This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Bernard Spolsky, John Edwards, Barry Mitzman, Alfons Rothmund, Jeanne Lopez-Valadez, M. J. de Jong, Glendon F. Drake, Gilberto de los Santos, William R. Herold, and Joan E. Friedenberg.
(1972). Franzosischer Intensivunterricht uhd zweisprachige Zuge (Intensive French Instruction and Bilingual Instruction), Fremdsprachliche Unterricht. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, French, German, Intensive Language Courses
(1975). El Paso's Organizational Development Model, Community and Junior College Journal. The success of El Paso Community College (Texas) is attributed to its early definition of instructional thrusts including: systematizing and individualizing instruction; increasing awareness, sensitivity, and appreciation of the culture of the students; development of staff bilingual capabilities; development of staff teams versed in management by objectives methods. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Inservice Education, Mexican Americans
(1975). Linguistics in Practice: The Navajo Reading Study, Theory Into Practice. This article presents an outline of how some linguistic studies have formed the basis for the start of an experimental program in training bilingual Navajo elementary school teachers. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English
(1987). The Education of the Children of Migrant Workers. Discusses various ideas being used to help children of European migrant workers adjust to frequent moves, often to new countries. Includes (1) reception teaching, (2) teaching language and culture of the native country, (3) educational reintegration, (4) development and distribution of teaching materials, and (5) teacher training. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Developmental Continuity, Elementary Secondary Education, Migrant Education
(1972). Plaidoyer pour le bilinguisme (A Plea for Bilingualism), Revue de Louisiane/Louisiana Review. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Opportunities, Educational Policy
(1976). Class Action, Community Organization and School Reform, IRCD Bulletin. This report strongly suggests that legal action for better schools does not obviate the need for organizational resources and skilled community organization. If the children of the poor are to have quality education, they will need advocates outside the ghetto, but they will also need an organized community. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Educational Quality, Minority Group Children
(1986). Education Policy in the Netherlands: A Plea for Integration, Equity and Choice. Focusing on the Netherlands, argues that schools should provide foreign students with every opportunity to become integrated into mainstream language and culture. Holds that it is not the role of government (or schools) to maintain the distinct minority culture which formed the child's early indentity. Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
(1972). A Comprehensive Bilingual Program in Evangeline Country, Revue de Louisiane/Louisiana Review. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Cultural Opportunities, Curriculum Guides
(1988). Bilingualism, Education and Identity, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. Discusses the role of the school in supporting minority group identity, particularly through language maintenance programs. While language shift may not be countered by schools acting in isolation, identity can be maintained through periods of language shift. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Ethnicity, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance
(1987). LEP Students: A Growing Special Population, Vocational Education Journal. The Bilingual Vocational Training model delivers vocational education to limited-English-proficient students through recruitment, intake and assessment, bilingual instruction, support services, and job placement. The Perkins Act expands the mandate for serving this population, focusing on accessibility, quality, and coordination. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Limited English Speaking, Vocational Education, Vocational English (Second Language)
(1972). Las Escuelas Bilingues (Bilingual Schools) in Peru: Some Comments on Second Language Learning, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. [More] Descriptors: Aymara, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Evaluation
(1975). Integrity, Promise, and Language Planning, Language Learning. An examination of seminal studies in sociolinguistics and bilingualism serves as a basis for setting the parameters for the language planning response to the Lau decision. The studies discussed are primarily those of W. E. Lambert and the Unesco report, "The Use of Vernacular Languages in Education…" [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
(1986). Language Development without Planning: A Case Study of Tribal Aborigines in the Northern Teritory, Australia, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. Describes the influences which have affected the changing sociolinguistic setting for tribal Aborigines in the Northern Territory, Australia. The effects of various governmental and educational policies on language development are highlighted, and the need for deliberately planned, implemented, and monitored language policy is suggested. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
(1972). Another Texas First–Bilingual Television Instruction "Carrascolendas", Educational Resources and Techniques. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Instructional Programs
(1976). "Si Se Puede–It Can Be Done!", Change. Colegio Cesar Chavez, a bilingual educational community in Mt. Angel, Oregon, is a Chicano-oriented and administered college which evolved from financially troubled Mt. Angel College. The author traces its struggle to maintain and develop a liberal arts program to meet the needs of its student body, now 100. [More] Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Educational History