This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Ellen G. Widess, R. Genesee, Bruce Bain, Linguistic Reporter, Stephen D. Sugarman, Merrill Swain, Barbara R. Markman, Wesley Little, Lachman M. Khubchandani, and Canadian Modern Language Review.
(1976). Lost in the Jungles of Multi-Culturalism: Immigrant Children and Canadian Schools: A Review, This Magazine. Suggests that a survey of ESL programs all across the country narrows the approach to the subject of the role of the Canadian schools in the development and education of non-English speaking immigrant children. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Language, Cultural Interrelationships, English (Second Language)
(1975). Community Colleges; Attracting Spanish-Speaking Students, Change. Opened in 1968 to meet the educational needs of San Mateo County, Canada College did not begin to attract Spanish-speaking students until 1971 when it created a program of courses to deal with English language problems and other courses taught bilingually or entirely in Spanish. The program is described briefly. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, College Freshmen, College Programs, Community Colleges
(1974). Equal Protection for Non-English Speaking School Children: Lau V. Nichols, California Law Review. An analysis of the judicial and educational issues surrounding the Lau V. Nichols case in which suit was brought on behalf of 1800 Chinese-American students attending San Francisco public schools on the basis that they are being denied equal educational opportunity because they do not speak English. This case commentary argues for the plaintiffs from an equal protection perspective. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Chinese Americans, Educational Policy
(1976). French Immersion Programs in Canada. A listing of French immersion programs in Canada is given, including city and school board, date started, grades involved and projected to be involved, and a program description. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, FLES
(1972). Planned Change in the Media of Instruction: Problems of Switch-Over, Monda Lingvo-Problemo. To keep the balance between internal and external needs in a modern world regional languages should be used as the media of instruction at the elementary level. Standardized link languages should be introduced at some point in the secondary level to ease the transition from monolingualism to multilingualism. Available from Humanities Press, Inc., Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Language Planning
(1975). Toward an Integration of Piaget and Vygotsky: Bilingual Consideration, Linguistics. Two studies which examined the effect of bilingual cultural/educational experience on competence are presented. The language/educational matrix of the child is an influential factor in development. Bilingual children tended to have greater "cognitive plasticity" than monolingual children. A comprehensive theory of human development is sought. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Development
(1975). Civil Rights at the Crossroads, Integrated Education. In testimony before a May 1974 public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, the Director of the Puerto Rican Forum asserts that if the city provided strategically located schools that offered a bilingual program, this would be an incentive for parents to send their children; new meaning must be given to the concept of integration. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Civil Rights, Educational Needs, Educational Problems
(1974). Civil Rights Commission Reports on Discrimination. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights maintained in a report that Mexican American students are experiencing widespread discrimination in public schools in the Southwest and made 51 recommendations to help promote equal education for Mexican Americans. It is claimed that language and cultural bias has created discriminatory practices. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
(1977). Language Ideology and Language Development: An Appriasal of Indian Education Policy, Linguistics. A survey of the current language situation in India from a historical perspective, and an analysis of assumptions concerning language development. It is concluded that present government policies are ambivalent, giving lip-service to narrow definitions of mother tongues while directing resources toward the development of more broadly defined languages. [More] Descriptors: Asian Studies, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Policy
(1976). An Experiment in Trilingual Education, Canadian Modern Language Review. Presents the findings of an evaluation of a double immersion program in Hebrew and French undertaken by two English-speaking Hebrew day schools. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, FLES
(1975). The Use of Elicited Imitation in Search of an Interim French Grammar, Language Learning. The French language competence of two groups of English-speaking pupils who are educated via French was investigated. Third and fifth grade English-speaking pupils were compared with French-speaking children of the same age. Results of the study are discussed. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, FLES, French, Imitation
(1971). Bilingual Problems and Developments in the United States, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
(1976). English-Speaking Child + Early French Immersion = Bilingual Child? And Comments of Guest Analysts, Canadian Modern Language Review. Research is presented in support of the theory that early French immersion of English-speaking children leads to bilingualism. The evidence is limited to children through the end of grade four. Comments and criticisms are made by three guest analysts. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Elementary Education, FLES
(1975). FLES in Puerto Rico – Revisited, Hispania. The author visited elementary school English classes in Puerto Rico and this article illustrates some of their activities. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), FLES
(1978). Bridges to the Past: Wind River's Native Culture Program, Childhood Education. Describes cultural awareness projects in two schools on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background