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Crawford, James – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2007
For decades bilingual education in the United States has faced political adversity to varying degrees. Having survived several waves of English-only activism since the late 1970s, these programs seem unlikely to disappear anytime soon. Research has increasingly demonstrated their superiority to all-English approaches for educating English-language…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Bilingual Education, Testing, High Stakes Tests
Hartford, Beverly, Ed.; And Others – 1982
The fifteen articles in this volume are generally concerned with the role of vernacular language in bilingual education on an international scale. They examine specific nations and how bilingualism affects their social milieu. The following articles are included: (1) "Bilingualism and the Vernacular," by Shana Poplack; (2) "The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development
Barker, David J., Ed.; Terdy, Dennis, Ed. – 1984
Selected papers from the state conference of the Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages include two plenary session presentations and six concurrent session presentations. The plenary session presentations are "Who's In Charge Here?" by Jesan Handscombe and "So What Do You Do In There Anyway?" by Dennis Terdy. The concurrent…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure
Lo Bianco, Joseph, Ed. – VOX: The Journal of the Australian Advisory Council on Languages and Multicultural Education, 1991
This document consists of the three issues of the serial "VOX" published in 1989-1991. Major articles in these issues include: "The Original Languages of Australia"; "UNESCO and Universal Literacy"; "Language Shift and Maintenance in Torres Strait"; "Maintaining and Developing Italian in…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Bilingual Education, Certification, Communicative Competence (Languages)