These preliminary materials for teachers of Spanish-speaking or nonstandard English-speaking migrant children are prepared in answer to a need felt by the Michigan Migrant Primary Interdisciplinary Project for additional oral language material on the upper elementary level. The linguistic content of these materials, designed to provide tools for…

This anthology introduces students of German to the life of the people of East Germany. The three-part text describes interrelated cultural and political activities which are characteristic of the republic. Part One explores basic communistic philosophy, "a new myth", particularly through commentary on Walter Ulbricht's "Universe,…

The subjects in this study, 18 fifth- and sixth-grade students from a middle-class area, were asked to listen to a tape recording with excerpts of conversations by speakers of three dialects: middle-class white, lower-class white, and lower-class Negro. Subjects were asked to rate the personality of each speaker by voice cues alone. In addition,…

In an attempt to apply recent developments in transformational grammar to Latin syntax, this report analyzes first English, then Latin sentences for both deep and surface structures through transformational and phrase structure grammar methods. Auxiliary nodes, problems of Latin verb complimentation, and the gerund and gerundive constructions are…

This checklist is designed to assist English teachers and departments in analyzing and evaluating their current programs. It is divided into four parts: (1) the basic organization and procedures of the English program (25 criteria), (2) the physical provisions for English instruction, both facilities and equipment (11 criteria) and materials (2…

Fifty-nine planning and operational grants related to reading were chosen for inclusion in this bibliography from "Pacesetters in Innovation, Fiscal Year 1968" in order to provide a complete listing of reading-related Title III (PACE) projects for 1968. Documents are listed by accession number. Each entry includes citation data, index terms, and a…

Federal Government assistance to colleges and universities is recommended in order to make up deficiencies in educational computing facilities and to support leadership and innovation at those institutions which presently have computer facilities. By 1971, an estimated annual outlay of $400 million will be necessary to give undergraduates adequate…

To supplement other lists of most useful words based on such criteria as frequency of usage, range, and availability, this listing measures the capacity of 3,000 words of the French vocabulary to define, extend the meaning of, or to replace other words. Descriptions of the measures of definition, inclusion, extension, and combination are followed…

This collection of articles reprinted from the "London Times Literary Supplement" indicates the flexibility of English as a common literary language in its widespread use outside the United States and England. Major articles present the thesis that English provides an artistic medium which is enriched through colloquial idioms in the West Indies…

This study attempted to discover the effects of an instructional program to teach the English language related to mathematical symbolism to verbally and culturally disadvantaged kindergarten children from a lower socioeconomic area. Specially prepared teaching plans and materials were furnished for instructors who conducted experimental programs…

The selected bibliography on American Indian and Mexican American children in urban schools contains abstracts of 36 documents. Two themes in the writings about these minority groups are noted. One trend stresses concern about assimilation and the acculturation process, while another theme stresses the need for bilingual schooling. (NH)

This annotated bibliography of curriculum and other materials is designed primarily to assist consultants and project directors for migrant and seasonal farm worker programs under the Office of Economic Opportunity. Curriculum materials for reading and language, English as a second language, social studies, mathematics, vocational education, and…

Addressed to teachers, educators, and other specialists in language learning, this volume sketches a pedagogical theory of discourse for a language arts curriculum (see "A Student-Centered Language Arts Curriculum, Grades K-13: A Handbook for Teachers," TE 001 468). The emphasis is upon mastering the art of communication through the everyday use…

A case is made for the assigned reading of ancient and modern literary classics, rather than modern essay collections, in college freshman composition classes. The effectiveness of a number of classics used for that purpose for 13 years in the freshman courses at Haverford College is discussed. Classwork in the Haverford program is described, and…

The cultural and educational work of the Histadrut (the comprehensive labor organization of Israel) is reviewed, including informational and other services to new immigrants, the frontier settlements, women, Arabs, and youth. Labor education, Hebraic studies, library services, international programs (as at the Afro-Asian Institute), lectures and…