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Gabay, Lea – CATESOL Journal, 2014
This article provides an in-depth analysis of a play that I wrote centering on 4 international students' experiences studying and living in the US. It consists of 5 scenes, which delve into the topics of cultural differences, first impressions of the US, university systems, friendship, time and personal space, stereotyping and discrimination, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Theater Arts, Stereotypes
Pellerano, Cristina; Fradd, Sandra H.; Rovira, Lourdes – Discover; n3 Feb 1998, 1998
Coral Way Elementary School (Florida), the nation's oldest 20th-century public bilingual school, is recognized as a model for bilingual education. Its curriculum promotes enrichment and language development while building on the languages students bring to school. As well as a medium for moving students to English proficiency, it is a vehicle for…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Theberge, Raymond – 1990
An evaluation of Manitoba's French immersion programs at the levels of grades 3, 6, and 9 focused on program effectiveness in teaching listening comprehension and speech skills. The results for grade 6 are presented here. The first section describes the framework of the immersion curriculum and the listening and oral skills targeted in it. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, French
Tucker, G. Richard; Crandall, JoAnn – 1989
Two-way, or bilingual, immersion education, a major innovation in the integration of language and content instruction, is intended to improve the quality of language education for language minority and language majority students in the United States. The emerging educational practice responds to the increasing proportions of language minority…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1987
The conceptual framework within which Alberta's elementary school French immersion programs are designed is presented. The first of three main sections outlines the evolution of the concept of language and some second language instructional approaches, including the structural, formalist, functional, and communicative approaches. It also discusses…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, Curriculum Design
Theberge, Raymond – 1990
An evaluation of Manitoba's French immersion programs at the levels of grades 3, 6, and 9 focused on program effectiveness in teaching listening comprehension and speech skills. The results for grade 9 are presented here. The first section describes the framework of the immersion curriculum and the listening and oral skills targeted in it. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, French
Slaughter, Helen B.; Watson-Gegeo, Karen – 1988
The Hawaiian Language Immersion Program, implemented at the kindergarten/first grade level in an elementary school on Oahu and one on Hawaii, is described and evaluated. The program was instituted at the request of parents of students who had attended a Hawaiian language immersion preschool and was open to all students, regardless of ethnicity or…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Ethnography
Grittner, Frank M. – 1977
Based on data collected through classroom observations during site visits in February 1977 to project schools in Wisconsin (Freedom, Pulaski, Seymour, and West DePere), this document evaluates a project on Oneida language instruction. The project evolved from an expressed interest by Oneida Tribal members, elementary school children, and…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Child Development, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design
Grittner, Frank M. – 1978
Based on data collected during site visits in March 1978 to four Wisconsin school districts (Freedom, Pulaski, Seymour, and West DePere), this document evaluates a state project on Oneida language instruction. The project evolved from an expressed interest by Oneida Tribal members, elementary school children, and university students in learning…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Check Lists, Child Development, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Curtain, Helena; Pesola, Carol Ann Bjornstad – 1994
This book is designed as both a methods text and practical guide for school districts and teachers involved in foreign language instruction at the elementary and middle school levels (grades K-8). Its primary concern is with majority-language speakers and with beginning-level classes. Brief introductory sections outline key concepts for success.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education, Curriculum Design
Barfield, Susan C.; Rhodes, Nancy C. – 1992
The partial immersion program at Key Elementary School (Arlington, Virginia), where half the instruction is in English and half in Spanish, has completed its sixth year. The program review, including classroom observation, interviews with or surveys of students, teachers, parents, and staff, and student assessment, revealed a highly successful…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Administrator Attitudes, Articulation (Education)
Cowles, Maria Antonia – 1993
The dual-degree MBA/MA program of the University of Pennsylvania is described. The program is designed to provide future business leaders with superior international management education and prepare them to operate effectively and comfortably in the global economy through social and professional language skills and knowledge of diverse cultural…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Business Administration Education, College Second Language Programs, Course Evaluation