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Downing, Bruce T., Ed.; Olney, Douglas P., Ed. – 1985
This book is a compilation of the papers presented at a conference on Hmong Research held at the University of Minnesota. The Hmong are a tribal people of Laos who have come to the United States as a result of Communist victories in their country. All of the papers related to the Hmong as they are seen in the West and the problems they face as…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Traits, Language Usage
Miller, Neil; And Others – 1976
The following reports on women in Portuguese or Portuguese American society are included: (1) "The Story of Maria a.k.a. Mary" by Steven Samuel Ussach, (2) "Portuguese-American Women: Portraits in Fact and in Fiction" by Mary T. Vermette, (3) "A Different Vision of a New England Childhood: The Cape Verdean Experience on Cape Cod" by Maria Luisa…
Descriptors: Biographies, Case Studies, Characterization, Cultural Traits
Download full textLondon, Forestene L. – 1976
The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in perceptions of a black and a white female observer relative to verbal and nonverbal behaviors exhibited by black and white (male and female) teachers toward black and white (male and female) students. A study conducted by Crump (1974) provided the baseline data for comparison.…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits, Nonverbal Communication
Africa Leadership Forum. – 1990
This document summarizes discussions at an invitational workshop on the role of culture in development in Nigeria. The discussion centered on encouraging those elements of traditional African culture that contribute to the national development and on identifying a national Nigerian culture. The following broad topics were discussed: (1) the…
Descriptors: African Culture, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits
Warren, Marion Kohashi – 1984
Twelve United States Agency for International Development (AID) education projects were evaluated between 1980 and 1981. Four were in Asia (Philippines, Nepal, Thailand, Korea), two in Africa (Kenya, Nigeria), four in Latin America (Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador), and two in the Near East (Jordan, Afghanistan). The evaluations measured the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cultural Traits, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Lewy, Rafael, Ed.; Henry, Alberta, Ed. – 1980
Presentations from a symposium series sponsored by the Salt Lake City School District and the Utah Endowment for the Humanities in the spring of 1980 describe the family customs and ethnic traditions of Asians, Blacks, Greeks, Native Americans, Polynesians, and Hispanics. The first presentation notes the differences between Asians who have been in…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Stanford Univ., CA. Dept. of Linguistics. – 1990
Papers from the proceedings are: "Cultural Universals in the Acquisition of Language;""The Acquisition of Locative Constructions in Cantonese Children"; "The Acquisition of VOT: Is It Language-Dependent?"; "Flexibility in Semantic Representations: Children's Ability To Switch among Different Interpretations of 'Big' and 'Little'"; "Multifunctional…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Chinese, Concept Formation
Yoshida, Kensaku; And Others – 1996
Conference papers on second language classrooms and culture are presented, including: "Intercultural Communication as Interpersonal Communication" (Kensaku Yoshida); "Classroom Cultures: East Meets West" (Dominic Cogan); "Laying Down the Law: Teachers' Use of Rules" (Gregory Bornmann); "Student Behavior: Whose…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Mathuna, Liam Mac, Ed.; And Others – 1988
Papers presented at a symposium on Europe's less commonly taught languages include the following: "The Necessity of Dialogue" (Marcel de Greve); "Socio- and Psycholinguistic Interference in Teaching Foreign Languages" (Penka Ilieva-Baltova); "Satellite Television, National Television, and Video in Teaching/Learning Less…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cultural Traits, Diachronic Linguistics, Dutch
Gibson, Guadalupe, Ed.,; Torres, Angelina Moreno – 1981
The conference focused attention on the severe problems of abuse and neglect among Mexican American children, particularly among migrant children. The welcome address discussed the plight and hardship endured by the Mexican American migrant worker and family. The keynote address emphasized the fact that minority families, who are usually poor, and…
Descriptors: Adoption, Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
Bissonnette, Ronald; Ouellet, Micheline – 1989
The following are English translations of the titles of student research papers from a university conference on linguistics: "The Onomastic Syntagm in Geology: A Comparative Study of English and French"; "Hunting Ideology Through Discourse Analysis"; "Peculiarities of Canadian French (Archaisms and Pronunciation): An…
Descriptors: Body Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Courseware, Cultural Traits
PDF pending restorationHammerly, Hector, Ed.; Sawyer, Isabel, Ed. – 1975
This volume contains the second part of the proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Council on Foreign Languages. The focus is on second language teaching, and relevant linguistic research is included. The proceedings are divided into six major sections. Following the major addresses, which concern audiolingual…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Career Education, Child Language
Malave, Lilliam M., Ed. – 1993
Papers from the 1990 and 1991 conferences of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) are presented, including: "Beyond Socially Naive Bilingual Education: The Effects of Schooling and Ethnolinguistic Vitality of the Community on Additive and Subtractive Bilingualism" (Rodriguez Landry, Real Allard); "Descubriendo la…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Arabic, Bilingualism, Case Studies
