A detailed, schematic teaching outline is presented for a level 1 Spanish language literacy class that meets twice a week for 6 weeks. Each lesson focuses on the alphabet, reviewing vowels, consonants, and articles, and on numbers and mathematics. The outline, all or in part, is to be incorporated into "Lectores de Hoy," a work now in progress.…

Ethnic mother tongue (EMT) language teaching is necessary if non-English native speakers in United States schools are to achieve the vocabulary, syntactic sophistication, and literacy in their mother tongue that comes from school learning. Recommendations, impressions, and descriptions of EMT teaching are presented. (MT)

Describes a method of teaching Japanese literature to Japanese native speakers by comparing English translations to the original texts. Discusses criteria for choosing a text and lists some of the texts used and the method in which they were used. This method gave students a deeper understanding of the original Japanese text. (SED)

Examines how Spanish is taught to Hispanic bilinguals. Discussion focuses on how the oral proficiency movement directly affects the teaching of native Spanish speakers. Key issues and problems stemming from the language teaching profession's attempts to apply the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages/Educational Testing Service…

Reviews the new regulations on French first language instruction that were adopted in February 1990 on Prince Edward Island. The regulations specify qualifications for minority language instruction, the process to be undertaken to offer minority language instruction, and the numbers that must be assembled to make the provision of minority language…

In 2008 the Council of Australian Government (COAG), which comprises the Prime Minister, State Premiers and Territory Chief Ministers, agreed to a new reform agenda to ensure that all Australian school students acquire the knowledge and skills to participate effectively in society and employment in a globalised economy. In order to advance its…

In this comprehensive effort to study Indian education policies, the report categorizes the policies of five Northwest Region states based on 13 key policies identified in the literature and describes the legal methods used to adopt them, such as statutes, regulations, and executive orders. The study found that six of the key policies had been…

This study examines effects of short, medium, and extended second language (L2) experience (3 months, 3 years, and 10 years of United States residence, respectively) on the production of five suprasegmentals (stress timing, peak alignment, speech rate, pause frequency, and pause duration) in six English declarative sentences by 30 adult Korean…

The National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE), consisting of a national commission, an advisory board, and a research team at New York University, aims to engage realistic and actionable discussions about the mobility and educational opportunities for AAPIs and how distinctions of race, ethnicity,…

This study examined how providing either primary- or English-language storybooks for home reading followed by classroom storybook reading and vocabulary instruction in English influenced English vocabulary acquisition. Participants in the study were preschool children (N = 33), from low socioeconomic status families, whose primary language was…

This book is part of a set of elementary and intermediate Marathi teaching materials. It consists of three parts: a classified vocabulary, a Marathi-English vocabulary, and an English-Marathi vocabulary. The classified vocabulary presents lists of words the student needs in talking about the natural world and the material culture. The…

The history of literacy in Fiji, where levels of literacy in both vernacular and English have been low, is discussed. A project to improve literacy in educational contexts is described. Current problems and future developments are discussed. (Author/MT)

Traditional grammar is no longer acceptable as an exhaustive, scientific theory of grammar. An analysis of research results from the linguistic sciences provides guidelines for developing a modern grammar. (AM)

This article by the Council of Europe discusses the fact that Irish is a required curriculum subject, Teachers disagree about whether Irish should be mandatory. (AM)

The inclusive bilingual-education programme suggestions and insights presented here are derived from grassroots input on the Flathead Reservation. This study focuses on the emic point of view. Views from the inside are valuable because they provide authoritative interpretations of local conditions. The author conducted 101 interviews with 89…