This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Richard V. Teschner, Robert B. Kaplan, Gordon E. Greenwood, Arnulto G. Ramirez, Stevie Hoffman, George Bernstein, Paul L. Houts, Ellen Davis Birlem, Richard Barrutia, and Katherine Davis Wiesendanger.
(1979). Teaching Reading in Spanish: A Study of Teacher Effectiveness, Reading Improvement. Reports findings of an investigation of the effect of teaching behaviors on student reading achievement in Spanish. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Reading Achievement
(1979). Some New Roles for Study Abroad in American Education, ADFL Bulletin. Makes some recommendations for the establishment and certification of study abroad programs, and discusses study abroad requirements for future language and area studies teachers. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Degree Requirements, Government Role, Higher Education
(1975). Learning to Like the Life Boat: The Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the AATSP (Denver, November 25-26 and 29-30, 1974), Modern Language Journal. A report is given of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the AATSP held at Denver, Colorado, November 25-26 and 29-30, 1974, at which time the AATSP, AATF and ACTFL met together for the first time. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Conference Reports, FLES, Graduate Study
(1980). Creative ESL Composition for the Bilingual Indian Student, Journal of American Indian Education. Because the cumulative nature of paragraphs can be compared to that of a sentence, Indian students who learn how to add words to the end of sentences to make them "richer" and more complex can better understand how to improve their writing at the paragraph level. Descriptors: American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Paragraph Composition
(1979). The Resurgence of Foreign Language Study, Modern Language Journal. Documents the growing interest in foreign language study in the United States, concentrating on employment opportunities, economic factors, and educational change. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Opportunities, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors
(1979). Adapting Language Experience to Reading for Bilingual Pupils, Reading Teacher. Describes language experience activities which tie concepts, vocabulary, sentence structure, and beginning reading skills together and which are appropriate for the bilingual child. Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
(1978). Language Development in Two Bilingual Schools: A Study in Contrastive Psycholinguistic Analysis, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. Contrastive psycholinguistic analysis of second language acquisition was undertaken with bilingual students taught primarily in French and with bilingual students taught in both English and Spanish. Three types of contrastive comparisons are made on the results of production tests administered to students. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, English, French
(1979). Bilingual Poetry-in-the-Schools, Teachers and Writers. Shows how comparison and contrast of cultures yields poetry from bilingual elementary students. Provides samples of student poems. Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Creative Writing, Cultural Awareness
(1980). Why Not English as a First Language?, Clearing House. This article reviews some of the issues in the debate over bilingual instruction for Spanish speaking students. It presents statements by educators and foreign-born students and notes the impact of the immigrant parents' attitudes toward English on the child's use of it. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes
(1978). Language and Learning, Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association. Asserts that language teaching is introduced into the curriculum at precisely the wrong time: the point at which language acquisition has diminished and language learning is more dominant. It is also stated that compulsory language learning is destructive and that bilingualism provides another way of looking at the world. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
(1979). A Longitudinal Follow Up of a Preschool Intervention Program for Mexican-American Migrant Children, Reading Improvement. Concludes that a preschool intervention program contributed in positive ways to the school achievement of the participating primary school migrant children. Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research
(1978). A Baby Learns French, Educational Research. The author records her experiment with her daughter from birth to the age of four and a half to determine whether a child in a monolingual environment could grow up speaking two languages. The record traces the child's development in both English and French. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Experiments, English, Family Environment
(1977). Historical and International Perspectives on Bilingualism, Montclair Education Review. Bilingualism has developed in response to a great many social, economic, political, and cultural needs, and the responses have emerged in a variety of societies stretching back millenia. Recent bilingual programs in America continue this historical tradition of dealing with more than one language in a society or region. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Influences, Educational Development
(1980). Immersion Defined by Strategy, Canadian Modern Language Review. Proposes a model of immersion strategy based on an emphasis on communication and on the use of a great variety of teaching techniques. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, French
(1980). The Promise of Schooling: A Conversation with John Ourth, Principal. In this interview the president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals discusses the elements that make his school work. Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism