A PROGRAM WAS INSTITUTED FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION FOR CULTURALLY DIFFERENT CHILDREN THROUGH INTENSIVE LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTION USING SPECIAL TEACHERS SKILLED IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS. ITS PURPOSES WERE TO CREATE--AN IMPROVED ENVIRONMENT, INCREASED TEACHER EFFICIENCY, INCREASED INTEREST AND SUPPORT FROM PARENTS, AND A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEED…

This paper describes a form of teacher-student interaction, incidental teaching, which works to elaborate oral language within everyday classroom activities. The research basis of the methodology, an overview of the method of incidental teaching, and examples of its applications for the classroom are given. (Author/AM)

Briefly describes learning activities for teaching French to elementary and secondary school students. The activities teach number concepts, simple structures, vocabulary development, word games, and language accents. (CB)

Suggests that there is more to foreign-language teaching than the pair-work comparison of pictures or passing of messages. Effective foreign-language teaching generates an understanding of the language and its culture. (CB)

Provides a brief review of the history of New York's Workshop Center for Open Education as it relates to the science learning of young children. Describes the Center's language enriched inquiry/exploration approach to science education and explains why it is appropriate for non-dominate groups throughout the world. (JDH)

Hexagonal'' refers to the new vocabulary and idioms that continue to infiltrate Spanish, French, and other languages. (SK)

As used here, literature'' refers to the cumulated writings of quality that children can hear or read and understand. (Author)

Discusses the effectiveness of student-created oral presentations and visual displays in helping second-language students personalize and internalize the second language, and proposes structural guidelines that provide students flexibility in developing Spanish-language drama, writing, and art activities. (CB)

Describes the development of a Russian language enrichment program for four year olds and kindergartners. Visual aids, songs, games, and skits were used to introduce and review lexical items, whereas discussion focused on the cultural contrasts between the lives of Soviet and American children. (Author/CB)

A catalog of heritage language projects funded by the Canadian government's Multiculturalism Program since 1973 lists milestones in the government's support of heritage languages, publications, research projects, teaching aids, resource kits, teacher training projects, and promotional organizations. (CB)

A discussion of the theoretical underpinnings of pragmatic approaches to foreign language testing focuses on why methods emphasizing holistic approaches to language through sensible experience are more effective than bit-by-bit, discrete-point, surface-oriented approaches that tend to neglect meaning. (21 references) (Author/CB)

This article describes a course in ancient Egyptian studies for gifted elementary students. The course incorporates social studies, science, math, language, reading/writing, and art activities. Students study history and development of Egyptian culture, reading and writing with glyphs, and analyzing and evaluating Egyptian hieroglyphic writing.…

This article explains the use of the origins of American English and the dictionary to teach multiculturalism to elementary school students. It suggests classroom activities that help students explore the cultural roots behind words and appreciate the ways words have been created. Esperanto and the development of an international language are also…

This study tested the hypothesis that early language experience facilitates the development of language-specific perceptual weighting strategies believed to be critical for accessing phonetic structure. In turn, that structure allows for efficient storage and retrieval of words in verbal working memory, which is necessary for sentence…