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Phillips, June K., Ed. – 1980
This collection of six papers on planning for effective foreign language education in the 1980s includes the following titles: (1) "Imperatives for the Eighties," by June K. Phillips; (2) "Profiles and Perspectives," by Pamela J. Myers; (3) "Second Language Experiences for Everyone," by Carol A. Herron; (4) "Special Curricula for Special Needs,"…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies, Second Language Instruction
Download full textCubillos, Enrique M. – New Focus, 1988
The content of the 1988 Bilingual Education Act, which is part of Public Law 100-297 (the Hawkins/Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments) and which reauthorized bilingual education through September 30, 1993, is examined. The 1988 reauthorization was the fourth reauthorization of the original Bilingual Education Act of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Perren, G. E., Ed. – 1979
This is the first of two volumes of working papers produced by working groups of the National Congress on Languages in Education. The papers in this volume are concerned with the priorities to be accorded to non-native languages at all levels of education in Britain. The following papers are included: (1) "Foreign Languages in the School…
Descriptors: Careers, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities, Language Planning
Language and Language Education: Working Papers of the National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia, 1992
Papers included in this compilation are "Late Hebrew Immersion at Mt. Scopus College Melbourne: Towards Complete Hebrew Fluency for Jewish Day School Students" (S. C. Lorch, T. F. McNamara, E. Eisikovits); "Languages in Schools: Policy and Practice" (Roger A. Peddie); "Models and Sociolinguistic Factors in Some Victorian…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Hebrew
Hughett, Harvey L. – 1984
The first half of this book focuses on the rationale, ideas, and information for the use of technology, including microcomputers, to improve language teaching efficiency. Topics discussed include foreign language computer assisted instruction (CAI), hardware and software selection, computer literacy, educational computing organizations, ease of…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Higher Education
Asian Literacy & Reading Bulletin, 1988
This bulletin was founded at the eleventh World Congress on Reading, held in London in 1986. Its subject is Literacy Education in Asia and its objective is to "enable different National Councils to share information about literacy in their own region and how problems are met." (WTB) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)
Descriptors: Adult Education, English, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Santiago (Chile). Regional Office for Education in Latin America and Caribbean. – 1988
This bulletin is concerned with the efficiency and effectiveness of educational systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. "Adult Education between Two Models" (H. R. Lovisolo) investigates the concept of popular emancipatory education in Brazil and the transformation of MOBRAL (Brazilian Movement of Literacy) into the Fundacion EDUCAR.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Dropout Rate, Educational Change
Gajo, Laurent, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique applique, 1998
Articles on immersion and bilingual education include these: "Terminological Considerations Regarding Content and Language Integrated Learning" (Tarja Nikula, David Marsh); "Educazione bilingue e multiculturale, istruzione bilingue, immersione totale: quattro nozioni da definire" ("Bilingual and Multicultural Education,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
NASSP Curriculum Report, 1980
This report, based on the findings of the report of the President's Commission on Foreign Languages and International Studies, outlines recommendations, remedies, and proposals of measures to counteract foreign language illiteracy. The discussion is divided into seven sections: (1) some of the commission's recommendations that pertain to high…
Descriptors: Career Education, Enrollment Trends, Instructional Improvement, Language Enrollment
Monday Morning, 1992
This document consists of all six issues of the bilingual (English and French) periodical "Monday Morning" published from its inception in 1985 through 1992. This publication was developed by the Canada/China Language Training Centre (C/CLTC), a language teaching enterprise that provides French or English language training to Chinese…
Descriptors: Chinese, Curriculum, Educational Trends, English
Peer reviewedKrashen, Stephen D. – Focus, 1991
The core of the case for bilingual education is that the principles underlying successful bilingual education emphasize the same factors that underlie successful language acquisition in general: understanding messages and obtaining comprehensible input; using background knowledge; and the development of literacy. The importance of the first…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
German Studies in the United States: Assessment and Outlook. Monatshefte Occasional Volume Number 1.
Lohnes, Walter F. W., Ed.; Nollendorfs, Valters, Ed. – 1976
This volume focuses on two principal aspects of German studies in the United States: (1) an assessment of the German-teaching profession from primary to graduate school, with attention to its "raison d'etre" in the present academic, social, and cultural situation, as well as its structures, aims, and personnel; and (2) strategies for survival and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Choice, Cultural Education, Departments
Pannwitt, Barbara – Curriculum Report, 1984
The second of a three-part series on computer-assisted instruction (CAI), this report focuses on the use of microcomputers in business education, English, social studies, foreign languages, bilingual education, and ESL (English as a Second Language). Since all these areas involve writing, a discussion of word processors and word processing…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Business Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Benderson, Albert – Focus, 1983
The current situation of foreign language education at all educational levels in the United States, is examined with emphasis on new developments in instruction, testing, and program design. In a section titled "The Foreign Language Crisis," the combination of declining foreign language enrollment and increasing need for language skills…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Nissani, Helen – Focus, 1990
General issues in the development of programs for language minority children at the preschool level, ages 2-4, are discussed. Focus is on the need to meet their comprehensive needs, and the five following points are made: (1) programs should be designed to serve the child's social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development within the context…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education, Child Development, Cultural Differences
