Language Surveys and Language Censuses
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Author: Moseley, Paula; Wilde, Jeffrey
Title: Bilingual Program Survey Report, 1985-86. Publication No. 494.
Author Affil.: Los Angeles Unified School District, Calif. Research and
Evaluation Branch.
Year: 1986
Language: English
Pub. Type: Evaluative report; Test questionnaire
Note: 154p.
Pages: 154; 2
Avail. Level: Available on microfiche
Abstract: This report describes the administrators, teachers, and
students involved in the Los Angeles (California) Unified
School District's programs for students whose primary language
is not English. The students were in elementary, secondary,
and special education programs. Survey results are summarized
at the beginning of the paper, followed by a more in-depth
description of the survey, and four appendices which make up
about three-quarters of the document. The appendices describe
the procedures used to identify and assess the limited English
Proficient students; present the tables of data collected in
the survey; present the instruments used to collect the data
and assess English proficiency; and describe the instruments--
the Home Language Survey, the Basic Inventory of Natural
Language, and the Bilingual Program Surveys. Conclusions
indicated that although the number of limited English speaking
students increased from 1982-83 to 1985-86, most categories of
school staff did not increase at the same rate. (JGL)
Subject Major: Bilingual-Education-Programs. English-Second-Language.
Limited-English-Speaking. Program-Implementation. Student-
Characteristics
Subject Minor: Bilingual-Students. Bilingual-Teachers. Elementary-Secondary-
Education. Enrollment-Trends. Individualized-Education-
Programs. Language-Proficiency. Participant-Characteristics.
Questionnaires. School-Surveys. Second-Language-Instruction.
Special-Education.
Identifiers: Basic-Inventory-of-Natural-Language. Bilingual-Program-
Surveys. Home-Language-Survey. Los-Angeles-
Unified-School-District-CA
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Author: Hudson, Joyce, Ed.; Pym, N., Ed.
Title: Language Survey. Work Papers of SIL-AAB, Series B,
Volume 11.
Author Affil.: Summer Inst. of Linguistics, Darwin (Australia). Australian
Aborigines Branch.
Year: 1984
Language: English
Pub. Type: Collection; Research report
Note: 183p.
Pages: 183; 2
Avail. Level: Available on microfiche
Abstract: Reports on three surveys of Australian Aboriginal language use,
undertaken to determine the language groups' needs for
translation and literacy projects, are presented.
"Communicability of Some Western Desert Communilects" by K. C.
Hansen evaluates mutual intelligibility between languages and
dialects in that region, and addresses the complicating factor
of bilingualism: how much of the intelligibility is due to
linguistic similarity and how much to contact between language
groups. "Report on Survey of the Central Northern Territory"
by David Glasgow describes a more general linguistic survey to
determine the locations and numbers of speakers of several
language groups and to answer some preliminary questions about
language usage. "Observations on Language Change at Hope Vale"
by Noreen Pym reports on a sociolinguistic survey that looked
at a single community and addressed questions of language
usage: who speaks what, to whom, and in what circumstances, and
how people feel about their traditional languages. (MSE)
Subject Major: Dialects. Language-Attitudes. Language-Usage. Mutual-
Intelligibility.
Subject Minor: Bilingualism. Community-Surveys. Creoles. Descriptive-
Linguistics. Ethnic-Groups. Foreign-Countries. Indigenous-
Populations. Language-Research. Language-Variation. Regional-
Characteristics. Sociolinguistics. Surveys. Uncommonly-
Taught-Languages
Identifiers: Aboriginal-People. Australia
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Author: Berdan, Robert; And Others
Title: Language among the Cherokee: Patterns of Language Use in
Northeastern Oklahoma. Part II: Questionnaire and Codebook.
Author Affil.: National Center for Bilingual Research, Los Alamitos, Calif.
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Year: 1982
Language: English
Pub. Type: Research report; Test questionnaire
Note: 128p.; For related document, see FL 013 959.
