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Download full textCARROLL, JOHN B.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO INVESTIGATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING IN BOTH INTRAINING AND FIELD PROGRAMS OF THE PEACE CORPS, AND TO DETERMINE INDIVIDUAL AND EXPERIENCE FACTORS AFFECTING THE RATE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE FOR A PARAMETRIC STUDY INVOLVING SUCH FACTORS AS LANGUAGE APTITUDE AND PRIOR LANGUAGE…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Language Instruction, Language Programs, Language Tests
Peer reviewedMcKim, Lester W. – Hispania, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Educational Needs, Educational Quality, Elementary Education
Andrews, Norwood, Jr., Ed. – 1970
This Conference was sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education, the Gulbenkian Foundation, Inc., United Merchants and Manufacturers, The Hispanic Society of America, Phi Lambda Beta (the Portuguese National Honor Fraternity), and Vanderbilt University. Individual participants from specified regional nuclei of interest met for introductory plenary…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Peer reviewedQuinn, Jane; Gomes de Matos, F. – System, 1979
Describes the teaching methods of the Yazigi Institutes of Brazil, which offer Portuguese instruction to foreigners. (JB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiolingual Methods, Grammar, Language Instruction
PDF pending restorationSan Diego City Schools, CA. – 1973
This newsletter is designed for use by teachers, counselors, and administrators involved in bilingual-bicultural education. In the first article C. V. Perez describes bilingual education programs in New York State. J. N. Vieira writes in Portuguese about the Brown University bilingual program. In her article "Portuguese Happenings," J.…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English
PDF pending restorationTIERNEY, HANNELORE; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS STUDY OF "NEGLECTED LANGUAGES" IN UNITED STATES COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN 1963-64 SUPPLEMENTED AN EARLIER STUDY CONDUCTED DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1962-63. THE PRESENT REPORT SHOWED (AS DID THE EARLIER ONE) THAT THE NEGLECT IS DIMINISHING WITH ENROLLMENTS OF ABOUT 21,000 IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES, EXCLUDING THE "BIG…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Enrollment, Enrollment Rate
PDF pending restorationSan Diego City Schools, CA. – 1973
This newsletter is designed for use by teachers, counselors, and administrators involved in bilingual-bicultural education programs. The first three articles, by R. Garcia, R. Pena, and R. Wiezell, which are in Spanish, review language textbooks, materials for teaching elementary science, and several Spanish dictionaries. R. Garza discusses the…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Counseling Services
Gomes de Matos, Francisco; Wigdorsky, Leopoldo – 1966
This report presents a survey of foreign language programs in Latin America. English as a second language is discussed as well as the teaching of other foreign languages. Remarks are made concerning language programs at various levels, teaching methods and materials, teacher preparation, status, and organizations, and acute problems. In the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Bostick, Herman F., Ed.; Hutchinson, Gail, Ed. – 1973
This report includes the following addresses to the conference: (1) "Some Socio-linguistic Considerations in the Teaching of Foreign Languages", (2) "The Case of Afro-Portuguese Literature", (3) "Foreign Language Success Stories--Hackensack Has It!", (4) "On Apes, Poetry, and Language Teaching", (5) "A Sociolinguistic Aspect of Japanese Americans…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, African Culture, African Literature, Conference Reports
