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Kunkle, John F., Ed.; Cipriani, Anita A., Ed. – 1973
This report begins with a list of the publications of the national FLES Committee and an introduction in which T. Andersson describes how FLES programs can adopt bilingual education practices. Seventeen papers are included in the report. R. Bennett and M. Lala discuss how FLES programs can be individualized. Specific teaching techniques are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, FLES, Language Ability
Matluck, Joseph H. – 1978
An oral language assessment test not only can determine the relative proficiency of a child in one or more languages and his or her language preference, but also can provide diagnostic information as to the child's strengths and weaknesses in each language. This information can serve as a guide to curriculum development and to prescriptive…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Dodds, Dinah; And Others – 1975
An experiment was carried out at Lewis and Clark College to measure the effect of Transcendental Meditation (TM) on learning German. Three sections of first-year German were formed into a TM group, a TM-like group, and a control group. The TM group received training in TM given by two trained, experienced teachers. The TM-like section received…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests, Behavioral Science Research
Crymes, Ruth, Ed.; Norris, William, Ed. – 1975
The 23 papers in this volume are classified into the following seven areas: (1) the profession, (2) the teacher, (3) the learner, (4) programs, (5) the organization of materials, (6) testing, and (7) the classroom. The papers appear here just as they were prepared for presentation at the 1974 TESOL Convention. The three papers in part 1 look at…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Class Activities, Conference Reports, Cultural Background
Pialorsi, Frank Paul – 1974
The present paper reports on a study conducted in 1973, designed to measure the English competence and performance of bilingual fourth graders in selected schools in southern Arizona and the extent to which the first language (Spanish) interfered with the second (English). The study also attempted to determine which patterns might yet be unlearned…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Gleason, Thomas P.; Rankine, Fred C. – 1977
An experimental bilingual bicultural French language program for kindergarten students in a former French-speaking area of Western Newfoundland was initiated in an integrated primary school in September 1975. The experimental class of thirty students was taught entirely in French while the control group received twenty minutes of French per day…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, French
Mauldin, Michael A.; And Others – 1979
Language assessment procedures developed by the Houston Independent School District were undertaken to identify limited-English-speaking-ability (LESA) students, mostly Mexican-Americans, for bilingual instruction. Six phases of program development were included: (1) goals, policies and procedures; (2) language assessment; (3) instructional…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Aders, Pat; And Others – 1975
During a panel discussion on high school-university relations, with reference to language programs, the following problems were isolated: student attitudes toward academic work; non-academically inclined versus academically inclined students; differing levels of proficiency among incoming freshmen; different methodologies; and reduction in…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Language Programs, College School Cooperation, High Schools
Rosenhouse, Judith – 1977
This paper describes the experience of two children, native-speakers of Hebrew, in a language center in England. The language center provides a total immersion program in English for a multi-lingual population of children aged 5 to 12 years. The small-group and individualized instruction, the instructional materials and facilities, and the close…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education