Presents research on the effectiveness of the "Picture-Vocabulary-Story," a new approach to reading and language instruction. (RB)

This is an illustrated elementary alphabet workbook written in Gwich'in, an Athapascan language. For each letter, one or two words and drawings are given as illustration. The book is part of a series of instructional materials produced by the Alaska Native Language Center. (CLK)

Children who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and speak in nonstandard dialects should not be made to feel inferior but should be listened to. (JH)

This Spanish reader for children in kindergarten and first grade is about a drop of water that comes to life in a trip through the water cycle of evaporation, condensation, and subsequent return to a drier part of the earth's surface environment. The story is suitable for reading aloud or independent reading. The text is entirely in Spanish.…

This Greek reader for children in kindergarten and first grade is about a drop of water that comes to life in a trip through the water cycle of evaporation, condensation, and subsequent return to a drier part of the earth's surface environment. The story is suitable for reading aloud or independent reading. The text is entirely in Greek.…

These two books, designed for use in bilingual education programs, are parallel versions in English and in Spanish of the story of a young Puerto Rican boy who lives in New York. The story, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, is designed for oral activities with first graders and for reading and comprehension with second and third…

This is a Spanish reader designed to be used as a supplement to second-grade bilingual reading instruction. The reader is accompanied by a workbook and a teacher's manual. The book consists of seven stories, the first having to do with vowels, the following three with school, and the last three with the family. (AM)

A study of the French immersion program in Quebec, in which English reading is introduced in some schools at Grade 2 and in some at Grade 3. The stage at which English reading was first taught was found not to affect reading grade level. (Author/RM)

This is an elementary Navajo reader for use in a bilingual education setting. It presents the sounds of Navajo, some elementary sentence constructions, question-answer exercises, and fill-in-the-blanks, along with illustrations. (AM)

This primary level reader in Italian intended for use in a bilingual education setting, is about the life cycle of a drop of water. The drop of water is personified and the story tells of its adventures as it travels from the top of the lake to the bottom, its meeting with the inhabitants of the lake, and its trip to the clouds. After deciding not…

This primary level reader in the Palauan language is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. It consists of six stories and is illustrated with pen and ink drawings. (AMH)

This Italian alphabet book designed for kindergarten and first grade students presents each letter in upper and lower case form accompanied by an illustration and a single sentence caption. The sentence contains two or more words that begin with the letter in question. The book has a teacher's introduction and is illustrated by pen-and-ink…

This Portuguese reader is the first of a series of units designed for students of Portuguese as a second language in grades K-2. Various parts of the house and concepts of time and health are presented. The verbs "ter" and "estar" and contractions of articles and prepositions are covered in grammar exercises. Teaching objectives, exercises, and…

A brief discussion of delayed instruction in native language reading in immersion programs where second language reading instruction is introduced in grade one. It is noted that long-term effects on a child's interest in reading and the extent of parental involvement in the reading process have not been investigated. (AMH)

This is a primary-level Portuguese reader for use in a bilingual education program. Three illustrated stories provide elementary vocabulary and reading practice. A vocabulary list follows each story. (AM)