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Reed, Yvonne – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: In South Africa, and in many other African countries, official language-in-education policy supports the use of learners' primary language(s) in early schooling. In reality, texts in the language(s) of the former colonial power are dominant, with high-interest texts in languages familiar to young learners in short supply or…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning, Native Language, African Languages
Wilang, Jeffrey Dawala; Sinwongsuwat, Kemtong – Online Submission, 2012
This year is designated as Thailand's "English Speaking Year" with the aim of improving the communicative competence of Thais for the upcoming integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2015. The consistent low-level proficiency of the Thais in the English language has led to numerous curriculum revisions and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency

Carter, Eltse B. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1978
Advocates a return to teaching standard written English and setting high standards for all students. (MKM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Community Colleges, English Instruction, Language Usage

Rentel, Victor M. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1974
The author describes and analyzes protocol materials developed by the Ohio State University, College of Education to illustrate concepts of oral language. (JA)
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Evaluation, Protocol Materials, Speech Communication
Hess, Karen M. – 1972
This project was designed to provide current, educationally and linguistically sound information for the audiences involved in teaching a standard English to speakers of other dialects, specifically teachers, administrators, and textbook publishers. Three basic steps were followed in developing the targeted communications products: (1) the needs…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Educational Media, Elementary School Teachers
Reed, J. – Modern Languages, 1971
Report of a new, first-year, French-language course at the University of Keele, England. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Language Instruction, Language Research, Modern Languages
Daniels, Harvey Atwood – 1973
The purpose of this study is to examine bidialectalism as an educational policy. The study is in two major sections: the first portion is concerned with the problems inherent in the policy process itself, with those aspects of educational decision-making which combine to make reasonable policy outcomes difficult to achieve; the second section…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Language Arts

Wholey, Jane – Clearing House, 1977
The Instituto Fenix, a language learning school in Cuernavaca, Mexico, features oral language learning and a creative teaching technique to help language students to learn Spanish both effectively and quickly. (RK)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Literary), Language Instruction, Language Programs, Program Development
Ahler, Janet Goldenstein – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
Early federal government policies for American indigenous people alternated between extermination and assimilation. Imposing the colonists' and immigrants' language on indigenous people was important for achieving the latter. In the 1970-90's, federally funded grants for bilingual education for indigenous schools were offered to accommodate Native…
Descriptors: Immigration, Bilingualism, Ethnography, American Indians
Shaffer, Stuart M. – 1969
Developing test instruments for the Pattern Drills Program in the Pittsburg Public Schools has convinced the writer that the more test development activities and the teaching process reinforce each other, the stronger the program is. The Pattern Drills Program aims to develop bidialectism in non-standard English speakers by teaching standard…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Auditory Discrimination, Diagnostic Tests, English (Second Language)
Fogel, Yvonne, Ed.; Ryals, Ruth, Ed. – 1968
This volume is the third annual report of Title I activities in Pittsburgh public schools and follows the format of a previously developed evaluation model. Included are 10 reports, each of which is introduced by a summary statement and followed by several appendixes with additional information. The individual reports evaluated the following…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Educational Programs, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1977
The final evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Migrant Program in the Austin, Texas Independent School District is reported. The program consisted of instructional, student recruitment, parental involvement, health services, and clothing components. The instructional component included programs for pre-kindergarten…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Clothing, Compensatory Education
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1972
The educational program in Community School District Number 24 was supplemented by a quality incentive grant from State Urban Education funds. These funds were used to establish a Corrective Reading Program and anEnglish as a Second Language Program which were supported by school volunteers. The primary objectives of the Corrective Reading Program…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Class Organization, Educational Diagnosis
Pittsburgh Public Schools, PA. – 1968
Initiated in 1965, the Standard Speech Development Program of the Pittsburgh Public Schools was designed to give junior high school students control of standard English speech through oral pattern drills based on particular phonetic or grammatical structures of standard English. By the end of the 1967-68 school year, pattern drills were part of…
Descriptors: Dialects, English Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Patterns
Carrington, L. D.; And Others – 1972
The English language arts program in Trinidad and Tobago is handicapped by several conditions. Overcrowding is a problem and reduces the chances for learning. The syllabus in use is outmoded and evidences little understanding of children's language problems. The primary school program is directed toward the Common Entrance Examination.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Design Requirements
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