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Chicago Public Schools, IL. – 1972
This document seeks to underline the importance of cultural awareness by providing examples of the folkways, customs, art, traditions, and life styles of different ethnic groups. Included here are teaching techniques designed to motivate understanding of the universality of man and to show how cultural differences enrich everyone's life.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Carrington, L. D.; And Others – 1972
The English language arts program in Trinidad and Tobago is handicapped by several conditions. Overcrowding is a problem and reduces the chances for learning. The syllabus in use is outmoded and evidences little understanding of children's language problems. The primary school program is directed toward the Common Entrance Examination.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Design Requirements
Brown, H. Douglas – 1972
Examing the relationship between linguistic functions and other complex mental and emotional processes such as intellect, conceptual behavior, personality differences, egocentricity, and other important facets of cognitive and affective behavior may lead to the description of "psychologically" real grammatical structures which relate directly to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
Wolff, John U. – 1971
This volume is the first of two volumes of a basic elementary course in Indonesian (Malay). The aim of these materials is to prepare the student to communicate and read Indonesian as a native speaker does. The books are designed to be used with the help of a native-speaking informant who furnishes the model of speech for students to imitate. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comprehension, Grammar, Indonesian
Wolff, John U. – 1971
This volume is the second of two volumes of a basic elementary course in Indonesian (Malay). The aim of the materials is to prepare the student to communicate and read in Indonesian as a native speaker does. The books are designed to be used with the help of a native-speaking informant who furnishes the model of speech for students to imitate. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comprehension, Grammar, Indonesian
Ministry of Education, London (England). – 1963
Many of the immigrants who come to England have no knowledge of English; one of the first tasks which confronts them in the complex process of adjusting to their new environment is to learn something of the language, for economic as well as for social or cultural reasons. The schools must face the problem of integrating immigrant children into the…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Levin, Lennart; Olsson, Margareta – 1971
Project 5 of the GUME study on foreign language teaching methods continues the work of the previous projects concerning the relative effectiveness of a habit-formation (implicit) method and a cognitive-code learning method, with explanations in either the source or target language. The educational problem of Project 5 is teaching the English…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Computers
Levin, Lennart – 1969
A summary and comparison of the statistical analysis and results of the first three GUME research projects investigating foreign language teaching methods are presented in this report. The methods investigated are the habit-formation or implicit theory and the cognitive-code learning or explicit theory with either source-language or…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Analysis of Variance, Applied Linguistics, Comparative Analysis
Nedler, Shari; Lindfors, Judith – 1971
It is easier for non-English-speaking preschool children to learn new concepts if they are introduced in their own language. Once the child has mastered the concept, it can be introduced in the second language. The program described in this report is designed for Mexican-American preschool children. Content of the program is selected to relate…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation
Tyler, Barbara R.; Biesekerski, Joan – 1971
The purpose of this quinmester course is to engage secondary students into acting out the role of legislators, requiring them to practice effective extemporaneous speaking, prepared public speaking, and congressional debating techniques. A full understanding of specific parliamentary procedures and methods used in the federal legislative branch is…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Civics, Curriculum Guides
Thompson, Hugo W. – 1971
Described in this document is a three year project to determine the feasability and effectiveness of philosophy as a high school subject. Experimental problems are: 1) can philosophy be taught as a regular subject; 2) if so, how; 3) what are the problems; and 4) what objectives, methods, materials, and evaluation processes are valid and useful for…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
Foreman, James M. – 1971
This course of study was written as part of a total effort to revise curriculum to fit the quinmester (five 9-week periods) administrative organization of the Dade County Schools. The major intent of this publication is to provide a broad framework of goals and objectives, content, teaching strategies, class activities, and materials all related…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression
Abrams, Grace C.; Schmidt, Fran – 1971
The elective course of study about the lives of selected Americans who shaped events is intended for grades seven through nine and arranged to fit the quinmester administrative organization of schools. Aims for students are to: study key individuals in the context of their time to understand how they affect culture and history; identify with…
Descriptors: Activity Units, American Culture, Behavioral Objectives, Biographies
Mohr, Peter – 1970
This report of the 1969 Second International Congress for Applied Linguistics contains summaries of papers and speeches on the following topics: (1) linguistics applied to literary texts, (2) computer analysis of texts, (3) research in the psychology of first language learning, (4) research in the psychology of second language learning, (5) speech…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Conference Reports, Content Analysis
Ingram, D. E. – 1976
Coincidental changes in the perceived nature of Australian society and in the linguistic sciences are creating urgent needs for the re-education of Australian language teachers. Recognition of the pluralism of Australian society has highlighted the inappropriateness of the languages, objectives, and methods of traditional language teaching.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Inservice Teacher Education
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