More than 1,100 selected references and source studies are listed in this bibliography, compiled in connection with a research project entitled "The Syntax of Contemporary Brazilian Portuguese." The articles selected formed a part of the "Working Bibliography" and are all considered to be relevant to the analysis of Brazilian…

This report on the current situation in the teaching of the classics in England is intended primarily for curriculum planners in secondary education. Trends in research and changes now developing in the approach to classics instruction are outlined. Discussion focuses on: (1) educational trends and instructional objectives in the classics, (2) the…

Examines the "Americanization" process dominating world electronic systems by surveying research observations and studying the roots of America's first international broadcast which was the shortwave programing of CBS and NBC to Latin America. (MH)

Examines the prestige hierarchy among 531 Costa Rican peasants. Data analysis indicates that peasants are most concerned with economic security and questions of legal tenure status. Variations in the prestige hierarchy based upon these factors are largely the result of remoteness from central locales. Concludes that research emphasizing the…

An experiment in foreign language teaching inspired by the Lozanov Method was made among high school students. It was found necessary to make changes and therefore the method adopted differs from the original model. Available from: Society for Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 2740 Richmond Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. (CFM)

Describes foreign area cooperative microform project developed by a committee of Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials in cooperation with Center for Research Libraries (CRL). Administration, microfilming activities, foreign microfilming projects, microfilming in Caribbean and Central America, funding sources, and the CRL…

Latin American scholarship is flourishing in universities, but there are some conspicuous weak spots; the need for increased teaching of Portuguese and indigenous languages, the difficulties of maintaining up-to-date bibliographies, and a need for greater funding to enable Latin American area specialists to get into the field more frequently. (KH)

Describes the inception and the activities of the Latin Cornerstone Project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This program set out to: (1) create a new elementary school Latin curriculum in the New York City public schools, and (2) develop Latin preparatory courses for elementary school teachers. (SED)

A model organized around the predominance of specific commodities at different times is used in a case study of the sequence of extractive export economies in the Amazon basin from the colonial period to the present. Such a model highlights the differences between extractive and productive economies. (Author/IS)

Comments are made in response to a critique of ancient history courses by Dr. J. K. Davies. The proper context for the study of the history of ancient Greece and Rome is discussed. (RM)

It is argued that the purpose of the study of the classics should be to learn about the ancient Greeks and Romans as they were rather than as an end in itself. Traditional methods of teaching are evaluated. (RM)

The Hispanic population of the United States is growing fast and changing fast. The places Latinos live, the jobs they hold, the schooling they complete, the languages they speak, even their attitudes on key political and social issues, are all in flux. They now constitute this country's largest minority, but they are not an easily identified…

In the year 2000, Brazil celebrated the 500th anniversary of its discovery by the Portuguese navigator, Pedro Alvares Cabral, and subsequent settlement by the Portuguese and African, Western, and Asian immigrants. The seminar commemorating these events was designed for U.S. secondary and post-secondary teachers and curriculum specialists of the…

Considered the Latin American experience with aid from the United States and many of the practices and philosophy of U.S. higher education that were accepted by important Latin American universities. (Editor/RK)

Focuses on the declining enrollment trends at the undergraduate level and expanding number of masters and doctoral programs at the graduate level of instruction. (RL)