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Cassandra Glynn, Editor; Allison Spenader, Editor – Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2024
The 2024 Central States Conference was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 14-16. This year's theme, Reclaim Your Joy!, reflects the choice we make every day as educators to bring the joy of acquiring a language to our students. Even though the last several years have been fraught with challenges, we are finding ways to bring back the joy into…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, National Surveys, Literacy
1978
The following papers on interdisciplinary cooperation in second language instruction are included: (1) "Language Teaching: Possibilities for Interdisciplinary Co-operation," by James E. Alatis; (2) "L'insegnamento della letteratura italiana (The Teaching of Italian Literature)," by Ezio Raimondi; (3) "Objective Evaluation and Transparency," by…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Fused Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Italian
Cobarrubias, Juan, Ed. – 1985
The papers related to Canadian language policy at an international conference are presented: "Language Policy in Canada: Current Issues" (Juan Cobarrubias); "Multiculturalism and Language Policy in Canada" (Jim Cummins, Harold Troper); "Defining Language Policy in a Nationalistic Milieu and in a Complex Industrialized…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Canada Natives, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy
Zuniga, Madeleine, Ed.; And Others – 1987
This document is a compilation of 20 papers from a seminar on educational policy and strategy for educating the indigenous peoples of Latin America and Mexico. There is a growing awareness among linguistics and anthropology specialists and educators of the necessity to validate education that respects the values of an indigenous culture. This…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Cultural Influences
Rameh, Clea, Ed. – 1976
These proceedings of the 1976 Georgetown Round Table are divided into four sections that deal with: (1) synchronic and diachronic aspects of semantics; (2) semantics and linguistics; (3) semantics and other disciplines; and (4) semantics and teaching methods. More specifically the papers treat: the semantic interpretation of anaphoric expressions;…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, Diachronic Linguistics
Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association, Rockville, MD. – 1996
This proceedings is presented in three parts. Part 1 contains summaries of the keynote speech and one paper: "Sa-Jiao: An Important Concept in Understanding Chinese Students' Social Behavior" (Jing-Jyi Wu); and "Our Choices Create Our Future: A Chinese-American Perspective" (Rose Tseng). Part 2 contains summaries of three panel…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cantonese, Chinese Americans, Chinese Culture
Barker, David J., Ed.; Terdy, Dennis, Ed. – 1984
Selected papers from the state conference of the Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages include two plenary session presentations and six concurrent session presentations. The plenary session presentations are "Who's In Charge Here?" by Jesan Handscombe and "So What Do You Do In There Anyway?" by Dennis Terdy. The concurrent…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure
Taggart, Gilbert, Ed. – 1977
These 16 papers in French and English deal with questions related to the purpose of learning a language, one's native language as well as a second one. Specifically, the presentations deal with the following topics: (1) consideration of learners' needs; (2) the usefulness of learning English in Quebec; (3) the tension between knowledge and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), English, English Instruction
Atkinson, Tannis – 1988
This report summarizes the proceedings of a day-long conference for adult literacy practitioners in Toronto. The conference addressed the many ways in which education can become more inclusive of adult learners. During the seven different workshops, participants explored questions of "voice." Common concerns included the following: (1) many people…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Disabilities
Rosseel, Eddy, Ed.; Young Silva, Catherine, Ed. – 1982
Papers in English, French, and Portuguese address topics of creativity and its relationship to: native language instruction by television; conditions of language production at the moment of the emergence of creativity; comparison teaching; foreign language teachers; modern language instruction; psychological, pedagogical, and cultural…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Audiovisual Aids, Child Language, Classroom Techniques
Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association, Rockville, MD. – 1997
The papers from this conference are presented in three parts. Part 1 includes the panel sessions. Section 1 of part 1, "Trends, Policies, and Resources in Education," includes the following papers: "Continuing Higher Education and the Asian-American Perspective" (L.L. Hsu); "New Directions for Education: Minister Jin Wu's…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Child Health, Children
de Greve, Marcel, Ed.; Rosseel, Eddy, Ed. – 1977
Papers on language difficulties encountered by migrant workers' children include: "Anomie in Bicultural Education" (Hugo Baetens Beardsmore); "An Investigation into Bilingual Education for Children from Favoured Socio-Economic Backgrounds" (Hugo Baetens Beardsmore); "Orientations of Foreign Children Relating to Placement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Diachronic Linguistics
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