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(1974). The Pilot Immersion Program at Allenby Public School, Toronto, Canadian Modern Language Review. An explanation of a kindergarten French immersion program includes essential background information, details of implementation, problems encountered, practical and theoretical implications and suggested solutions to the difficulties encountered. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
(1974). The Teaching of French as a Second Language in Ottawa, Canadian Modern Language Review. The Ottawa school system conducts French instruction in both immersion and "core" or regular programs. Special features are bilingual grades at the higher level and a bilingual high school. French Immersion programs are evaluated in terms of expense and educational effect. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
(1982). The Mexican Approach to Developing Bilingual Materials and Teaching Literacy to Bilingual Students, Reading Teacher. Describes the rationale and methods used in Mexico for developing and using bilingual materials for both primary school students and adults. Presents a modification of the system that is designed to improve native-language skills while teaching English as a second language. [More] Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, English (Second Language)
(1972). Evaluating Reading Materials in Navajo: Report of a Teachers' Conference (Gallup, New Mexico, April 28-29, 1972). Navajo Reading Study Progress Report No. 18. Elementary-grade reading materials produced in the Navajo language were evaluated at a teacher's conference held in Gallup, New Mexico, on April 28-29, 1972. Participants, mostly teachers, at the conference numbered approximately 45. The 5 texts evaluated were "Mosilgai" (School Cat), "Jasper," Pabii Doo Masi" (Puppy and Cat), "Da'iida" (Eat), and "Hastoi Taa." Each of the books was discussed in detail by the authors, who presented the rationale behind their work, and then by conference participants, many of whom had familiarized themselves with the books through classroom use. Criticisms were presented not so much in terms of text revision, but rather in terms of future materials preparation. Also discussed were the relationship between spelling and dialect, the possibility of alternate readers, and better fit for different dialect areas; but the discussion remained unresolved. In addition, some objections to the size of the print, essentially 12 point IBM Directory type, were discussed. It was generally agreed that for beginning readers the type size should be larger (36 point), with reduction to take place in higher level readers. [More] Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Conferences, Elementary School Students
(1981). Early French Immersion Later On, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. Summarizes an evaluation of an early French immersion program at grades 6 and 8. In English language skills, immersion students performed as well as, or better than, English-only program groups; in mathematics and sciences, immersion students did as well as their comparison group. Other findings are discussed. [More] Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Elementary Education
(1974). French Immersion Programs: The Experience of the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal, Canadian Modern Language Review. Discusses early and late French immersion programs, their advantages and disadvantages, and considerations of staffing, cost, student motivation, effect on native language skills, and program effectiveness. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, English
(1974). A Canadian Experiment in the Development of Bilingual Competence, Canadian Modern Language Review. Describes the response of one Canadian community and its local school board to the challenge of producing functionally bilingual children within the context of the public school curriculum, grades K through 7. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Education
(1974). Apachean Language Maintenance, International Journal of the Sociology of Language. This is both a report on the numbers of native speakers of Apachean languages and a statement of the need for sociolinguistic studies of these languages. [More] Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Apache, Bilingual Education
(1972). The Stroop Phenomenon and Its Use in the Study of Perceptual, Cognitive and Response Processes. The review summarizes empirical findings and theoretical views related to the Stroop color-word phenomenon, in which naming of a color is disrupted and delayed by the presence of an "irrelevant" word denoting a color different from the color patch. It was deemed important to increase awareness of this phenomenon, since it involves basic processes of perception, identification, reading, and naming, which account for much of human behavior. Experimental findings were emphasized in a review of research, most of which was produced since the 1966 review of Jensen and Rohwer. One purpose of the review was to illustrate use of the Stroop paradigm as a tool for the study of word meaning, bilingual language organization, and perception and processing differences between the two hemispheres. The incompleteness, and in some cases the inappropriateness, of existing explanations of the Stroop phenomenon also were discussed. Descriptors: Associative Learning, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Color
(1969). Students of Non-Canadian Origin: A Descriptive Report of Students in Toronto Schools. This report presents a study describing and comparing two groups of students who speak English as a first or second language: "New Canadians" (those students born outside Canada) and "Canadian Born" students. Emphasizing the collection of background information on the overall student population, an extensive Student Background Questionnaire was administered along with a battery of group ability tests and the use of teacher ratings. Basic frequency distributions of responses appear in Appendix A. A random selection of 25 percent of grade 5, 7, and 9 classes in the Toronto system was designated for the sample in an attempt to provide norms and material with which the reader may generalize to students in Toronto schools. In the data presented, response differences to a few of the categories of the questionnaire are clearly evident between Canadian Born and Non Canadian Born as to their "degree" of exposure to English; numbers of students who received instruction in English as a second language; the formal maintainance of language other than English; rural and urban background of students; and education background of parents. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
(1973). Advisory Council Issues Annual Report to Congress. The 6 main recommendations and the proposed budget for FY '75 that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education presented in its first Annual Report to Congress are explained. [More] Descriptors: Advisory Committees, American Indians, Annual Reports, Bilingual Education
(1974). "Bilingualism in the Southwest": A Review, Research in the Teaching of English. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
(1980). Teaching EFL in a Unilingual Quebec, Canadian Modern Language Review. Reviews the history of language legislation in Quebec, specifically regarding the relationship between French and English. It is suggested that English be taught as a "foreign" rather than a "second" language in Quebec. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Federal Legislation
(1972). Michigan Education Association, Division of Minority Affairs, Annual Report, August 1972. Evaluative data relative to the effectiveness of the Division of Minority Affairs in arriving at defined goals and objectives are presented in this annual report. Program descriptions and specific objectives are given for 9 projects. The projects include developing a curriculum change model; planning a minority group conference; developing a reading in-service program model; enlisting the influence of accrediting agencies in changing curriculum practices; providing a clearinghouse of information regarding fellowships and scholarships; creating and maintaining a curriculum center; sponsoring a curriculum development conference, including ethnic curriculum development, Indian education, and Chicano curriculum development; publishing a Manifesto to provide information to members; developing a liaison with other agencies and institutions; and providing general services. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Blacks, Cultural Awareness
(1974). Nonstandard English and Free Recall: An Exploratory Study, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. In a study of non-disadvantaged Hawaiian school children, a free recall task was used to compare the performance of standard English speaking children to a group of children speaking Hawaiian Islands dialect. The major finding was that dialect speakers actually possess verbal skills in standard English, despite assessments based on schoolroom performance. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Dialect Studies