This illustrated reader in Kobuk Inupiaq is designed for use within a bilingual education setting, and is directed toward students having an intermediate level of language proficiency. It consists of four short animal stories which are followed by questions. (AM)

School districts are compelled by the 1964 Civil Rights Act Title VI to provide special language programs for those children speaking a non-English native language and belonging to an identifiable minority group, generally of low socioeconomic status, including Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Asian Americans. The form such…

This illustrated reader is intended for use in a bilingual education setting and is geared toward students with an intermediate level of proficiency in Gwich'in Athabascan. It consists of a story about traditional life. An English translation is appended. (AM)

This study examined the effectiveness of a transitional Spanish-English bilingual program, Academic Language Acquisition (ALA), in enhancing K-5 students' English-language proficiency, as well as their English performance in academic subject areas, in comparison with the Structured English Immersion (SEI) process. An existing reading program,…

Recent studies of American Indian dialects of English have focused on efforts to determine whether the sources of such dialectal variation lie in interference from the native languages or in developmental errors in the acquisition of English. The implication of both assumptions is that educational intervention and the passage of time can eradicate…

Teachers must be continuously alert to the differences in languages, values, and customs and seek to understand their students as real people. Otherwise the student who must learn English as a second language develops insecurity instead of security. When the acceptable norm in a class has been based on the work of the typical middle-class Anglo,…

In discussing the problems of evaluating Canadian bilingual immersion programs, six related aspects are separately considered: (1) the research design, (2) the students tested, (3) the nature of the tests used, (4) the methods of analysis employed, and (5) the interpretation of findings. (Author/SJL)

Critically examines the traditional notion of American Sign Language/English bilingualism. This model is contrasted with the "ASL/English as a spoken language" bilingual model in which the modality constraints facing the deaf child are presented as the fundamental issue for ASL/English bilingualism. Empirical and applied research supporting the…

Intended as a resource guide for individuals involved with educational programming for the bilingual special child, the book's two parts include seven articles and essays by experienced professionals and a list of 343 sources of information and assistance. The book commences with a fact sheet on bilingual education for exceptional children. Part I…

This information dissemination kit presents an introduction to the Bilingual Program in School and Community Relations of the Central Board of Education of the City of New York. Included are a program description, program objectives, duties of the bilingual teacher in school and community relations, and a list of schools involved in the program.…

Describes the impact on American Indian students of federal legislation regarding equal education for the handicapped. Discusses problems of handicap detection in Indian students. Describes the disastrous effect of bilingual education programs on Indian children, especially regarding their reading achievement. (SB)

The bilingual education program for special education student teachers at Fordham University is described, and various cognitive and affective skills which a bilingual special education program must offer to prospective teachers are discussed. Included are explanations of four aspects of the program (cultural sensitivity, reading, oral English,…

Explores parts of the phenomenon of the support for, and hostility toward, the use of English in education in Asian bilingual systems. The article then sketches an educational alternative capable of making the language a shared resource for all its stakeholders. Tsui's response addresses the question of whether educational solutions are capable of…

Project Aprendizaje was designed to ease the transition of Latino immigrant students to life and education in the United States. In 1991-92, the project admitted 153 male and 145 female students of limited English proficiency plus 1 student of unspecified gender in grades 9 through 12 at Seward Park High School in Manhattan (New York City). The…