A study was conducted of 275 Puerto Rican pupils to assess the relative effectiveness of various experimental models of bilingual education with respect to selected pupil and parent outcomes. A model providing a major part of the instructional day in Spanish in addition to English had generally positive results. (Author/RM)

AN EXPERIMENT TO IMPROVE THE METHOD OF TRAINING INTERPRETERS TO INCREASE SPEED OF TRANSLATION FROM ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER, ONCE THE VOCABULARY BUILDUP HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, INVOLVED THE USE OF THE TACHISTOSCOPE AND THE CONTROLLED READER, MACHINES USED IN SPEEDREADING COURSES. THIS INNOVATIVE PRACTICE HELPED TRAIN THE INTERPRETERS TO INCREASE…

DESPITE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING, CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS REMAIN UNRESOLVED BECAUSE NO INTEGRATED NATIONAL EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO CONSOLIDATE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND OFFER IT IN USABLE FORM TO SCHOOL SYSTEMS. ONE SUCH PROBLEM IS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. A 1965 CONFERENCE ON DEFINITIONS OF LEVELS…

This report examines a five-year pilot French program begun in 1970 with 34 grade eight public school students. The pedagogical approach used was the "conscious-active" method. (DB)

A study was conducted to see if children in a 6-week Head Start program in Canton, Ohio would make greater cognitive gains in an academically structured curriculum than in a less structured one. With the exception of the educational program, all other aspects of the traditional Head Start program remained the same for all children. Inservice…

A research colloquium entitled "Alternative programs for teaching French as a second language in the schools of the Carleton and Ottawa School Boards" was held by the Ontario Ministry of Education in April 1976. The purpose, background, and program of the colloquium are described. (RM)

Experimental language programs in Ottawa and Carleton schools investigating alternatives for teaching French as a second language were the subject of a research colloquium in April 1976. Comments on the programs are given by a panel of school board officials and coordinators of second language departments. (RM)

Findings and conclusions of three studies are reported: (1) comparison of two variations of a French core program, (2) an enrichment program attempting to change attitudes, and (3) a comparison between an immersion program and an intensive program. Three guest analysts comment and criticize. (Author/RM)

Criticizes the interpretations of the National Foundation for Educational Research report on French instruction in Britain's elementary schools; and discusses reasons why the report is not a basis for planning foreign language teaching at the primary level. (AM)

Experimental courses in learning French were given to Anglophone public servants under the Lozanov method (suggestopedia) as adapted for use in a Canadian situational context. This book (an English-French bilingual edition) describes the introduction of suggestopedia to Canada and provides information on and clarification of the principles and…

A program for approximately 100 2- to 5-year-old culturally deprived Nashville, Tennessee, children was conducted in two community day-care centers. The children received instruction in groups of six or seven on a half-day basis for 5 days a week. Both language input and output were the focus of instruction, which was carried out through…

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…

FIFTY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, RANGING IN AGE FROM 33 TO 56 MONTHS, PARTICIPATED IN A 7-MONTH PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL SKILLS. THE ILLINOIS TEST OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ABILITIES, THE PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST (FORM A), AND THE VANCE LANGUAGE SKILLS TEST MEASURED THE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT IN…

This report was compiled to serve as a partial knowledge base for the Southeastern Educational Laboratory and the Harlem Research Center in their effort to plan a research program in early education. Educational programs designed for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children which emphasize either cognitive-intellectual development or language development…