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British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1978
This profile, in outline form, of the English language teaching situation in the Gambia discusses the role of English within Gambian society and within the educational system. The status of English as the only official language is noted, and its use as medium of instruction at the primary, secondary and teacher-training levels is examined. The…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)

Jamieson, John C. – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1975
Discusses the forces responsible for the high level of articulacy in the People's Republic of China, and describes a set of texts for teaching Chinese as a second language compiled by the Peking Language Institute. (CLK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Language Planning
Jungo, Michel E. – Literacy Discussion, 1971
Article stress the need to teach the local language as part of the process of completing the socio-cultural integration of foreigners. (Author/ML)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Immigrants, Language Instruction, Language Role
Benton, Richard – RELC Journal, 1975
The article outlines past and present approaches to initial literacy teaching to speakers of indigenous vernaculars in Australia and New Zealand. It comments on the implications of this experience in the wider context of teaching literacy, and of teaching English literacy in Southeast Asia as a whole. (CLK)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Gudschinsky, Sarah C. – 1971
Bilingual education programs which foster literacy first in the mother tongue and then in the second language, before the second language is used as a medium of instruction, are proving to be successful in a number of locations around the world. Several social, psychological, and pedagogical advantages result from this bilingual education…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Language, Community Involvement, Cultural Education
Southgate, Vera, Ed. – 1972
Edited versions of selected major papers presented at the July 1971 study conference of the United Kingdom Reading Association, which had the theme "Literacy at All Levels," are included in this book. This group defines literacy as "the mastery of our native language in all its aspects, as a means of communication," and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Language Ability, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
Garvin, Paul L. – 1968
The author considers it essential that linguists develop the means to communicate their findings to those who may need them. The applications of linguistics have spread far beyond the traditional field of foreign language study to native language acquisition, social functions of speech differences, literacy, language standardization,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Ives, Sumner – 1969
In language instruction, a dependable informational base of fact, experience, or judgment is essential if students are to develop a functional literacy. Yet the language information base in use today--the set of concepts about what language is, how it works, and how individual languages are maintained--has proven inadequate and unreliable. Reform,…
Descriptors: College Role, Culture Lag, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Frey, Betty J. – 1976
This book is designed for teachers of children whose first language is other than English, in particular, teachers who have had little or no formal training in the teaching of English as a second language (ESL). Although the emphasis is on the Spanish-speaking student, the same techniques and tools apply to speakers of other languages. The first…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Dialogs (Language), Educational Media

Miller, George A. – National Elementary Principal, 1978
The author examines nuance of meaning, polysemy, and ambiguity as three aspects of language development. He notes that children have a natural talent for learning about language. The goal of language instruction should therefore be to strengthen children's intuitive knowledge by providing opportunities for inductive learning. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Joseph, Grace, Comp.; And Others – 1975
This annotated bibliography consists of materials in the ERIC system that deal with teaching English as a second language to persons who are illiterate, or functionally illiterate, in their native language. The items in the bibliography were obtained by means of a computer search of "Currnt Index to Journals in Education" and "Resources in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, English (Second Language)
Barnes, Bruce – 1978
Individual assessment of students of English as a second language is advocated. Based on a model used by Pearson, four language assessment areas are outlined: the semantic base in a first language, the syntax of the first language, the lexical items "shared" by the two languages, and the number and complexity of the phonemic elements in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Educational Background, Elementary Secondary Education
Mashayekh, Farideh – Literacy Discussion, 1974
A Presentation of Paulo Freire's approach to literacy, this article offers biographical information, a discussion of his educational concepts and a detailed description of his methodology. A two part appendix offers a list of key words and pictures of situations. (MW)
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Theories, Educationally Disadvantaged, Instructional Materials

Annells, John – English in Australia, 1978
Offers a framework used in two workshops of elementary and secondary school teachers for looking at classroom practices in non-English subjects that assisted in life-long language learning. (RL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement

Gardin, Bernard – Langue Francaise, 1976
The population of immigrant workers in France is described; their social and educational statuses are given as well as statistics by nationality. This definition is then used to help establish a program for educating this segment of the population in the French language. (Text is in French.) (TL)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Programs