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Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 8, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Los Españoles en Nuevo México 3
1527 2
1563 3
1598 4
España en 1598 0 5
Nuevo México en 1598 0 6
Pueblos during Oñate's Time 0 7
Oñate's Journey 0 8
Names: Oñate's Men and Families 5
Salazar Inspection: 1598 9
Ulloa Inspection: 1597 10
Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá 11
Del Canto VI de Villagrá 12
Some Verses From Villagrá 13
Chihuahua 2
Chihuahua: Su Historia 15
Chihuahua Today 16
Actividades: Libros/ Net 0 17
Comités: Cuarto Centenario: 2
Santa Fe 18
Tierra Dentro (Oñate Center) 19
Actividades Conmemorativas 2
Actividades Conmemorativas 20
A Collaborative Project …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 8, Número 3, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Nuevo México 10
El Condado de San Juan 2
El Terreno en el Condado de San Juan 3
Three Navajo Legends of Creation 4
El Condado de Grant 5
The Kneeling Nun/ Mogollón Culture 6
Minas en Nuevo México 7
El Condado de San Miguel 8
La Merced de Tecolote 9
Las Vegas- a "Wild West" Town 10
Una Actividad: llenar un mapa 11
México 4
Los Indios Tarahumaras 12
The Rarámuri Center 13
El Cañón de Cobre 14
Una Canción: ¡Viva Chihuahua! 15
Hispanic Tradition: A Smithsonian Production 0 16
Tradiciones/ Comidas 5
Los Días de los …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 8, Número 2, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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La Muerte 6
Descansos: Tres Voces An Interrupted Journey 2
Unas Calaveras 3
El Día de los Muertos en la Casa de Martha Johnsen 4
Religious Values of the Terminally III por Delfi Mondragón 5
Excerpts from Religious Values of the Terminally III 6
An Omaha Prayer from Religious Values of the Terminally III 7
Los Veteranos 3
Bernardo de Gálvez 8
El Memorial de los Veteranos de Vietnam en Angel Fire 9
Una Actividad: Traducir Frases al Español 10
El Otoño 4
Remedios para el Resfrío 11
Amanecer el Otoño: Un Verso por Antonio Machado 12
El …

Flarr Pages #6: The Word In Chinese, Jenny Lin

FLARR Pages

No abstract provided.

Decentering Whiteness, Peter Mclaren

Education Faculty Articles and Research

"I wish to make two claims in this article. One is that multicultural education has largely refused to acknowledge how imperialism, colonialism, and the transnational circulation of capitalism influences the ways in which many oppressed minority groups cognitively map their paradigm of democracy in the United States. The other claim is that the present focus on diversity in multicultural education is often misguided because the struggle for ethnic diversity makes progressive political sense only if it can be accompanied by a sustained analysis of the cultural logics of white supremacy; While these two claims mutually inform each other, it is …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 8, Número 1, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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La Herencia Hispana 5
Proclamación Presidencial 1997 2
Origen del Mes de la Herencia Hispana 3
Los Hispanos: Quiénes Somos/ Hispanics by National Origin 4
América (Canción) 5
Aniversarios- 1998 7
La Cosecha 7
Técnicas Antiguas para Sembrar 8
Cosechando y Limpiando las Parvas- una historia oral 9
Técnicas Antiguas de Preservar Alimentos 10
Diversity in Agriculture 11
Los Frijoles 12
Rancho Alegre (Canción) 13
Una Visita al Farmer's Market 14
Los Idiomas 4
Nuevo México y la Educación Bilingüe 15
Bilingual Countries in North America 16
Bilingual Countries in South America/ Europe 17
Una Actividad: Traducir un …

The Home-School Connection: Parental Influences On A Child's Esl Acquisition, Catharine Jauhiainen

Dissertations and Theses

Few would dispute the tremendous impact that parents have on the intellectual, emotional, and social development of their children. An important issue in child second language acquisition is whether, or to what extent, parental attitudes and behaviors are associated with the success of language minority children in elementary ESL and mainstream classroom settings. The effects of parental educational values and expectations, and parental perception of ability to assist in the educational journey of their offspring, have been the focus of much research regarding majority language children. However, research exploring the beliefs and behaviors of language minority parents and their relationship …

