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The Constitution Of Bilingual/Esl Education As A Disciplinary Practice: Genealogical Explorations, Jaime Grinberg, Elizabeth R. Saavedra

Department of Educational Foundations Scholarship and Creative Works

This article provides a cultural and political critique of the constitution of bilingual/English-as-a-second-language (ESL) education as a disciplinary practice in the case of New Mexico. Using genealogy and postcolonial, post-structural, and critical frameworks, this article claims that the directions advanced by the Chicano/Chicana movement were lost. Instead, what emerged was a field that nurtured a mix of symbolic colonization and docilization through the construction of a settlement that controls thought and behavior, perpetuating misrecognition in a Bourdieuian sense. Illusion, collusion, and delusion have enabled the dominance of psycholinguistic approaches. Problematizing the constitution of bilingual/ESL education within a cultural and political …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 11, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Larry Tórrez 2
Los Cuatro Condados de Los Alamos, Río Arriba, Santa Fe y Taos 3
A Poem 4
La Naturaleza en los Cuatro Condados 5
Robert Torrez, Historiador Estatal 6
Voices From The Past by Robert Tórrez
A Colonial New Mexico Execution 7
A Colonial New Mexico Execution, Continued 8
Pueblos y una Reserva en los Cuatro condados 9
Las Mercedes de los Cuatro Condados 10
Las Mercedes de los Cuatro Condados (cont.) 11
Gerónimo, The Apache Warrior 12
Comunidades en los Cuatro Condados 13
Abiquiú..Dulce 13
Edgewood..Martínez 14
Medanales..Youngsville 15
Some Mystery Novels 16
Katya Miller, …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 11, Número 3, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Dra. Carmen Gonzales Yreta 2
Los Cuatro Condados de Doña Ana, Lincoln, Sierra y Socorro 3
La Naturaleza en los Cuatro Condados 4
Una Actividad 5
Comunidades en los Cuatro Condados 6
Comunidades en los Cuatro Condados (cont.) 7
Comunidades en los Cuatro Condados (cont.) 8
Comunidades en los Cuatro Condados (cont.) 9
Hispano History in Lincoln County 10
Ramón Rodrigues Olivas de la Oficina de Asuntos Mexicano- Estadounidenses 11
Los Coloquios de El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro 12
Elfego Baca 13
El Alacrán de Fray Gómez por Ricardo Palma 14
Una Actividad 15
Los Tres Reyes …

Teacher Perceptions Of The Characteristics Of Effective Teachers Of Aboriginal Middle School Students, Mort Harslett, Bernard Harrison, John Godfrey, Gary Partington, Kaye Richer

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

This paper reports a component of research that involved interviewing teachers identified as effective with Aboriginal students in selected primary and secondary schools in urban and regional Western Australia. The research shows that characteristics of effective teachers include understanding Aboriginal culture, history, and students’ home backgrounds; an ability to develop good relationships with Aboriginal students and their families, a sense of humour, and preparedness to invest time to interact with Aboriginal students out of the classroom in order to strengthen relationships. The research also indicates that effective teachers understand that Aboriginal students are often more independent than others, do not …

"If You Build Them Up, They Will Stay": The Role Of Recognition And Feedback On Student Retention, James R. Jones

Marketing and Management Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

While such stratagems are certainly well founded, and have achieved varying degrees of success, it may be that a more fundamentally vital area of examination is being largely overlooked, namely the impact of the high school experience. One of the critical problems facing many institutions of higher learning is that of student retention. While this issue is an important one to address across the entire student population, it has become particularly acute as relates to "minority" pupils. Accordingly, many colleges and universities have developed strategies to try to arrest enrollment attrition. These strategies typically include such mechanisms as tracking programs, …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 11, Número 2, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Luis Quiñones (aka Nacho) 2
Unas Notas de Luis Quiñones 3
Los Cuatro Condados de Catron, Grant, Hidalgo y Luna 4
La Naturaleza en los Cuatro Condados 5
Comunidades en los Cuatro Condados 6
Comunidades en los Cuatro Condados (cont.) 7
Comunidades en los Cuatro Condados (cont.) 8
Gila Cliff Dwellings 9
The Mogollón Culture 10
El Senador Ben Altamirano 11
La Invasión por Pancho Villa 12
Very Large Array 13
Una Actividad 14
Invasive Plants And Animals 15
Y ahora sabe el resto de la Historia 17
Un poema de la vida para el Día de Dar …

Review Of: Realtime Spanish Cd Rom, Shaw N. Gynan

Modern & Classical Languages

RealTime Spanish is billed as an interactive, immersive journey through Spain, the objective of which is to help students to learn culture and language and to become confident speakers of Spanish. The single CD-ROM is accompanied by a ten-page pamphlet of instructions. Digital Publishing is a German company that specializes in computer-assisted language learning, and RealTime is based on an Interaktive Sprachreise series written by Sigrid Brugger and Arturo Matheu. However, the series has been "localized" for Spanish learners by Maritza Lopez.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 11, Número 1, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Jiny Durán Ginn 2
Una Actividad Familiar 3
Los Tres Condados, Bernalillo, Sandoval y Valencia 4
La Naturaleza en los Tres Condados 5
Comunidades en los Tres Condados 6
Comunidades en los Tres Condados (cont.) 7
La Mercedes Reales en los 3 Condados 8
Pueblos Indígenas en los 3 Condados 9
Albuquerque 10
El Monumento Nacional de los Petroglíficos 11
Una Actividad 12
The Life and Times of Juanito Gonzales 13
El Centro para la Educación y Estudio de Poblaciones Diversas 14
La Gente que Trabaja en CESDP 15
La Historia de Incendios 16
La Historia de Incendios …

North Carolina State University Summer Transition Program – A High School To College Bridge Program For Enhancing Undergraduate Engineering Education, Tony L. Mitchell, Alisa Hunt-Lowery, Sarah A. Rajala

Sarah A. Rajala

The NC State University College of Engineering is an internationally recognized producer of engineers and computer scientists who are prepared to make an immediate contribution to the workforce. Our research faculty are recognized around the world for cutting edge research. Essential to our mission and continued success is a steady stream of top-notch students who contribute to and celebrate ethnic, academic and gender diversity. Each year an entering freshman class of 1100 new engineering students includes 20% women and 20% underrepresented minority students. The rate at which they persist through our undergraduate program is impacted by how they adapt during …

North Carolina State University Center For Minority Engineer Development, Tony L. Mitchell, Sarah A. Rajala, Laura J. Bottomley, Mary Clare Robbins

Sarah A. Rajala

North Carolina State University, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, is the largest state-supported university of the sixteen-campus University of North Carolina educational system. The College of Engineering at NC State University is among the best in the country, offering outstanding degree programs and preparing students for exciting and rewarding careers. Our graduates are heavily recruited internationally for positions in a variety of settings, including business management, construction, transportation, hardware and software development, computer engineering and design. The College of Engineering comprises 10 departments offering 16 BS, 17 MS, and 14 Ph.D. degree programs and conducts the largest undergraduate and …

Implementing Fluency First Activities In An Intermediate-Level Eap Reading Class, Martha Iancu

Faculty Publications - Department of World Languages, Sociology & Cultural Studies

The goal of the intermediate level in our postsecondary intensive English program at George Fox University—a small, liberal arts university in the United States—is to introduce academic language skills to students whose institutional Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores range from 400 to 450. After using an analytical, skills-based approach for a number of years, I felt dissatisfied with the students’ level of learning. Seeking a solution, I came across an on-line discussion1 of teachers who postulate that students cannot benefit fully from instruction in higher order skills unless they have first developed basic fluency. The first …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 10, Número 9, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Hank Baskett 2
Unos Problemas de Matemáticas de los Deportes 3
La naturaleza en los cuatro condados 4
Esperanza: Una escuela única en Tucumcari 5
Comunidades en los cuatro condados 4
Adberg, Atarque, Bethel, Buckeye, Canon Air Force, Caprock, Clovis, Elida 6
Endee, Eunice, Fort Bascom, Garrison, Hobbs, House, Jal 7
Kermit, Lea, Lingo, Lovington, Maljamar, McDonald, Melrose, Milnesand, Newhope, Obar 8
Pep, Petrified Forest, Portales, Tatum, Texico, Tucumcari 9
Una actividad 10
La profesora Julia Rosa López Emslie 11
A full box of kisses 12
Navajo Nation 3 Dependents of Uranium Workers 13
Health survey of 400 …

Comparison Of Academic Progress And Social Development For Retained And Socially Promoted Spanish Speaking Children In An International English-Medium School, Mavis A. Runia

Master of Education Program Theses

This two-year study was designed to investigate the effects of grade retention on a child's academic progress, English proficiency, and social development. All students (n=17) were native Spanish-speaking children, living in a Spanish speaking country, learning in an English-medium school. Each retained child was matched with a child in a control group and a child in a socially promoted group, based on age, sex, Sanford Achievement Test scores, and final reading, language, and math scores. The Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (PHSCS) and the Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test (CREVT) were administered in the fall and spring for two consecutive …

Assessing The Racial Awareness Of Majority Group Member Students At East Tennessee State University And The Factors Related To Racial Awareness, Lavern Terrell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the racial awareness of majority group member students at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and factors related to racial awareness. Seven research questions and five hypotheses were examined. The Oklahoma Racial Attitudes Survey-Preliminary Form (ORAS-P) was used to identify the racial awareness of White students enrolled at ETSU during the fall of 1999. Forty-six classes were surveyed obtaining a sample totaling 395 students. In addition to completing the ORAS-P, students in the sample were asked the following demographic questions: gender, age, city and state of birth, name and location of high school …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 10, Número 8, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Betty Córdova 2
Growing up and becoming an educator in the early 1900's 2
Growing up and becoming an educator in the early 1900's (cont.) 3
The Family Tree of Betty Córdova 4
Tres condados: Chaves, Eddy, Otero 5
La naturaleza en estos condados 6
Las Cavernas de Carlsbad 7
Comunidades en estos condados 8
Comunidades en estos condados (cont.) 9
Comunidades en estos condados (cont.) 10
Una actividad 11
County Government 12
Science and Mathematics 5
El Doctor Robert Mendoza 13
Neurología 14
Las Maravillas del Agua 15
Las Maravillas del Agua (cont.) 16
Las Maravillas del …

Flarr Pages #20: Spanish, Hispanics And The United States: How Much Do You Really Know?, Debra Maury

FLARR Pages

Here is a quiz on Hispanic culture in the United States. Try it on your students to pique their interest or use it on speaking occasions.

Flarr Pages #19: Developing Students' Understanding Of Latin Grammar Through Sentence-Structure Analysis Sheets, Daniel N. Erickson

FLARR Pages

Latin teachers well know that students are often overwhelmed when they are making the transition from English, a word-order dependent language, to Latin, which is not and thus is highly flexible. Sentence-Structure Analysis" ("SSA") is a technique of mine that has been used successfully to help students make the transition to Latin's word order and develop an understanding of its syntax. Let us begin by considering a basic principle underlying Sentence-Structure Analysis Sheets.

Portland Dialect Study - High Rising Terminal Contours (Hrts) In Portland Speech, Rebecca A. Wolff

Dissertations and Theses

This study reports on the use of an intonation contour used in declarative clauses that is referred to in at least some of the literature as a "High Rising Terminal Contour" (HRTs). The intonation pattern is characterized by a final rise, which is similar to the pitch change used in yes-no questions. The purpose of this study is to document the use of this intonation pattern by residents of Portland, Oregon, in order to see what light it can shed on the HRT's status and function, especially among the young to see if it can be implicated in language change. …

Latino Students And The Massachusetts Public Schools, Miren Uriarte, Lisa Chavez

Gastón Institute Publications

This report presents basic information about Latino students in the public schools of Massachusetts. First, recent population data on Latino youth and public school enrollment are presented, highlighting those areas of the Commonwealth where Latinos are densely concentrated. The report then proceeds to the achievement of Latino students in the schools, highlighting recently published cohort dropout data and MCAS test results for Latinos. Finally, the report examines the after-high-school plans of Latino graduates.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 10, Número 7, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Tres Condados: San Juan, McKinley, y Cíbola 2
La Naturaleza en los Tres Condados 3
Sitios de Interés Particular en Los Tres Condados 4
Las Comunidades Indígenas de Los Tres Condados 5
Navajo Chapter Houses in New Mexico 6
Otras Comunidades en Los Condados 3
San Juan, Mckinley, y Cíbola 7
San Juan, Mckinley, y Cíbola (cont.) 8
San Juan, Mckinley, y Cíbola (cont.) 9
Una Actividad: LLenar un Mapa 10
Personas de Los Tres Condados 4
Gus Keene 11
Teresa McBride 12
The McBride Foundation 13
Ray Begaye: Un Legislador Navajó 14
To' hajiilleehee (Cañoncito) 15
What …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 10, Número 6, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Los Sefardí de Nuevo México 7
Sefardí de Nuevo México 2
Sefardí de Nuevo México (cont.) 3
La Doctora Isabelle Medina Sandoval 4
Dime Con Quien Andas por Isabelle Medina Sandoval 5
Dime Con Quien Andas (cont.) 6
Lawrence Domínguez 7
Recursos sobre los Sefardí 8
Música 2
Una familia de Músicos: Los Gonzales 9
Una Canción: Los Laureles 10
Educación Bilingüe 3
Dos Escuelas de Doble Inmersión: La Mesa y la Unión 11
Proyectos Estudiantiles de la Escuela Mountain View 12
Proyectos Estudiantiles de la Escuela Mountain View (cont.) 13
Cuatro Condados: 8
San Miguel, Guadalupe, Torrance, …

