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PDF pending restorationBennett, Ruth; And Others – 1981
The life of a primary mythical character of the Hupa culture unfolds in this story, which was translated from a version told by an 82-year-old Hupa. The introduction summarizes the story plot explaining that the hero of the story is born under strange circumstances (dug up by a girl who ignores the warning not to dig potatoes with two leaves) and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Language Maintenance
Download full textAlberta Teachers Association, Edmonton. – 2000
This publication, launched by the French Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association and prepared under the Millennium Partnership Program in Canada, presents a collection of essays written by French language immersion students in the elementary and secondary grades. Essay topics touch on the following themes: remembering, dreaming, celebrating,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Foreign Countries, French
Kral, Thomas, Ed. – 1997
The literary anthology is intended for non-native speakers of English, including stories written in regional and social dialects to give readers an appreciation of how images and meaning can be conveyed effectively through non-standard forms of the language. Linguistic and cultural notes are provided to make the language more accessible to…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language), Language Variation
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp. – 2001
Part of a Ukrainian language development series, this intermediate-level reader provides a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, newspaper articles, short stories, fairy tales, fables, and dialogs for use by native speakers, heritage language, or second language learners of Ukrainian. (CNP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp. – 2001
Part of a Ukrainian language development series, this intermediate-level reader provides a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, newspaper articles, short stories, fairy tales, fables, and dialogs for use by native speakers, heritage language, or second language learners of Ukrainian. (CNP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp. – 2001
Part of a Ukrainian language development series, this intermediate-level reader provides a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, newspaper articles, short stories, fairy tales, fables, and dialogs for use by native speakers, heritage language, or second language learners of Ukrainian. (CNP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Bennett, Ruth, Ed.; Exline, Jesse – 1983
Yurok Indian legends in Yurok Unifon text include English translations of the entire texts in order to produce fluent reading for English speakers and a continuous text for Yurok readers. Although corresponding sentences are numbered, translation is not word-for-word or sentence-for-sentence. The five stories refer to a time when animals could…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indian Literature
PDF pending restorationBennett, Ruth, Ed.; Davis, Shan – 1984
Three illustrated stories from the Karuk Indians of northwestern California are told in free English translation and in Karuk with literal English translation. Stories tell of Bluejay who pretends to be sick to get higher pay for doctoring the person she is making sick, how the Karuk learned to kill the fattest deer, and the waterdog who kills the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
Bennett, Ruth, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Three illustrated stories from the Karuk Indians of northwestern California are told in free English translation and in Karuk with literal English translation. English and Karuk Unifon alphabet charts are provided. Stories tell of seasonal migration of the mockingbird and the swamp robin, coyote's quest for the sun and how he determined the sun's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
Orr, Gregory, Ed.; Voigt, Ellen Bryant, Ed. – 1996
This anthology collects essays by current and former lecturers at the Warren Wilson College (North Carolina) MFA Program for Writers. Some of the poets whose essays are included are: Joan Aleshire, Marianne Boruch, Carl Dennis, Stephen Dobyns, Reginald Gibbons, Louise Gluck, Allen Grossman, Robert Hass, Tony Hoagland, Heather McHugh, Gregory Orr,…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Creative Writing, Figurative Language, Higher Education
Nottingham, Theodore J. – 1998
This book of fables from the animal kingdom contains: "The Frog Who Knew Too Much"; "Long Tail the Lizard"; "The Otter Who Went to the Bottom of the Sea"; "The Single-Wattled Cassowary and His Lethal Toe"; "The Rebel Gerbil"; "Why Hairless Monkeys Turn Out So Bad"; and "The Eagles'…
Descriptors: Animals, Creative Writing, Didacticism, Elementary Secondary Education
Pratt, Alice; Bennett, Ruth, Ed. – 1981
Traditional and contemporary Hupa songs as sung by a Hupa medicine woman in her 70's are collected in this booklet. Songs are presented in Hupa and English on facing pages that are illustrated with pen and ink drawings. The four songs are "Flower Dance Song" and "Kick Dance Song" (both for traditional religious ceremonial…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Cultural Activities
PDF pending restorationNew York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Bilingual Education. – 1986
Featuring supernatural events and relationship between man and nature, this collection of 15 Seneca stories is presented in English and Seneca versions with 12 full-page illustrations. The stories are adaptations from "Seneca Fiction, Legends and Myths" originally compiled by Jeremiah Curtain and J. N. B. Hewitt following field research…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indian Literature
Lamb, Jessica, Ed. – 1992
This set of Oakland Readers consists of four books of oral histories edited on four reading levels. Each book contains life stories told by students in the Second Start Adult Literacy Program. The books are intended for use by tutors and adult students/new readers in adult literacy programs. Life stories of eight students appear in each book. In…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Beginning Reading
Gladden, Karen; Rivera, Karen; Russell, Sherry – 2000
This book uses poetry and essays to share how welfare reform has affected the lives of a group of female adult literacy students from western Massachusetts. After a brief explanation of the book's purpose, the women who presented their views in the book's poems and essays are profiled. Presented next are six poems that several of the women wrote…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