The Adjunct Model Of Content-Based Instruction: A Comparative Study In Higher Education In Oregon, Georgann Sue Percival

Dissertations and Theses

Content-based instruction (CBI) in all forms is widely used in ESL programs in higher education. The adjunct model of CBI, which links ESL classes to academic content courses, is regarded as an effective way to provide a transition between ESL and academic classes. Considering the growing numbers of limited English proficiency students entering colleges and universities for degree and vocational programs, the adjunct model provides an innovative means for ESL programs to serve these students. This comparative study investigates how adjunct model courses are planned, administered, and taught in eight colleges and universities in Oregon. Telephone surveys were used to …

Teaching Phonetic-Ideograph Rules To English Speaking Students Of Chinese, Jillian Ji-Fen Tsai

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the teaching of phoneticideograph rules would improve the memorization and character retention abilities of English-speaking students of Chinese. Two groups participated in the experiment, an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group was taught using the Concentrated Character Recognition Method, which employs the teaching of phonetic-ideograph rules, while the other group was taught using a more traditional teaching approach, without receiving instruction on phonetic-ideographic rules. Subjects were enrolled in the first-year university Chinese class. All subjects were pre-tested before the treatment. Data of subjects who scored much higher than …

Teaching Peace Education In Esl/Efl Classes: An International Perspective, Cheryl Lynn Hill

Dissertations and Theses

This study offers an exploration of peace education ESUEFL classes, from the perspective of the teacher and the students. Using questionnaires designed by the researcher, qualitative and quantitative survey data were collected from a convenience sample of thirteen ESUEFL teachers and seventy ESUEFL students. The teacher survey focuses on the following questions: 1) How do ESI.JEFL teachers define peace education; 2) Why have some ESUEFL teachers decided to teach peace education in their classes; and 3) How do ESUEFL teachers incorporate peace education into their classes. The student survey carried out in three EFL classes in Israel, Italy, and Japan …

Esl Cd-Rom Principles And Their Application: A Software Evaluation, Stephanie Burgi Lamonica

Dissertations and Theses

CD-ROM applications within the past 5 years have aided the availability of Computer Aided Language Learning (CALL) on a mass consumer level. This study assesses how the instructional design of commercial CALL English as a Second Language (ESL) CD-ROM materials make up for the lack of a human instructional component. The framework within which the evaluation takes place is communicatively based. Using a tool developed specifically for the study, 8 software from 6 companies were systematically evaluated. The 3-step process followed in the evaluation makes concessions for student, instructional designer, and instructor needs. Research questions address how the areas of …

Ethnic And Language Identity Among A Select Group Of Vietnamese-Americans In Portland Oregon, Jay Owen Peterson

Dissertations and Theses

Vietnamese immigrants within the United States have demonstrated a strong desire to retain their ethnocultural identity. They have also experienced tremendous pressure to use English. What are the implications of these two trends for identity and language choice within the Vietnamese-American community? The presented research used multidimensional scaling (MDS) methods to describe the subjects' ethnic and language identities. The population for the study consisted of adult Vietnamese-Americans who were born in Vietnam and were currently living in the US. The study had two stages. First, identity labels were generated using a modified Twenty Statements Test. A "Myself' label was added …

Japanese Intelligibility And Comprehensibility Assessments Of Different English Accents, David Michael Levin

Dissertations and Theses

As the result of historical events and the adaptive nature of the language itself, English is generally accepted today as the world's international language. While various countries have adapted the English language to serve their own specific needs, the question of whether or not the changes made to English in these countries, for example phonological, will still enable the language to be intelligible in the international arena. If English is to be the de facto world language, then international intelligibility should be an important goal. For this research, 211 Japanese university students were asked to assess the intelligibility and comprehensibility …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 7, Número 9, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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¿Quién Soy? 9
¿Quién Soy? 2
Yo soy mi Familia 3
Yo soy la comunidad 4
Gonzales Family Tree 5
Simple Page: Gonzales Family Tree 6
Gallegos Family Tree 7
Gallegos Coat of Arms 8
Simple Page: Gallegos Family Tree 9
Mi Arbol Familiar 10
Durante el Verano 10
New Mexico Hispano Music Association 11
Angel Espinoza 12
El Corrido de Don Juan de Oñate 13
Fernando Manuel/ Jóvenes Unidos 14
Canciones: Sé Quién Soy/ Nos Gusta el Chile 15
El Incidente en Roswell/ Roswell 16
Actividad: Dibujos de Criaturas "Extraterrestres" 17
Juneteenth 18
La Merced de Truchas …

