This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include James M. Royer, Ana Huerta-Macias, Sarah Warshauer Freedman, Jill Fitzgerald, Maria Estela Brisk, Margaret Early, Jon Reyhner, Patricia Prado-Olmos, Ricardo J. Perez, and Salvador Hector Ochoa.
(1990). Enabling First and Second Language Learners in the Classroom, Language Arts. Describes how the teaching of language and the teaching of subject matter knowledge can be brought together to empower students and to foster a positive attitude toward their own abilities. Illustrates a framework for integrating language development and the development of subject matter knowledge with a case study of one classroom in Vancouver, British Columbia. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Case Studies, Classroom Environment
(1990). All in the Family: Bilingualism and Biliteracy, Reading Teacher. Discusses the goals of Project Family Initiative for English Literacy (FIEL) and the rationale for the model on which it is based. Describes the curriculum and the content of the five-step lessons. Provides an example of one family's literacy growth within the project. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Elementary Education, Family Involvement
(1993). Students "DO" Process: Bilingual Students' Interactions in a Small Cooperative Learning Reading Group, Bilingual Research Journal. Analysis of the talk of four native Spanish-speaking third graders revealed the many reading and conversational strategies used as they cooperatively composed an answer to a reading comprehension question in Spanish. Demonstrates how students took a position on story interpretation, used evidence to support their positions, and came to the "right" answer through the process. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Classroom Communication, Cooperative Learning
(1993). A Comparison of Planning and Personnel Factors in Bilingual Programs among Exemplary, Non-exemplary, and Accreditation Notice Schools, Bilingual Research Journal. A survey of 169 educators examined aspects of instructional leadership in elementary bilingual programs. Bilingual programs in exemplary schools differed from those in average schools or schools on accreditation notice in identification procedures, teacher involvement in program development and evaluation, and training in the use of pacing of first and second language instruction. Includes survey questions. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
(1991). Crossing Cultural Barriers: A Model for Schooling Bilingual and English-Speaking Students in Harmony, Equity and Choice. Describes a bilingual program where bilingual students and students taught in English are integrated socially and academically. The program fosters strong bonds between monolingual and bilingual students and teachers, acceptance of individuals regardless of ethnicity, development of English without loss of the native language, and better ties with parents of bilingual students. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Class Organization
(1990). Two Cultures, One School: St. Mary's, Alaska, Canadian Journal of Native Education. Describes the successful school serving preschool-twelfth grade in St. Mary's Alaska–a small remote Yupik community. Examines the bilingual curriculum, strong community support, and the school's philosophy and goals emphasizing integration of Yupik ways and values and the educational responsibility of the community. Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Community Support
(1993). Views on Bilingualism in the United States: A Selective Historical Review, Bilingual Research Journal. Reviews salient historical events and selected factors that reveal views on bilingualism in the United States from precolonial times to the present. Identifies patterns of attitudes toward bilingualism, and summarizes factors associated with various patterns in an effort to understand current controversy over bilingualism. Contains 42 references. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
(1992). Review of "Reversing Language Shift: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Assistance to Threatened Languages," by Joshua A. Fishman, Bilingual Research Journal. Reviews a book that emphasizes the role of families in maintaining minority languages and, ultimately, cultures. The book sees efforts to preserve and restore minority languages as societal reform efforts that lead to appreciation of other cultures as well. Three sections cover introductory considerations, case studies of threatened languages, and how minority languages can be revived. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Maintenance, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
(1995). Don't Ignore It: Documenting Racial Harassment in a Fourth-Grade Vietnamese Bilingual Classroom, Equity & Excellence in Education. Describes a harassment documentation project conducted with 26 Vietnamese bilingual students, primarily immigrants, in an urban fourth-grade classroom. Results suggest the importance of documenting student experience as a reality and validity check and as a support a model for designing ways to gather meaningful data. Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cultural Differences
(1990). Language Minority Education in Great Britain: A Challenge to Current U.S. Policy, TESOL Quarterly. Compares the events leading to the contrasting educational policies that apply to the placement of language minority students in Britain and the United States. The supportive institutional structures of these policies are examined, and the ways these differences reflect contrasting assumptions about language development and definitions of equality of opportunity are discussed. (21 references) Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)
(1995). The Kakyo: Chinese in Japan, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. Discusses the role of the Chinese language and people in Japan, focusing on the historical impact of the Chinese language and culture on Japan, Chinese schools in Japan, and local Chinese immigrant communities. (20 references) Descriptors: Asian History, Bilingual Education, Chinese, Chinese Culture
(1995). The Power of American Indian Parents and Communities, Bilingual Research Journal. Discusses the role that schools, communities, and parents can play in transmitting American Indian culture and language to Indian children, focusing on the experiences of the Hualapai Indians and Peach Springs School District in Arizona. (three references) Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Community Involvement
(1991). Assessing the Language Acquisition Progress of Limited English Proficient Students: Problems and a New Alternative, Applied Measurement in Education. Measures of linguistic competence for limited-English-proficient students are discussed. The results for 134 students in grades 3 through 6 from a study of the reliability and validity of the Sentence Verification Technique tests as measures of listening and reading comprehension performance in native languages and English are reported. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
(1994). A Pedagogical Model for Transitional English Bilingual Classrooms, Bilingual Research Journal. A pedagogical model for transitional English bilingual classrooms was developed to meet the goals of teacher training and guidance, program evaluation, and empirical validation of bilingual theories. The model defines and integrates theoretical principles useful for pedagogical application in four dimensions: activity structures, language of instruction, language content, and communication mode. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Communication, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
(1993). Heritage Language Curricular Documents and Contact Persons at the Provincial Level, Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers. Identifies 60 heritage/international language documents available from (or being developed by) provincial ministries of education in Canada (except the two territories and Quebec). It lists, by province, documents related to languages other than English, French, or Native languages, and provides the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of contact people in each province. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials