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Las Cruces School District, NM. – 1970
The Las Cruces Elementary School Bilingual Program, designed to increase achievement levels of K-6 pupils, is located in 2 elementary schools through support from titles III and VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The project emphasizes the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Las Cruces, New Mexico, area; the structure of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Attitudes, Behavioral Objectives
Peer reviewed
Nussenbaum, Gladys S. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
Describes a successful reciprocal bilingual exchange program between Anglophone fourth-year high school students of Spanish and native speakers of Spanish in an elementary school. Plans and specific activities are outlined for weekly interactions which serve as a sociocultural and linguistic bridge between the two groups of Spanish speakers. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness
Updating School Board Policies, 1975
Describes some bilingual education programs in operation in urban and rural areas of this country. (IRT)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Citizen Participation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewed
Snow, Catherine E. – Educational Researcher, 1992
Provides a guide to basic research in second-language acquisition by characterizing distinct perspectives from foreign language teaching, first-language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and sociocultural factors. Argues that crucial insights of the sociocultural perspective must be introduced for adequate assessments of bilingual individuals. (JB)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Context
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Paulston, Christina Bratt – 1977
The language problem of emigrant children has two major aspects: (1) concern for mother tongue maintenance; and (2) concern that the children are not learning the second language, which is the official language of the host country. The first is primarily the concern of the family, whereas the second is the concern of the entire community. Massive…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Children, Educational Legislation
Dixon, L. Quentin – 2003
This paper examines assumptions about second language acquisition, bilingualism, and language planning that underlie Singapore's bilingual education policy, noting how the experience in Singapore illuminates current theories in second language acquisition and language planning. In Singapore, English is promoted as the "working language,"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Iwamura, Susan Grohs – 1981
Different views of the purposes of literacy are among the factors that influence success rates of students from different backgrounds. Research involving non-mainstream English proficient children is useful in understanding the adjustment of students with limited or no English proficiency. Although previous experience with literacy is an important…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Editing
LaFontaine, Hernan – 1971
Nonprofessional personnel can play an important role in the classroom as teacher aides, especially in a bilingual situation where a particular language background can prove invaluable in developing language skills among the students. The presence of a teacher assistant increases the opportunities for individual instruction. Potential teacher aides…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Community Involvement, English (Second Language)
Noboa, Abdin – 1980
An analysis and interpretation of a five-volume study by Aspira, Inc., which examined Hispanic segregation in U.S. schools, presents an overview of the study, general findings, and a summary and conclusions, including recommendations for further study and analysis and general policy recommendations. Segregation trends for Hispanics are discussed…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Blacks, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Lotherington, Heather – 2000
This publication is intended for parents, teachers, and anyone in the wider community who has an interest in language, language acquisition, and second language learning; bilingual and multilingual education; bilingualism; language, culture, and society; language and power; and literacy. Extensive long-term research was conducted on a number of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Harrison, Helene W. – 1973
The 1973 report evaluates the Bilingual Education Program of Harlandale Independent School District. The bilingual program is designed for Spanish speaking pupils in grades K-5 (1,517 children in 8 of the district's 15 elementary schools) who have limited English-speaking ability. The 1972-73 project involved (1) development and revision of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
St. Clair, Robert – 1976
This paper discusses bilingual education and argues for an interdisciplinary approach to language-related problems. Linguists are becoming aware of the moral and social implications of their efforts in the field of bilingual education within the larger context of social engineering, and they need to explore language-related issues in a broader…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes
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Schauber, Holli – Bilingual Research Journal, 1995
A Massachusetts elementary two-way bilingual education program represents a democratic, efficient approach to the education of two distinct language groups by balancing second-language instruction in English and Spanish and by integrating the two student populations. Discusses program goals, team teaching, classroom setting, program structure,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Celik, Servet – Online Submission, 2007
According to the 2000 Census, 329 different languages, including English, are spoken in the United States today. With the increasing number of immigrant and international groups, a number of topics such as language learning, language loss and maintenance, and bilingual education have started to follow an important line of investigation in the past…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language)
Benson, Carolyn J. – 1997
The PEBIMO project was designed to determine whether bilingual education could improve the quality of primary education in Mozambique, recognizing that Portuguese is not the native language of the majority of Mozambican students. The project began in 1992 with 8 cohorts of first grade in 2 provinces; during this investigation, students were in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction