The report contains the substance of the MOBRAL (Movimento Brasileiro de Alfabetizacao)--Interamerican Seminar on Adult Education held in Rio de Janeiro from April 9th to 18th, 1973, for invited representatives from 21 Latin America and Caribbean countries. The object was to make a contribution to the collective task of identifying, defining, and…

This curriculum guide is intended to assist Latin teachers in the School District of Philadelphia in achieving one of the goals of Latin instruction: the development of word power in English through a structured study of Latin roots and affixes. The guide may be used in two different ways. First, it may form the basis for a separate…

This notebook was designed to provide general guidelines for beginning teachers who are establishing a Latin program. Prepared by Latin teachers in independent schools, the notebook offers suggestions and information on the following: (1) reasons for studying Latin, (2) the age for beginning Latin study, (3) methodology, (4) testing, (5)…

This study of the adjustment and acculturation of Cuban refugees living in West New York, New Jersey investigates the hypotheses that: (1) The formation of a tightly knit community aids in the adjustment of first generation Cubans, although in the short run it may retard their acculturation, and (2) Adjustment and acculturation are easier for…

In the first issue of the newsletter, the editor indicates that one of the functions of the newsletter is to be an experimental attempt to mirror the ups and downs of the English language in today's world. This issue includes articles on the role of English in Latin America, Hungary, Indonesia, Denmark, and Cameroon. Other articles deal with the…

To determine the quantity and quality of vitamin A and iron rich foods purchased and prepared by Panamanian homemakers, interviews were held with 31 women who were present in a health clinic adjacent to a food market in Panama City. The interview schedule sought information concerning not only the type and amount of food purchased and the method…

A HUMANITIES COURSE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR ACADEMICALLY ABLE SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN BRANCIFORTE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA. IN A TWO-PERIOD DAILY TIME BLOCK, STUDENTS LEARN ENGLISH, LITERATURE, AND LATIN, AND INVESTIGATE TOPICS IN ARCHEOLOGY, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, LINGUISTICS, PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, GREEK LITERATURE AND…

Information about Latin American studies programs was gathered from a questionnaire sent to the institutional members of the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP). This directory contains that information. Included is a description of 66 programs, indices for the disciplinary specialities represented by the faculty members in each…

Discusses the problem of the lack of native speakers to judge grammatical acceptability in analyzing a dead language such as Latin, and proposes an analysis on the level of linguistic performance. (AM)

Two Latin American stories are presented as examples of tales which can help students explore the use of animals in folk tales and the special qualities of myth. The stories reinforce a global perspective by stressing commonalities among people from all cultures. (Author/DB)

Negative and positive developments in the Latin curriculum in American public schools and developments in England are discussed. Declining enrollment trends, the emplementation of elementary school Latin classes in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, and diversification of the secondary school classics curriculum are some of the topics addressed.…

A commentary on a dictionary of Texas Mexican American Spanish now being compiled by Roberto Galvan and Richard Teschnev. This dictionary will be a valuable tool for translators of Hispanic literature. Topics treated are base and suppletive dictionaries, the kinds of corpus used in the new dictionary, and frequency as an objective yardstick. (AMH)

Describes preliminary findings of an ongoing study, launched in the summer of 1985, that has sought to identify the different undocumented Central American populations in Houston and to explore aspects of their settlement, work, and motivations for emigrating. (PS)

Past restrictions on his travel in the United States after the author was classified an "undesirable alien" under the provisions of the McCarran-Walter Act are described. (Author/MLW)

This overview of the changes in political control experienced in the Dominican Republic demonstrates the extensive contributions of people of various ethnic and racial backgrounds which have molded Dominican society. The present cultural policies are oriented toward Spanish ideology, but the country has also been influenced by France, Haiti, and…