Authors review a body of data on theory which casts doubt that a deficit exists in minority group children, and even raises doubts as to whether any nonsuperficial differences exist among cultural groups. (Authors/MB)

The results of this study argue . . . for a gradation within (basal reading) texts of sentence patterns and of elements used to fill the slots in those patterns"; based on author's doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1968. (Editor/RD)

Teachers must recognize that, according to every reliable linguistic survey of the French-speaking Caribbean area, all social classes, except recent European immigrants, speak French Carribbean Creole, not Standard French, as their first language. (JM)

Many linguists, psychologists and educators now believe that linguistic differences play an important role in the reading disability of disadvantaged black children. (Author)

Most of the observation, reading and discussion that has preceded this paper has been in the context of the particular educational needs of West Indian children in British schools. (Author)

Second of three articles on an advanced French program sponsored by the Language Department of the State University of Mons, Belgium. Emphasis is on the phonology, lexicology, and syntax of spoken French. (DS)