Widening Literacy: A Training Manual For Managers Of Adult Literacy Learning Programs, Alan Rogers, Joanie Cohen-Mitchell, Udaya Manandhar

Methods, Training, & Materials Development

This training manual has been developed to serve two purposes:

1. To be used as the basis of a training program. To this end, some comments are addressed to the trainer.
2. To be read independently of a training program as a tool for self-directed learning. To this end, some remarks are addressed to the independent reader.

Both sets of users may of course use this manual in whichever way they prefer, starting where they wish to start and finishing where they wish to finish. But we recommend that you look at the introduction before you begin to work on any section …

Kinsey Dialogue Series #2: Participatory Research And Action: Flower, Weed, Or Genetically Modified Monster?, Eileen Kane

Participatory Research & Practice

Over the last fifteen years I have been using participatory research in many areas, and especially to look at problems and opportunities for girls' education in developing countries. In this paper, I want to share some ideas about what I think needs to happen if participatory approaches are to grow and flourish in the future. The questions I am asking are, "what is participatory research? is it a sunflower, getting stronger as it pushes toward enlightenment? Is it kudzu, omnipresent and sometimes out of place? Is it a rootless creation, a carbuncle grafted on to the conventional trunk of research? …

Counting Quality, John Strassburger

Publications

This is the fifth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.

Developing Short-Term International Education Programs, Darci Counsell

All Graduate Projects

Many universities are seeing the demand for short-term international education programs on their campuses. The purpose of this project is to help the universities in that regard. As a result of the need a hybrid model procedural manual for developing short-term international education programs with faculty for Washington State public and private colleges and universities was developed. To accomplish this purpose Washington State public and private colleges and universities were contacted to determine a need for the project, a review of literature was conducted, existing formal procedures from other colleges and universities across the nation were collected and reviewed for …

Supporting Teachers Of Elementary English As A Second Language Students: A Facilitative Handbook Of Activities, Strategies, And Resources, Kathryn E. Getzinger

All Graduate Projects

Stanwood School District has seen an increase of second language students. Many teachers within the district have little or no training in second language acquisition and were having difficulty meeting the needs of these students. A facilitative handbook for supporting teachers of elementary second language students was created. In order to find the strategies that would best serve this student population current research on language development and teaching strategies for English as a Second Language students was examined. Teachers in the Stanwood School District will receive the handbook in the fall 2000.

An Administrative Model For A Bilingual Education Program For Middle-Level Students In Taiwan, Po-Chun Hsieh

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to develop an administrative model for a bilingual education program for middle-level students in Taiwan. To accomplish this purpose, a review of related literature was conducted. Additionally, selected materials were obtained adapted for use.

Helping School Administrators Involve Hispanic Parents In Their Children's Education, Ricardo Iniguez

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to help school administrators more effectively involve Hispanic parents in the education of their children both at school and in the home. To accomplish this task, principals and parents from four heavily impacted Hispanic school districts were interviewed. Research was undertaken of pertinent literature and a study of parent involvement programs was also included. Based upon analysis of interviews and research a conceptual framework on how to involve Hispanic parents in the education of their children was developed along with examples of specific programs and activities.

An Intercultural Play, Donna Lee Mcclung

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to write a play that could be used as a teaching tool for addressing multicultural issues in educational curricula. The literature review suggests that dramatic activities can be effective teaching strategies to address multicultural and diversity issues. The one-act play, Irene, is set in a middle-class American neighborhood and focuses on the conflict within a broken home.

Promoting Reading Literacy In The Home Of Spanish Speaking Students, Erica G. Rodgriguez

All Graduate Projects

Research related to the bilingual and bicultural issues of emergent literacy, family literacy, and intergenerational literacy, factors that promote literacy, parent involvement, and family literacy programs was read, evaluated, and summarized. From this literature review it became evident that when children develop literacy skills in their native language and/or English and learn to interact with literacy, learning to read and write becomes easier. A handbook, written in English and Spanish, was designed and printed providing reading strategies and activities for parents to promote reading literacy in the home.