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Guskin, Judith T.; Goldstein, Beth L. – 1983
This guide is intended for use with two videotapes--"Pain and Promise" and "Fitting In"--that address the educational needs of Hmong and Lao students. Information presented in the guide includes brief descriptions of the social organization, religions, languages, and educational backgrounds of Lao and Hmong refugees.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Bilingual Education Programs, Culture Conflict, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationCenter for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language and Orientation Resource Center. – 1982
One of a series of refugee orientation materials, this guide to employment is intended to assist Laotian refugees in their understanding of the employment situation in the United States and to give them necessary information for obtaining work. The text is in Lao followed by an English-language version, which is not an exact translation but which…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Employment, English (Second Language), Job Skills
Working With Indochinese Refugees: A Handbook for Mental Health Workers and Human Service Providers.
Koschmann, Nancy Lee; Tobin, Joseph Jay – 1979
This is a handbook for mental health workers and human service providers who deal with Indochinese refugees. Part I of the booklet provides an overview of the Indochinese refugee situation, discussing the refugees' experience, how they came to the United States, how they have adjusted, and factors that service providers must consider in helping…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Asian History
Download full textMurphy, Richard, Ed.; And Others – 1976
This resource book is intended as an aid to persons working with Thai Dam refugees. To help the language teacher, some differences between Lao and English are discussed, specifically tonal inflections, positioning, declension of pronouns, conjugation of verbs, interrogatives, classifiers and predicate adjectives. An outline of cultural differences…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Culture Contact
PDF pending restorationPhillips-Jones, Linda, Ed.; Katz, Patricia Hawkins, Ed. – 1982
This curriculum guide contains six units covering over 60 hours of lessons on career development designed for Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian students in the United States. Developed for use by counselors, career guidance specialists, vocational instructors, instructors in English as a second language, and other professionals involved in career…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Cambodians, Career Choice
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1976
This manual is intended to meet the needs of elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators across the United States who have been charged with the education of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian and Tai Dam refugee students. There are five sections to the manual. The first, "Retrospective," covers basically what has happened in…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Cross Cultural Studies
