With schools run in 46 major languages in the Soviet Union, this article reviews the development of the modern multinational/multilingual school system with particular emphasis on the teaching of the Russian language and the development of secondary education. (JDH)

Urges the introduction of more courses in multiracial and multicultural education in training institutions in the United Kingdom, rather than blaming the teachers for being racist and/or ethnocentric. In addition, a survey of teacher training institutions indicates that little is done in comparative education which would change ethnocentric…

Bilingualism is common in Lebanon's educational system. The national curriculum requires students to learn a second language beginning in kindergarten and to study science and mathematics in that second language in later years. The national curriculum requires that another foreign language be taught by seventh grade. Although Arabic is the…

Attempts to give a general survey of those things within the British education system which affect the children of minority groups, and especially focuses on individualistic nature in which curriculum and related educational policies vary from school to school. (JM)

Revision of a paper presented at the Conference Toward the Description of the Languages of the World, held in Burg Wartenstein, Austria, in August 1970. (VM)

French, Spanish, and Yiddish community activists claim revivals in their communities in recent years, and consider their mother tongues to be their most vital and visible expression. The Hispanic groups are admitted to be the most positive about the revival, although they are less commonly concerned with a puristic standard of language usage. (MSE)

Reviews research which investigates all aspects of the Puerto Rican experience of school in the United States. Suggests that new research be conducted from a multilingual/multicultural perspective that analyzes educational inputs, processes, contexts, and products. (APM)

Argues that competence in English and complex, plurilingual competence are cornerstones for further European integration and the development of a European identity. Suggests a model of democratic participation dependent on diverse linguistic competencies at different levels of democracy would provide the basis for communicative integration that is…

This review of "Linguistic Genocide in Education or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights?" by Tove Skutrabb-Kangas (Erlbaum 2002) finds the book a useful guide for examining language policies in education but suggests its argument is weakened by the invisibility of teachers in the analysis and the loaded and inflammatory language used.…

A method for measuring attrition of communicative competence is introduced and illustrated using data from spontaneous multiperson conversations of Spanish L-3 subjects from Ghana. The method involves creation of a multifactor index using defined temporal variables, frequency counts of selected verbal behaviors, and grammatical information, and…

Discusses minority language education in Malaysia, a multilingual and multicultural country. Looks at four language minority groups and what they have done to to provide beginning education programs for their children that use the children's native languages. (Author/VWL)

Discusses problematic aspects of multilingualism, looks for plausible reasons to explain the deficits educators have to deal with, and gives a brief sketch of what appears to the author as recommended directions for future research. Concludes that multilingual reading instruction must rely on responsive instruction and reflective teaching. (SG)

Presents an Australian standpoint on literacy policy. Addresses the unreconciled issue of redistributive social justice in Australian education: the educational achievement and life pathways of Aborigine and Torres Strait Islander children and youth. Concludes that to move forward both in research and policy towards a more inclusive literacy in…

Stresses the importance of maintaining multilingualism in the United States in the face of arguments by "English Only" advocates that the U.S. risks being torn apart by multilingualism. Historical evidence from the Soviet Union and from Australia is cited to support the viability of successful management of multilingualism. (Author/DJD)

In the past two decades, bilingual education has become an educational movement and a field of academic inquiry worldwide. An overview focuses on the main trends that have evolved out of the international debate surrounding bilingual education. (82 references) (GLR)