Black English, Karen Tibbitts Filimoehala

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Black English has recently entered the media spotlight with the passing of the Ebonics resolution by the Oakland School Board on Dec. 18, 1996. In this resolution, the school board unanimously voted to recognize Black English or "Ebonics" (a term which combines the words "ebony" and "phonetics")(LeLand & Joseph, 1997, p. 78) as the primary language of many of its students, and to teach students in their primary language in order to maintain the "legitimacy and richness" of the language, and to help students master standard English. Needless to say, the resolution was met with highly charged arguments - some …

Developing A Language In Education Policy For Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Case Study, Nancy Murray

Dissertations and Theses

The dismantling of apartheid laws, the all-race elections of 1994, and a new Constitution signal opportunities for fundamental change in South Africa's educational system and language policies. This study describes the development, still in progress, of a new language in education policy. The primary focus is on the various issues involved in the making of a policy--the assumptions and principles which provide the foundation for a new policy, the active participants in the policy debate and formulation, the perceptions of the role of English in South African society and schools, English as the medium of instruction, and possible consensus at …

Response To Dr. Y. Bushyhead Of Lptc, Hank Lehrer, Brent D. Bowen

Program Goals

A response to a April 3, 1997 letter to Chancellor Weber from Dr. Y. Bushyhead of Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC) dated 4/22/1997.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 7, Número 8, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Nezahualcóyotl 2
Legend of the Snow Mountains: Popocatépetl e Ixaccihuatl 3
Legend of the Snow Mountains: Popocatépetl e Ixaccihuatl Continued 4
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 5
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer 6
Gabriela Mistral 7
Pablo Neruda 8
Octavio Paz 9
Estevan Arellano 10
Miguel Gonzales 11
Miguel Gonzales Continued 12
Levi Romero 13
Levi Romero Continued 14Levi Romero Continued 15
Levi Romero Continued 16Jerry Mondragón y Elena Avila 17Una Actividad: Poesía Española 18
La Orquesta Bourguet 19
Carlos Abeyta y El Aztlán 20
La Cucaracha 21
De Colores 22
México Lindo y Querido 23
Some Sayings about …

Nine Complementary Principles To Retain Adults In An Esol/Literacy Program, Edmund T. Hamann

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

The following list of principles is my attempt to share general recommendations to teachers of ESOL and/or limited literacy adults based on my specific practice running a bilingual family literacy program and confirmed by my more recent experience as a volunteer bilingual literacy teacher at the Asociación Latinoamericana (in Atlanta). Though I believe in bilingual classroom environments, I think the principles identified here are also pertinent to monolingual ESL environments.

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

Amigos Revista Digital

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Un Dicho 2
La Familia de Lenguajes Indoeuropeas 3
Los Lenguajes Germánicos 4
A Short History of the English Language 5
An Activity: Search for Word Origins 6
Los Idiomas Romances 7
Influences on the Spanish Language 8
Actividad: Buscar los Orígenes de Palabras 9
Diez Dichos Sobre el Tema de Hablar 10
Ten Quotes about Talking 11
¿Cómo Aprendemos un Idioma? 12
Actividad: Seleccionar Palabras Utiles 13
Ser Bilingüe 14
Un Verso: Mi Idioma (por Sara Harris) 15
Un Chiste Sobre Ser Bilingüe 16
Actividad: Un Ensayo Sobre Ser Bilingüe 17
Un Dicho 18
Eric Serna, El …

A Case Study Of Twelve Japanese Esl Students' Use Of Interaction Modifications, Darin Dooley

Dissertations and Theses

This case study examines Japanese ESL students' use of interaction modifications in a content based course. Twelve female subjects were observed and recorded during a nine week period. Their use of interaction modifications (clarification requests, confirmation checks, and comprehension checks) and responses to interaction modifications (single word, full or partial repetition, or reformulation), during teacher-fronted and small group situations, were recorded and coded using the COLT observation instrument.

The study found that the subjects used clarification requests over four times more often in small group or pair-work situations than in teacher-fronted classes. Also, the subjects used confirmation checks over five …

Promotion Of Verbal Interaction Through Structured Pair Activities, Vidya Rangachari

Dissertations and Theses

Group work has come to play an increasingly significant role in the second language classroom due to its myriad advantages. Researchers have found that bringing language learners together for various activities provides them with greater opportunities to improve on the quality as well as the quantity of their linguistic output. A small group size and a structured activity are believed to be extremely beneficial to the language learners. In this study, eight ESL students were brought together in dyads and asked to interact verbally for the purpose of performing three types of goal-oriented activities within a specified time limit. The …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 7, Número 6, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

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Nuestro Sistema Solar 2
Mercurio 3
Venus 4La Tierra 5Comet Hale-Bopp 6Marte 7Júpiter 8Saturno 9Ancient Astronomers 10Urano 11Neptuno 12
Plutón 13
Our Sun 14Some Suggestions for a Model of the Solar System 15El 2
de Febrero 16La Rebelión de Taos 17La Rebelión de Taos Continuación 18Barbara J. Vigil 19El Sistema Judicial 20
Los Derechos Civiles 21
Double Jeopardy and O.J. Simpson 22

More Confusion an Double Jeopardy 23

Unos Temas para discutir 24
Glosario/ Glossary 25

Ebonics: The Political Process Through A Glass Darkly, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the ebonics (black English) controversy.

Transformation In Communities And Individuals In International Development, James Richard Troudt

Master's Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

Students’ Dropout In Continuing Education: A Namibian Case Study, Vekaama Heroldt Murangi

Master's Capstone Projects

This study was undertaken in Namibia, to determine causes for student dropouts m continuing education face-to-face centers. The utilized sample in the study consisted of one hundred and seventy learners (including both current & non-continuing learners), and sixty tutors. In this context, dropout refers to those students enrolling for a course (Grade 10, Standard 10) at face-to-face centers and discontinuing their studies before completing the entire course. It is required from all learners to attend classes regularly before they can sit for the final external examination taking place annually in October or November.

Chapter 1 of the study gives a …

Latinas In Higher Education : No Longer The Invisible Minority, Sheila Adele Rodriguez

Graduate Research Papers

This research paper will explore the issues underlying the under-representation of Latinas in higher education. The emphasis will be placed on Chicana females because Chicanos comprise 60 percent of the Latino population, and much of the existing research is focused on this group. The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, barriers to the participation of Latinas in higher education will be explored. Second, factors contributing to the success of high-achieving Latinas will be discussed. Finally, implications for higher education programming and policies will be examined as they affect Chicanas in particular, and Latinas in general. Suggestions for ways in …

Journal Of Pedagogy, Pluralism And Practice, Volume 1, Issue 2, Fall 1997 (Full Issue), Journal Staff

Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice

This issue of the Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice is dedicated to the memory of Paulo Freire who died on May 2, 1997 at the age of 75. Paulo Freire is the author of Pedagogy of the Oppressed, The Politics of Education, Pedagogy of the City, Pedagogy of Hope and many other books that have created a radical discourse on liberatory education and have influenced teachers, theorists and cultural workers throughout the world. His last book, Pedagogia da Autonomia: Saberes necessários à prática educativa, is not yet translated in English, but is expected soon, possibly …

A Multicultural Education Program For Primary-Level Students In Taiwan, Using Visual And Performing Arts, Yu-Chi Chen

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to design and develop a multicultural education program for primary-level students in Taiwan. To accomplish the purpose, a review of current literature regarding utilization of the performing and visual arts in the advancement of multicultural education will be conducted. Additionally, related information from selected authorities was obtained and analyzed.

Bilingual Language Arts Posters For The Classroom: A Reflection Of The Students' Culture And Needs, Mary Beth Doerr, Andrea Muñoz

All Graduate Projects

This project was designed to meet the needs of classrooms that are currently bilingual in some capacity and finding that current monolingual visual aids are not reaching all students. Bilingual visual aids in the form of posters will be created in order to meet those needs for the Spanish speaking population prevalent in the local schools. This paper describes the process of research and design for those visual aids.