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Download full textSlaughter, Helen B.; Watson-Gegeo, Karen – 1988
The Hawaiian Language Immersion Program, implemented at the kindergarten/first grade level in an elementary school on Oahu and one on Hawaii, is described and evaluated. The program was instituted at the request of parents of students who had attended a Hawaiian language immersion preschool and was open to all students, regardless of ethnicity or…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Ethnography
Friedenberg, Joan E.; Ciccone, Janet K. – 1989
Federal legislation, such as the Education Amendments of 1976 and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984, recognizes the urgent national need for vocational programs that adequately serve limited-English-proficient (LEP) persons. In order to meet the need, vocational teacher education programs must be adapted to train preservice…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, English (Second Language), Fused Curriculum
Samu, Samu M. – 1985
This Peace Corps guide to individual, independent, or group study of Chichewa provides basic conversational vocabulary and phrases necessary for Peace Corps volunteer survival skills in Malawi. The 20 lessons consist of dialogues, vocabulary, and exercises on these topics: greetings; self-introduction; discussing others; relatives; professions;…
Descriptors: African Languages, Conversational Language Courses, Daily Living Skills, Dialogs (Language)
Palmer, Ian C. – 1989
A study was undertaken to identify useful methods for measuring progress in English language proficiency among students at the Yemen-America Language Institute (YALI) in Sana'a, Yemen. The study examined factors critical to such progress as well as the profiles of student attitudes and demographic characteristics. A questionnaire was administered…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attendance Patterns, Cognitive Style, Dependents
Berney, Tomi D.; Adelman, Deborah – 1990
Project Technological Enrichment and Achievement for Cambodians and Hispanics (TEACH) served limited-English-proficient (LEP) students from several Caribbean and Central American countries and Cambodia at Theodore Roosevelt High School (Bronx, New York). The goals of the program were to help LEP students adjust academically and culturally to life…
Descriptors: Cambodian, Cambodians, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Laurier, Michel; Des Brisay, Margaret – 1990
A discussion of the use of standardized tests in second language assessment focuses on the usefulness of program-based language tests aligned with specific curricula and capable of motivating students to participate in classroom activities that are a preparation both for the test and for life after the test. The purpose of this paper is to show…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, English for Academic Purposes
Allwright, Dick – 1989
Relevant research literature does not generally support the notion that class size is a significant variable in learner achievement. This, if true, may be the result of various factors. Although teachers believe that they alter their teaching strategies for different class sizes, this may not be the case. More likely is the possibility that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
Martinez-Dauden, Gemma; Llisterri, Joaquim – 1990
A study examined the production of lateral consonants in seven male university students bilingual in Spanish and Catalan who had studied French in elementary and secondary school. A questionnaire elicited information about the subjects' use of each language with parents, with friends, at home, and in school. Each subject then read a 775-word text…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Bilingualism, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Buchan, Barbara – 1990
A consultant and guest trainer implemented a practicum intervention designed to enable the graduation of 10 at-risk Latina women from a day care teacher training program. The trainees had been identified as being at-risk of dropping out of the program due to a lack of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and literacy skills, low self-esteem, and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Continuing Education, Curriculum Enrichment, Day Care
Berney, Tomi D.; Plotkin, Donna – 1990
Project COM-TECH offered bilingual individualized instruction, using an enrichment approach, to Spanish- and Haitian Creole-speaking students with varying levels of English and native language proficiency and academic preparation. The program provided supplementary instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL); Native Language Arts (NLA); and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Literacy, Cultural Awareness
Berney, Tomi D.; Keyes, Jose L. – 1990
The Bronx Computer Literacy and Methodologies of Bilingual Education Program for Vietnamese and Cambodian High School Students (Project CLIMB) served 221 students of limited English proficiency (LEP) at Christopher Columbus and Walton High Schools in the Bronx (New York City). The objectives of the program were to develop the students' academic…
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodians, English (Second Language)
Berney, Tomi D.; Keyes, Jose L. – 1990
The Career Awareness and Resource Education Program (Project CARE) served 425 limited English proficient students at two New York City high schools. The students, all Hispanic, were enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, Native Language Arts Classes (NLA), and content area subjects. The program provided guidance, tutoring, and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cultural Education, Dropout Rate, English (Second Language)
D'Acierno, Maria Rosaria – 1990
A discussion of bilingualism and second language learning distinguishes three types of bilingualism, namely, compound, coordinate, and sub-coordinate. A compound bilingual is an individual who learns two languages in the same environment so that he/she acquires one notion with two verbal expressions. A coordinate bilingual acquires the two…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Language
Ridout, Susan Ramp – 1986
Intended for use as a basis for lectures relating to bilingual education within a reading methods course, this instructional model provides educational strategies for use with bilingual children. Written in outline form, the first two parts of the model present a rationale and objectives for the course. The third part contains (1) an historical…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Class Activities, Communication Skills
Campos, James – 1985
The Carpinteria school district in California has developed a model preschool program to bring Spanish-dominant preschool children up to a level of readiness for school that compares favorably with that of English-speaking children in the same community. That goal is achieved by developing skills in four major areas: Spanish language, cognition,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition
