This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Anne Pakir, Kristen O'Halloran, Miguel A. Zabalza, Wolfgang Butzkamm, Mary Anne Raywid, Jana Echevarria, Louise Lockard, Luis C. Moll, Irene C. Cota, and Juan Cartagena.
(1996). The Effects of Instructional Conversations on the Language and Concept Development of Latino Students with Learning Disabilities, Bilingual Research Journal. Five learning-disabled Latino elementary students read stories and participated in alternating lessons using traditional instruction (basal approach) or interactive instructional conversation (IC). Analysis of videotapes and of postlesson narratives constructed by each child found that IC resulted in more complex academic discourse, greater student engagement, and greater understanding of target concepts than did traditional instruction. Contains 30 references. Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Bilingual Education, Concept Formation, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
(1997). The Role of Previous Educational Learning Experiences on Current Academic Performances and Second Language Proficiency of Intermediate School Limited English Proficient Students, Bilingual Research Journal. Interviews with 103 limited-English-proficient middle school students in California examined student and parent attitudes toward learning English, student use of English with family and friends, homework and study assistance, participation in extracurricular activities, and the influence of frequent absences and years of English instruction on academic achievement. (Contains 24 references.) Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Bilingual Education, Educational Research
(1997). Success Indicators in a Bilingual Program: Reading, Writing, and Spelling for Young Deaf Children, Perspectives in Education and Deafness. Describes Australia's first bilingual program for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Students use Australian Sign Language for face-to-face communication and English for reading and writing. Discusses the phases that occur as students progress within the early stages of reading, writing, and spelling. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Deafness, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education
(1992). Issues in Second Language Curriculum Development: Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. Summarizes current theoretical and practical issues of second-language learning and teaching in the national curricula of Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam. Postcolonial developments in each country influence the theory and practice of first- and second-language acquisition. Of importance also are the attitudes and expectations of teachers and students as well as official language policy. Contains annotated bibliography (26 references). Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
(1992). Bilingual Classroom Studies and Community Analysis: Some Recent Trends, Educational Researcher. Uses a sociocultural perspective that acknowledges the many resources for children beyond school for language acquisition to describe how research about children' communities can be used to enhance bilingual instruction. Argues for the redefinition of researchers' and teachers' roles for a collaborative working relationship to bring about educational change. Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Research
(1989). English Only JAMAS, Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos Bulletin. Puerto Ricans have been largely ignored in the current debate over English as a national language. Once the rhetoric of language restrictionists is discarded, the real issue becomes that of the political empowerment of Puerto Ricans. The history of language policy in relation to Puerto Ricans is also reviewed. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Civil Rights, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
(1996). Cultural Content in Early Childhood Education in Spain, Early Child Development and Care. Defines and distinguishes three large dimensions of culture in relation to schools for young children. Introduces early childhood education's place in the Spanish educational system and the cultural contents that help children develop values and multicultural awareness. Details Spanish educational concepts and the ways in which Spanish teachers incorporate local culture in the classroom. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Development, Cultural Context, Cultural Traits
(1992). Paradise Elementary School, Urban Review. Offers a fictionalized account of the development, within an elementary school, of four distinctive schools-within-schools. Questions and issues arising in developing such programs are discussed; the theme of each of these four is described, and advantages that staff find in the arrangement are presented. Descriptors: Art Education, Asian Americans, Back to Basics, Bilingual Education
(1993). Counseling Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Illinois Schools Journal. Provides insights into issues facing educators and counselors who are working with language minority students in public school settings. Explores cultural themes common to many Hispanic American groups, looks at approaches to urban and other current Native American settings, and describes the Minority Identity Development Model for Asian Americans. Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role
(1997). Montana Adopts Landmark Language Certification Process, Tribal College. Describes the passing of the Montana Class 7 American Indian Language and Cultural Specialist Certification, which enables all seven Montana tribes to certify the people most qualified to teach their language, and allows the tribes to develop curriculum and strategies that promote their languages and assure their feasibility. Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education
(1997). Communicative Shifts in the Regular FL-Classroom and in the Bilingual Content Classroom, IRAL. Discusses the methodological concepts of medium- and message-oriented communication and applies these concepts to conventional foreign language and bilingual content classrooms, with specific reference to English as a Second Language. Argues that the interplay between message- and medium-orientation is an important feature of both these classrooms. (28 references) Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Check Lists, Class Activities, College Students
(1997). Prekindergarten Teachers' Views about the Education of Language Minority Students, Teacher Education and Practice. Preschool teachers from Texas school districts with high and low Hispanic populations completed surveys examining their knowledge and beliefs about early childhood bilingualism and developmentally appropriate practice. Positive beliefs about the use of native language to develop emergent cognitive-academic language proficiency through active learning were not clearly indicated in either group of teachers. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Child Development, Developmental Stages
(1996). The Social Studies Video Project: A Holistic Approach for Teaching Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students, Social Studies. Describes a class project conducted by multiethnic, limited English speaking, fifth-grade students. The students produced their own videos as part of lessons they developed about their countries of origin. Maintains that this process increases language and social skills while it develops social studies content. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Technology, Elementary Education
(1996). New Paper Words: Historical Images of Navajo Literacy, Journal of Navajo Education. Weaves a Navajo elementary teacher's anecdotes from her own and her father's educational experiences with archival materials to provide a historical context for Navajo literacy. Discusses early written Navajo; the role of schools and churches in the expansion of written Navajo; and the advancement of Navajo linguistics during John Collier's administration of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1933-1945. Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Church Role
(1996). Navajo Language Teaching in Immersion Classrooms, Journal of Navajo Education. Provides a conceptual framework and concrete guidance for Navajo language teaching that follows an immersion approach. Explains key theoretical starting points for immersion instruction and program development; then describes in step-by-step fashion how to go about implementing immersion language teaching in various classroom contexts. Descriptors: American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Techniques