This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Richard Sinatra, Dennis C. Carringer, Sixto Y. Orosa, Merrill Swain, Charles R. Foster, John Goshko, Frederick P. Veidt, Kay Cude Past, Joan Downey, and Mae Chu-Chang.
(1981). Cincinnati's German-English Bilingual Alternative School: An Update, Unterrichtspraxis. Presents an update of a previous report on the development of the Cincinnati German Bilingual School. Discusses new basic data, describes the present structure and characteristics of the program, and reviews the accomplishments of the students with emphasis on academic achievement. Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Curriculum Design
(1981). The Language Storybook, Journal of Ethnic Studies. Discusses the need for bilingual reading materials that have two languages side by side, designed for elementary school students. Describes a Greek-English version of "The Three Little Pigs" (also containing a transliterated Greek section), developed by staff members at a Cambridge, Massachusetts, magnet school. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, Greek
(1975). Children Without a Country, Integrated Education. A discussion of the multiple problems confronting immigrant laborers to Western Europe in terms of acculturative pressures, housing difficulties, and social integration. Special attention is devoted to the dilemma of how best to educate their bicultural children. Descriptors: Acculturation, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences
(1974). Creative Thinking Abilities of Mexican Youth: The Relationship of Bilingualism, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. To examine the relationship of bilingualism to the creative thinking abilities of Mexican youth, four subtests from the "Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking" were administered to Spanish-English coordinate bilingual and Spanish monolingual subjects from two private high schools in Mexico. The bilinguals scored significantly higher on the dependent measures, suggesting that the bilingual has an intellectual advantage, at least with respect to creative thinking abilities, over the monolingual. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Creative Thinking, Creativity
(1980). Towards Selecting a Bilingual Project Evaluator. Designed to guide project evaluators in determining the type of evaluation appropriate to projects; explains formative and summative evaluations, gives examples of each, and explains the evaluator's role in each method. (Journal availability: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032.) Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Formative Evaluation
(1980). Initiating a Needs Assessment In a Multiethnic School, Lutheran Education. Education in United States society reflects the evolution from an assimilationist melting pot concept toward one of cultural pluralism. The needs assessment process is a vehicle for gathering information and for initiating multicultural education. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Ethnic Groups, Evaluation Methods
(1975). Combating Lingui-chauvinism: A Biracial, Bilingual Experiment in Ohio, Saturday Review (New York 1975). Described a program of bilingual learning that included different races of students and a goal directed toward hurdling built-in cultural advantages or handicaps. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Experiments, Program Descriptions
(1980). A Bilingual Kindergarten Immersed in Print, Reading Teacher. Describes a bilingual open classroom program for kindergarten children in which the classroom environment is rich with printed language and children are introduced to reading by an individualized system they both enjoy and profit from. Tells how children "write" books, how phonics is introduced, and how reading is incorporated in a variety of activities. Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Individualized Instruction, Kindergarten
(1981). The Dependency Relation between Oral Language and Reading in Bilingual Children, Journal of Education. Discusses the dependency relation between oral language and reading in bilingual children. Based on a review of literature, proposes a model of monolingual versus bilingual reading and presents the results of an experiment designed to test the model on Chinese speaking students. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Education
(1974). Native Imagery, Urban Review. A report of an oral literature project in which elementary school students of different ethnic backgrounds collected original stories in their native tongues that were transformed into bilingual classroom readers.A Chinese-American fairy tale is presented as an illustration. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Language Enrichment, Reading Materials
(1980). Creole in Conflict, Migration Today. In Haiti, parents expect their children to be taught French in school. Haitian parents living in the United States must be made to understand that Creole speaking children may more easily make the transition into English directly, rather than via French. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, French, Haitian Creole, Haitians
(1975). A Growing Awareness of the Spanish Speaking Child, Thrust for Education Leadership. Considered the problems of non-English speaking children and the provision of meaningful educational programs for them. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Problems, Educational Responsibility
(1981). Using Visuals to Help the Second Language Learner, Reading Teacher. Notes that three picture story formats– sequential organization, spatial organization, and compare and contrast organization–provide right-brain hemispheric input and stimulate verbal production of students learning a second language. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Second Language Learning
(1974). El Lenguaje Espanol en Filipinas (The Spanish Language in the Philippines), Yelmo. Deals with the Spanish influence in the Philippine Islands and the necessity of teaching the Spanish language. (Text is in Spanish.) Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Influences, Culture Contact, Language Instruction
(1975). More about Primary French Immersion Classes, Orbit 27. This article answers some questions regarding primary French immersion classes–particularly in relation to performance on standardized tests. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Experimental Programs, French