This book contains 23 essays which provide an overview of the state of the art in the discipline of anthropology, including applied anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, social anthropology, and linguistics. Most of the authors are professors and researchers from departments of anthropology in United States colleges and universities. Topics of the…

An examination of the linguistic behavior of monolingual and bilingual Spanish-speaking children in an environment where there is opportunity to develop proficiency in two languages is examined. A review of the literature concerned with the relationship of learning processes to psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic contexts precedes an examination…

In view of the lack of information on special programs for the hearing impaired in Arizona community colleges, a survey, based on the exemplary special programs at the University of Arizona and at Pima Community College, was sent to the 15 community colleges in the state. The survey investigated the following areas: the program supervisor, the…

Of an estimated 11.2 million persons in the United States identifying themselves as being of Hispanic origin in spring 1976, 3 out of 4 were native born. As a group, they had a high degree of Spanish-language maintenance. The degree of current Spanish-language usage was much lower among those born in the United States than among those born in a…

This paper describes the instructional components of the Bilingual Access Program (BAP) at Elgin Illinois Community College, a federally funded 5-year project established to supplement regular vocational programs as a means to provide language training to limited English-speaking adults so that they leave with additional employable skills related…

This Early Education Project consisted of a home and school approach to early intervention with moderately to severely handicapped children. A home based parent training program incorporating an infant teaching/learning intervention system was combined with a school based classroom project for toddlers to provide instruction in early childhood…

TO PROVIDE EDUCATORS WITH BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ELEMENTARY READING INSTRUCTION, THE LOS ANGELES CITY SCHOOLS PRESENT A COMPILATION OF SELECTED REFERENCES. THE COMPILATION INCLUDES REFERENCES ON SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH, SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES, AND PROPOSALS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF READING INSTRUCTION--READING READINESS,…

Chief officers of the Association of Departments of English, the Modern Language Association, and the National Council of Teachers of English met in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 17-18, 1968, to determine what recommendations might be made for doctoral programs in English Education. The conclusions reached were based on surveys of existing…

This language unit for grade 10 builds on a definition of the expository use of language developed in the two previous 10th-grade units. In a brief overview of report language, the referential language of Thomas Huxley is compared with the expressive language of Edgar Allan Poe. The writings of S. I. Hayakawa, Hans Guth, and others are examined…

BECAUSE CHILDREN OFTEN CONCENTRATE ONLY ON RHYME AND RHYTHM WHEN WRITING POETRY, AN EIGHTH-GRADE CLASS WAS INTRODUCED TO THE USE OF SPECIFIC WORDS, SOUNDS, IMAGERY, AND CONTENT. THE STUDENTS READ VARIOUS MODERN POETS AND TOOK A "FIELD TRIP OF THE SENSES," VISITING ZOOS AND MUSEUMS TO FIND SUBJECTS FOR POEMS. WRITING POEMS MODELED AFTER…

THIS PROGRAMED "LEARNER'S HANDBOOK" IS DESIGNED TO BE USED IN THE "SPEECH-COMMUNICATION LEARNING SYSTEM" IN THE SPEECH COMMUNICATION CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. THE PURPOSE OF THE COURSE, INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR SPEAKERS OF NON-STANDARD ENGLISH DIALECT IN HAWAII, IS TO "DEVELOP A STYLE OF SPEECH WHICH IS INTELLIGIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE IN A…

THIS VOLUME CONTAINS THE SCRIPTS OF THE TAPED MATERIALS TO BE USED WITH THE "LEARNER'S HANDBOOK" IN THE "SPEECH-COMMUNICATION LEARNING SYSTEM" AT THE SPEECH COMMUNICATION CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. SEE RELATED DOCUMENT AL 001 314. (AMM)

THIS BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS 76 ENTRIES UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS--GENERAL REFERENCES, GENERAL AUDIOVISUAL REFERENCES, MANUALS--EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS, PSYCHOLOGY--METHODOLOGY, OVERHEAD PROJECTION, PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, LANGUAGE LABORATORIES, FILMS, 8MM AND SINGLE CONCEPT FILMS, TELEVISION, COMPUTERS, SCHOOL BUILDINGS, AND COPYRIGHT LAW. (RS)

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER IN ENGLISH--THE IDENTIFICATION OF GUIDELINES FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS--WAS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY DEVELOPING THREE CURRICULUMS, EACH BASED UPON A DIFFERENT APPROACH. THE THREE APPROACHES WERE--(1) TRI-COMPONENT, (2) THEMATIC LITERATURE-CENTERED,…

Parallel with on-the-job training, this program provides remedial courses in High School Equivalency (HSE), Human Relations (HR), English as a Second Language (ESL) to help qualify candidates for public service careers in the Department of Hospitals and Department of Social Services, and Board of Education. HSE develops language, math, and reading…