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Logan, Thomas F. – NABE: The Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1990
Observations of 4-year-old Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans and English-speaking African Americans in Head Start revealed that, during free play, children were determined to exercise control over their involvement with others. Most significantly, Hispanic children were reluctant to enter into verbal play with English speakers and thus received…
Descriptors: Blacks, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Competence, Mexican Americans
OTT, ELIZABETH – 1967
THE BASIC CONCEPTS USED IN DEVELOPING THE LANGUAGE AND READING EDUCATION PROGRAM WERE--(1) ALL HUMAN ORGANISMS ARE ESSENTIALLY ALIKE AND THEREFORE MAN'S BASIC NEEDS ARE THE SAME, (2) FUNDAMENTAL LIKENESSES EXIST IN ALL CULTURES, (3) CHILDREN FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE DIMENSIONS OF THEIR OWN CULTURE ARE READY TO MOVE TOWARD UNDERSTANDING THE OTHER…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Differences, Culture, Disadvantaged
Politzer, Robert L. – 1974
The relevance of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics to language instruction is discussed. English as a second language has traditionally been ignored by English departments, and second language teaching in general has received little attention in language departments because of the emphasis on literary studies. ESL and EFL have emerged under…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Blacks, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cross Cultural Studies
Saracho, Olivia N., Ed.; Spodek, Bernard, Ed. – 1983
Chapters in this book are organized into sections devoted to (1) the nature of multiculturalism in children, (2) educational practices and materials, and (3) issues in preparing early childhood educators. The first four chapters in section 1 focus, respectively, on Mexican-American culture; the roots, culture, and learning styles of Black…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Childrens Literature