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DePalma, Renée – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
This study investigates the self-reported experiences of students participating in a Galician language and culture course. Galician, a language historically spoken in northwestern Spain, has been losing ground with respect to Spanish, particularly in urban areas and among the younger generations. The research specifically focuses on informal…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Interviews, Student Attitudes
Bamford, Kathryn W.; Mizokawa, Donald T. – 1989
A study compared language skill development and cultural attitudes of second-grade children taught in an additive-bilingual program setting with those of second-grade children from a monolingual classroom setting. Subjects were 41 second-grade children participating in a Spanish immersion program and 19 children from a regular second-grade…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness
Irazarry, Ruddie A. – 1978
This review of current federal and state legislation provides information on characteristics of bilingual education programs, mandated by law, that are of importance to evaluators. The legislative summaries are presented in two sections: across-states summary of legislative provisions and state-by-state summary of legislative provisions.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Campbell, Russell N.; Lindholm, Kathryn J. – 1987
Three successful school program models designed to help language minority students conserve the language skills acquired in their homes and continue normal native language development are described. The programs were developed to counteract a trend toward wasting valuable existing language skills and resources. The programs include: (1) an…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs