Reports doctoral dissertations completed and in preparation in colleges and universities of the United States and Canada. (DS)

An overview of the education of the Spanish-speaking in the United States, covering the historical and current situation. A bibliography of 14 items is included. (JB)

Describes classes and programs at the Loop College in Chicago, Illinois. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) on November 26, 1971, in Chicago, Illinois. (DS)

Conference held February 1971 in Madrid, Spain. (DS)

Describes a pilot project using the Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA) in a writing program designed for Spanish Americans. Since ITA mirrors the writer's speech it can be used as a diagnostic tool. (JF)

Delineates the correspondence, the critical and the poetical works of Paul Verlaine centering on the Spanish writers, Cervantes, Calderon, and Gongora. (DS)

Discusses approaches to teaching reading skills in Spanish to native Spanish speaking children before transfer to reading skills in English. (BK)

Analysis of the effects of an interactive video workstation during lessons about Spanish culture suggested that the use of single or dual monitors was not an important factor in student learning, although there were some cost advantages associated with the two-monitor workstation design. (seven references) (Author/CB)

Discusses questions related to GED and nonnative English speakers. Specifically, should the test be given at all?; how do others regard it?; how does Spanish test stack up to English equivalent?; and what are advantages and disadvantages once the test is over? Concludes that because demand for the Spanish GED has increased, the GED office has…