This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Tamara Lucas, Mian Lian Ho, Anne Katz, Jared O. Abagi, Mary Maguire, Ruth Eagan, T. L. McCarty, Catrin Roberts, Michael L. O'Brien, and Marie Cashion.
(1989). School as Community: The Rough Rock Demonstration, Harvard Educational Review. Rough Rock, Arizona, in the Navajo Reservation, is the first school to be run by a locally elected all-Indian school board and the first to incorporate systematic instruction in native language and culture. This demonstration program has led to changes in the community's social, economic, and political structures. Federal funding has both enabled and constrained community control of education. Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education
(1989). The Preschool/Early Reading Movement (ERM) in Italy: An Historical Survey, Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata. Traces the history of the early reading movement in Italy and relates the experiences of parent-guided reading with preschool children and teacher-guided reading with kindergarten children. Recent studies on early reading and research in the area of early bilingual reading is discussed. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Early Reading, Foreign Countries
(1990). Spontaneous Reading and Writing in English by Students in Total French Immersion: Summary of Final Report, English Quarterly. Analyzes the processes and strategies used by English-speaking children when they learn to read and write in their first language, English, while enrolled in total French Immersion (in which all their schooling is in the second language). Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Bilingual Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
(1995). New Paper Words: Historical Images of Navajo Language Literacy, American Indian Quarterly. Presents an overview of the history of Navajo language literacy. Discusses efforts of missionaries to transcribe a written Navajo language, early native language instruction using the Bible and religious texts, the first Native teachers, development of Navajo dictionaries and grammar books, and memories of the school experiences of a present-day Navajo bilingual teacher and her parents. Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, Bilingual Education, Educational Experience
(1989). Serving the Purpose of Education, Harvard Educational Review. Analyzes the differences between Northwest Alaska Inupiat and Western world views, discusses the history of Western culture's influence on Inupiat culture, and explains the effects of the Native school board's taking control of the educational system. Discusses the struggle to preserve the native language and to adapt a foreign educational system to Inupiat culture. Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Bilingual Education, Community Control, Community Education
(1989). Psychometric Issues Relevant to Selecting Items and Assembling Parallel Forms of Language Proficiency Instruments, Educational and Psychological Measurement. Issues in measuring language proficiency of monolingual and bilingual persons are discussed. Psychometric procedures in developing both English- and Spanish-language proficiency instruments are illustrated through development of the New York City Language Assessment Battery, an assessment of proficiency in both languages used to screen eligibility for school bilingual programs. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, English
(1989). Inquiry-Based Curriculum Development in a Navajo School, Educational Leadership. At Rough Rock Demonstration School in Arizona, a bilingual, bicultural curriculum helps Navajo students discover the power and validity of their own lives as tools for learning. Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Design
(1994). Reframing the Debate: The Roles of Native Languages in English-Only Programs for Language Minority Students, TESOL Quarterly. A study of nine federally funded Special Alternative Instructional Programs for language-minority students in which English was the primary language of instruction showed that the incorporation of students' native languages in instruction need not be an all-or-nothing phenomenon. The complexities of using students' native languages in schooling are explored. (Contains 24 references.) Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
(1989). Discourse Particles in Singaporean English; Substratum Influences and Universals, World Englishes. Examines the use and function of Chinese discourse particles in informal speech in Singaporean English, comparing the intonation and pitch movement of native varieties of English to Singaporean English. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Chinese, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
(1995). On Parle Francais Ici: The People of the St. John Valley Have a Tremendous Advantage, Echoes, the Northern Maine Journal of Rural Culture. A change in philosophy concerning the maintenance of native languages has led to local efforts to revive the French language in the St. John Valley (Maine), including the formation of a community organization and implementation of language programs in which children in all grades receive daily instruction in French. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Community Action, Community Organizations
(1994). Cultural Stances Informing Storytelling among Bilingual Children in Quebec, Comparative Education Review. Examines the sociocultural-linguistic processes involved in writing stories in English and French for 2 bilingual children, aged 10 and 11, in Quebec. Points out differences between the children in their views of play, schooling, and story creation. Proposes a unity of process across both languages that is mirrored in the writing of first- and second-language stories. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Case Studies, Cultural Context
(1987). Considering Two-Way Bilingual Programs, Equity and Choice. Describes the San Diego (CA) two-way bilingual program which puts English and Spanish-speaking students together to learn each others' languages. Program results in a lag in English language literacy after early years, but that difference is made up within one year of English language instruction. Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
(1986). Schools and the Language Minority Parents: An Optimum Solution, Catalyst for Change. To encourage more active participation of language minority parents, Oakland Unified School District (California) initiated a parent leadership institute called OPTIMUM. This project helps parents establish cooperative school relationships, understand school organization, upgrade their own education while helping their children, and capitalize on their linguistic and cultural resources. Includes seven references. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
(1988). Language Use in Standard Three Science Instruction in Urban and Rural Kenyan Schools, Kenya Journal of Education. Reports a study comparing various combinations of the English language with the local language for science instruction in three Kenyan primary schools. Concludes that science concepts were acquired more effectively when English was used in combination with local language and recommends implementation of a language of instruction policy. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Problems, Developing Nations, Educational Policy
(1989). Political Conflict over Bilingual Initiatives: A Case Study, Western European Education. Discusses relationship of language conflict and political conflict. Uses a case study of the attempt to establish a bilingual secondary school in Wales to illustrate various conflicts that arise over the implementation of policy already agreed upon in principle. Concludes that developments and conflict related to bilingualism are locally specific. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Conflict