Interviews with three leading experts in the field of education for the Spanish speaking. (JF)

The study aimed to develop an instrument that could be used for mental health research with Spanish-speaking populations. The Depression Adjective Check Lists (DACL) used to measure depressive mood was translated into Spanish and administered to 70 Hispanic subjects. Reliability determinations were high and close to those for the English version.…

Discusses the complement and predicate (or adjunct) short clauses (SCs) in active transitive verb structures. Published Spanish literature is reviewed and evaluated, Spanish SC surface structure (SS) is described, an argument is presented against SS restructuring in Spanish, and analyses of several hypotheses are provided. (GLR)

Whether some word linguistic properties studied in English have the same influence on phonological awareness of preschoolers and kindergartners in the Spanish language was studied with 32 Spanish-speaking children. While some effects were similar, others differed. Implications for training for phonological awareness in Spanish are discussed. (SLD)

These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conference on e-Learning (EL) 2019, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and co-organised by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, in Porto, Portugal, July 17-19, 2019. The EL 2019 conference aims to address the…

This anthology of Spanish-language documents is designed to help Mississippi teachers integrate language, literature, history, and culture into their classroom content. Beginning with Columbian voyages to the new world, these documents attempt to help students and teachers to see the various impacts the European encounter left on Mississippi. The…

Facts about Hispanic civilization, history, and culture are compiled to provide a resource for educators and students. Overviews are presented of the history and geographical features of Spain and Latin America, major personalities of the Hispanic world, aspects of Hispanic culture and religion, features of the Spanish language, Hispanic…

This publication describes educational materials which are both bilingual and bicultural. It also lists evaluative instruments which can be useful in making assessments of children who come from Spanish-speaking families. The final section includes reference sources and bibliographies for English as a second language program. (SK)

Teacher training does not sufficiently prepare teachers for the instruction of Latino students. It is recommended that more Latino students be recruited and trained for barrio schools and that teacher training programs should include courses in Latino culture and the Spanish language and dialects. (JA)

Spanish-speaking (SS) children with language impairment (LI) present with deficits in morphology and verb argument structure. These language areas may be useful for clinical identification of affected children. This study aimed to evaluate the discrimination accuracy of spontaneous language measures with SS preschoolers to tease out what…

The study of lexical aspect is one of the linguistic fields that has aroused most interest over the past 50 years. However, the psychological reality of the lexical aspect is a question that still remains unresolved. Empirical evidence is needed to account for the fact that speakers set cognitive differences among aspectual classes, as well as how…

This annotated, cumulative bibliography, developed by the Proyecto Leer Program, of more than 600 selected works in Spanish focuses on works which meet the following criteria: (1) reading difficulty does not exceed 10th grade level, and (2) selections are suitable for a Spanish-American community. Books for children are listed separately from…

This article discusses the educational system of Morocco and the ways the country's multilingual history has influenced and continues to direct the choice of the languages used in schools. Suggestions that will eliminate cultural mismatch and thus facilitate interactions with Moroccan students and their families are included. The research focuses…

Non-native speakers of English often experience problems in pronunciation as they are learning English, many such problems persisting even when the speaker has achieved a high degree of fluency. Research has shown that for a non-native speaker to sound most natural and intelligible in his or her second language, the speaker must acquire proper…