The purpose of this beginning text in Ewe is to provide the student with an introduction to the structure of the Ewe language and "reasonable practice" in speaking. It is intended to be taught with the assistance of a native speaker of Ewe. Linguistic terminology is minimal. Suggested teaching time ranges from two semesters of class meetings of…

This oral language program for Afro-American children in grades 1 to 3 who speak nonstandard English is designed to emphasize and utilize the child's existing language competency, gradually and systematically introducing standard English as an additional dialect. Priority has been given to the aspects of the child's language which identify him as…

Several basic problems in the field of the selection of vocabulary for teaching English as a foreign language are discussed. The nature of word frequency and word availability are considered, along with their limitations as measures of the usefulness of concrete nouns. Word familiarity is proposed as a psycholinguistic measure for noun selection,…

Each of the three chapters in this dissertation is a separate consideration of one aspect of language acquisition by Tenejapa Tzeltal children. Chapter I places the specification of input sources and contexts in a matrix of the ethnographic description of the childhood portion of the life cycle in Tenejapa. Beliefs and practices that have a direct…

This study was concerned with the presentation of character in children's books set in the southeastern United States. Thirty-six books of realistic fiction, recommended by authors of six college-level children's textbooks, were analyzed in terms of characters and methods of characterization. Among the findings of the study were the following: (1)…

This document, published by the United Nations, is one of approximately twenty in a series designed to show how cultural policies are planned and implemented in various Member States. The studies which cover countries belonging to differing social and economic systems, geographical areas and levels of development present a wide variety of…

By examining the relationship between culture and the formation of personality, this paper attempts to define and describe the "culture of poverty." While recognizing that many studies and findings exist which support the culture of poverty concept, the paper also recognizes that there are too many unanswered questions to state unequivocally that…

In this middle school students' guide poetry, music, fine arts, drama, and movement are used to help teach science students that there are a number of valid points of view about natural phenomena, only one of which is scientific. The limitations on questions for which scientists can seek answers are illustrated by science-fiction accounts of…

The communication satellite already has developed a mature technology. It carries a substantial part of the world's long range communication, and is now useable for special cultural and educational purposes. Major cultural effects come from its contribution to increasing enormously the flow of information in the world. It will increase human…

Structuralist literary criticism, in its methods and claims to being scientific, strongly resembles the "New Criticism."

Relationships between culture, income, and nutrition are discussed. Without more specific evidence of responses to income changes among both poor and nonpoor, there is no justification for concluding that poor people given added income will choose to remain malnourished. (Author/GC)

Recommends active cooperation between sponsors of American students in France and sponsors of French students in the United States so that exchange students can make meaningful contacts in the host country. (MLA)

Discusses scientific and technical education in Britain from 1870-1900 and assesses the relationship between Britain's lack of interest in technical education and the ensuing industrial decline. (Author/DB)

Examines Czechoslovakia's cinematic output during the 1960's and suggests that the Czech New Wave was a predictable response of a culture attracted by, but unwilling to come to terms with, socialist art. (MH)

The visit of an American group of gymnasts to the People's Republic of China is reported with emphasis on what was learned about Chinese culture as well as Chinese sports. Physical fitness programs are described and the status of children and women is discussed. (LBH)