. Rivers; (2) "Dimensions of Communicative Proficiency," by A. Ramirez; (3) "Communicative…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Schinke-Llano, Linda – 1985
This state-of-the-art review explores types of foreign language (FL) programs, the rationale for early FL study, research evidence, program development, evaluation issues, and areas for further development. Chapter 1 outlines the various types of early FL programs that have been implemented, such as foreign language experience (FLEX) programs,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
Genesee, F.; And Others – 1977
This is the fourth report of the evaluation of the French-Hebrew immersion programs at the Hebrew Foundation School and the Solomon Schecter Academy in Montreal. Students in the study were those who had started in the project in kindergarten and grade 1, and, at the time of the fourth evaluation, were in grades 3 and 5 respectively. Two pilot…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Elementary Education
Cziko, Gary A.; And Others – 1977
This report describes an evaluation of the effects of the early and grade 7 immersion programs on the English and French language skills of students at the end of grade 7 in Montreal. Tests of English language skills were administered to early immersion, grade 7 immersion, and English control students. Tests of French language skills were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Golub, Lester S. – 1980
This paper reviews research conducted in the field of bilingual literacy from 1966 to June 1980. Citing numerous research works, it focuses on the contributions to the understanding of the development of English reading and writing skills by Hispanic pupils in the United States. Congress requires bilingual education programs to assist…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Competency Based Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Genesee, Fred – 1978
An investigation was undertaken to assess student attitudes toward learning and using French and their reasons for studying it. It was felt that a more thorough investigation of these issues might help to broaden knowledge of some of the non-educational, social consequences of immersion programs. English-speaking students in sixth and eleventh…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Secondary Education, French
Hamayan, Else V.; Tucker, G. Richard – 1979
This study describes certain communication strategies used by Anglophone children learning French as a second language as well as by children whose mother tongue is French. Three groups of children in the third and fifth grades participated in the study: French native speakers, Anglophone children learning French in an immersion setting, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Secondary Education
Ogletree, Earl J. – 1976
Whether bilingual-bicultural education will become a change agent and secure equal status with other programs as a desirable and essential aspect of the American educational process is still a question. Like all socio-political issues, its future depends upon the attitudes and beliefs of the populace. One of the current stumbling blocks for the…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Court Litigation
Lessow-Hurley, Judith – 2003
This book discusses popular myths about educating students in a multilinguistic society. It examines the following themes: the demographics of second language learners; the theory underlying language instruction; desirable qualifications for bilingual teachers; effective teaching methods and programs; language and politics; and language and the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Cultural Influences, Diversity (Student)
Christian, Donna, Ed.; Genesee, Fred, Ed. – 2001
This edited volume contains studies demonstrating the linguistic, cultural, and academic contributions that bilingual approaches to education can make around the world. It is divided into three parts and 12 chapters. Chapter one, "Bilingual Education: Contexts and Programs," is an introduction by the editors. Part one, "Learning a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
