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Download full textWolfram, Walt; And Others – 1979
The aim of this study was to describe the varieties of English used in two American Indian communities and to examine the effect of language diversity on the acquisition of certain educational skills. The field work was carried out in two Puebloan communities in New Mexico, San Juan and Laguna. The description of selected linguistic structures and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Educationally Disadvantaged
Salas Reyes, Vicente; And Others – 1969
This Aklanon-English dictionary consists of a list of basic root words or word bases of Aklanon. The dictionary is designed to be used both by native speakers of Aklanon and by foreign learners. For the former, it can serve to: (1) establish a uniform system of spelling, (2) broaden or intensify the use and understanding of idiomatic standard…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dictionaries, Etymology, Form Classes (Languages)
Spolsky, Bernard, Ed.; Cooper, Robert, Ed. – 1977
This volume on bilingual education contains the following ten articles: "The Establishment of Language Education Policy in Multilingual Societies," by Bernard Spolsky, "Bilingualism and Bilingual Education-The Ancient World to the Renaissance," by E. Glyn Lewis, "The Sociology of Bilingual Education," by Joshua A. Fishman, "Linguistic Perspectives…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
Richards, Meredith Martin – 1978
The recent experimental literature on the acquisition of English antonyms is reviewed, with special reference to the position of Eve Clark and the particular ontogenetic assumptions her position entails. The assumptions examined are: (1) in a hierarchically organized lexical domain, the order of acquisition appears to be from the top of the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation
Mackey, William F. – 1971
The extension of languages across cultural boundaries engenders a cosmopolitan literature which is often characterized by the effects of biculturalism. The evidence seems to indicate that bilingualism and biculturalism can exert a subtle influence upon a writer's choice of words, and can penetrate the author's style and grammar. Most of the…
Descriptors: Authors, Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes
Russell, William J., Ed. – 1976
The edited transcript of an informal panel discussion about discourse conducted by the Discourse Linguistics Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association is presented in this pamphlet. The transcript also includes comments by the chairperson and by audience members. Among the topics covered in the discussion are the…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cross Cultural Studies
Williams, Frederick – 1978
"Language and Poverty," a volume published in 1970 that dealt with various topics concerning language and social class differences, argued that in educational programs for the children of the poor it is important not to confuse differences with deficits. It indicated that poor children had adequate language structures and skills for their…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Economically Disadvantaged, Information Theory
Cowan, William, Ed. – 1978
This volume contains 22 conference papers concerned with Algonquian languages and culture: (1) "Cheyenne Vowel Devoicing," by W. Leman and R. Rhodes; (2) "An Analysis of Upper Delawaren Land Sales in Northern New Jersey, 1630-1758," by R.S. Grumet; (3) "Ethnology in the Works of Rowland E. Robinson," by G.M. Day; (4)…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Anthropological Linguistics
Backman, Nancy – 1977
This study is concerned with problems in language learners' intonation of English. Ten intonation problems were found in the learner speech of two adult Spanish-speaking males: (1) range of pitch, (2) initial rise, (3) final fall, (4) rise to final stressed syllable, (5) placement of prominence, (6) final rise for questions, (7) total question…
Descriptors: Adults, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Interference (Language)
Abdulaziz, Mohamed H.; Fox, Melvin J. – 1978
A survey was conducted from 1967 to 1970 with the following goals: (1) to gather information on the use and teaching of languages in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia; (2) to stimulate research and development in linguistics and language pedagogy in East Africa; (3) to assist in strengthening the resources of East African institutions…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bibliographies, Foundation Programs, Information Dissemination
CERVENKA, EDWARD J. – 1967
A STUDY TO DEVELOP INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE CHILD BILINGUALISM AND BICULTURAL SOCIALIZATION WAS CONDUCTED IN DEL RIO, TEXAS, A MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN WHICH SCHOOL IS TAUGHT IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH. THREE INSTRUMENTS WERE DEVELOPED--(1) A SERIES OF 6 TESTS FOR MEASURING LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH, (2) A SIMILAR SERIES OF 6 TESTS FOR…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Grade 1
Eshelman, James N. – 1965
A description of the background and procedure of this pilot study precedes the data charts and sample forms that make up the majority of the report. Questionnaires gathered information from 304 representative schools on languages studied, grades in which they were studied, and number of credits earned, for each student. Schools are classified by…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Graphs, High School Graduates, Language Instruction
Plastre, Guy – 1966
The process of second language teaching is reviewed in this article, written in French, and recognition is given to the influences of linguistics, biology, psychology, and the history of language teaching on present day methodology. Aspects of language teaching methods related to audiovisual and structural-global techniques are identified as (1)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiovisual Instruction, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Oller, John W.; Obrecht, Dean H. – IRAL, 1968
An experiment measuring the effectiveness of two procedures for presenting pattern drills was devised in order to show that pattern drills are most useful as a learning device if deliberately related to situational or meaningful content. Criteria for the selection of subjects are presented here, as are sample test items and a table of results.…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Experiments, High School Students, Instructional Materials
Christensen, Clay B. – 1968
Summarized in this report is an investigation involving the speaking and auditory comprehension skills in Spanish for secondary school students. Two objectives of the study were to organize the Spanish language into basic syntactic structures and to prepare a description of expected learner performance for each of the structures. Proposals, based…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Audiolingual Skills, Course Content, Curriculum Development
