This article reports on the growth of sexual awareness and physiology among a randomly-selected sample of 541 Chinese middle school students. Maintains that the results show the need for sex education and the harmful results of failing to provide it. Advocates that a general discussion on the subject of sex education be promoted in educational…

Reports juvenile crime statistics and dropout rates for primary and middle school students in the Beijing municipality for the years 1978 through 1984. Includes a discussion of the reasons for dropouts and suggestions on how to solve the problem. (JDH)

Reveals that young children acquiring Mandarin Chinese differentiate subject from topic, even though Chinese is a "topic-prominent" language. Data are based on results of a standardized, elicited imitation test of 95 Chinese children in Taiwan. Subjects between 2 years, 6 months and 5 years of age responded to coordinate as well as…

Presents translations of 13 articles on topics of higher education reform in China. Reforms began in 1976 with the purging of supporters of the Gang of Four and continues today with fundamental changes in funding, administration, curriculum, and faculty policies. Notes that many proposed reforms run counter to existing Chinese views and may…

A group of Chinese native speakers listened to recordings of six Americans speaking Chinese as a second language and rated them on several personality traits. Two groups of traits were identified: those the judges somehow associated with language proficiency, and others, nonproficiency related (such as honesty, friendliness, and attractiveness).…

Discusses Ohio State University's Individualized Instruction Program for nontraditional college students who are studying Chinese for specific professional purposes. Describes the way the program functions and the resources necessary to deliver instruction while maintaining high quality. The audiotape is the most effective learning tool for this…

Presents the results of a survey of differences between perceived academic needs of scholars from the People's Republic of China preparing to go abroad and those who have been in their host country for at least six months. Discusses the implications of these differences for curriculum planners of language training programs. (SED)

The Research Libraries group (headquartered at Stanford University) has a computer terminal that can be used to create and retrieve bibliographic information in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean vernacular scripts as well as in roman alphabet languages. The development, operation, and future of the system is described. (JN)

Reviews the development of the laundry and other ethnic businesses among the Chinese not only as a consequence of cultural factors, but also reviews it in the larger historical context of institutional racism. (Author/AM)

Includes a selection of photos and texts from "Chinese in America: Images From a Neglected Past," a multi-media exhibition prepared by the Chinese Historical Society of New York. The exhibit, the first of its kind outside the west coast, traces the little known history of Chinese workers in the U.S. (Author/JM)

An examination of the public school curriculum and texts revealed that Chinese Americans have not been given credit for their contributions to the development of the United States. (JH)

Because Chinese language textbooks were judged inadequate in teaching vocabulary dealing with everyday life in the U.S. and in China, new methods and materials were introduced into an oral Chinese course. Prepared discussion topics, Chinese films, soap operas, and shortwave radio broadcasts were used. (CHK)

This book examines the phonological development and impairment of Chinese-speaking children. It contains a series of studies of phonological acquisition and development of children in specific contexts (Putonghua or Modern Standard Chinese, the language variety promoted by the Chinese government, and normally developing children, children with…

Laurence Yep's "Dragonwings" won the Newbery Award in 1976. It is the story of a young boy named Moon Shadow and his physical and emotional journeys between Chinese and American cultures. Through Moon Shadow's experiences upon entering the United States as an immigrant, the reader empathizes with him on 3 levels: the perception of…

Papers on language research in this volume include the following: "Temporalite en francais de France. Differences dans la conceptualisation du temps et son expression dans un texte narratif oral" ("Differences in the Conceptualization of Time and Its Expression in Oral Narratives") (Natalia Dankova); "La traduction des…