Pages: 128; 2
Avail. Level: Available on microfiche
Report No.: NCBR-08-82
Abstract: The survey questionnaire and a description of the coding system
used for analyzing the data collected in a survey of Cherokee
language and education are presented. The survey was designed
to study language use, bilingualism, and education in the
Cherokee community. The survey encompassed 198 Cherokee
children between the ages of 5 and 14 who attended public
school. Findings are reported in a separate volume. The
coding system was developed to categorize and assign numerical
designations to the responses to the survey questions as a
prerequisite to data analysis. The codebook is intended to
provide all the information needed to aid the user in working
with the data from the Cherokee language survey. (RW)
Subject Major: American-Indians. Cherokee. Language-Maintenance.
Subject Minor: Bilingualism. Elementary-Secondary-Education. Language-
Attitudes. Language-of-Instruction. Language-Usage.
Questionnaires
Identifiers: Cherokee-Nation. Oklahoma
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Author: Burnaby, Barbara; And Others
Title: Northern Native Languages Project. Final Report.
Year: 1980
Language: English
Pub. Type: Project description
Note: 105p.
Pages: 105; 2
Avail. Level: Available on microfiche
Abstract: The Northern Native Language Project was constituted in June
1979 to produce a report which would present information on the
present situation regarding language education schools in the
project area of Ontario (James Bay, Nakina, and Sioux Lookout)
and to make recommendations concerning appropriate action for
the future. The introduction of the report describes
activities of the Project, provides a map of the project area,
and outlines the project's implementation. Part I addresses
general observations made from community visits, potential
programs, basic strategies and questions regarding language for
communities to consider. Part II looks at English medium
courses and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs.
General observations pertaining to Native language arts
programs for English medium schools is presented in Part III.
Part IV is concerned with using the Native language as a medium
of teaching courses. Part V describes present qualifications
of teaching personnel in northern schools and surveys what kind
of training is available. Appendices containing ESL Programs
and activity books, a summary of Northern Native Language
survey, Native language instructor's pay grid, and programs
for teachers of Native language enrichment and literacy
conclude the document. (ERB)
Subject Major: American-Indian-Education. Canada-Natives. English-Second-
Language. Language-Experience-Approach. Language-of-
Instruction. Native-Language-Instruction. Teacher-
Qualifications
Subject Minor: Elementary-Secondary-Education.
Identifiers: Northern-Native-Language-Project. Ontario
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Author: Osaji, Bede
Title: Language Survey in Nigeria. Publication B-81.
Author Affil.: Laval Univ., Quebec (Quebec). International Center for Research
on Bilingualism.
Year: 1979
Language: English
Pub. Type: Research report
Note: 180p.
Pages: 180; 2
Avail. Level: Available on microfiche
Abstract: The languages of Nigeria and language usage in that country are
discussed in a study designed to illustrate the need for a
Nigerian lingua franca. Extensive data are first presented on
Nigerian languages and dialects, their classification, and
their geographic distribution. The remainder of the survey is
devoted to a sociolinguistic study of language needs in
Nigeria. The pedagogical advantages of fostering a nationwide
native language are balanced against the desirability of
bringing about language uniformity in the context of bilingual
education. A discussion of the notion of lingua franca bridges
reports on Pidgin English (which is viewed as the unofficial
lingua franca of Nigeria) and Hausa (a language of imposition
which can be effectively developed as the most desirable
Nigerian lingua franca). (JB)
Subject Major: African-Languages. Hausa. Language-Planning. Language-
Standardization. Multilingualism.
Subject Minor: Bilingual-Education. Dialects. Dialect-Studies. Language-
Classification. Language-Instruction. Language-Research.
Needs-Assessment. Sociolinguistics. Surveys
Identifiers: Lingua-Francas. Native-Language. Nigeria. Pidgin-English
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Author: Carruthers, J. B.
Title: Language Survey of Entering Primary Students (Rural
Schools).
Author Affil.: Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. Office of Planning and
Research.
Year: 1970
Note: 13p.
Pages: 13; 1
Avail. Level: Available on microfiche
Abstract: With the cooperation of the Alaska state-operated schools and
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), a study of language
capabilities of entering primary students was accomplished.
Some 175 rural schools were contacted, and replies were
received from 96 schools--a 55% response rate, of which 38
(35%) were received from state-operated schools and 58 (87%)
were received from BIA schools. Using a special form, the
teachers in responding schools were asked for language
information about entering primary students. (Students
repeating the grade were excluded.) Information was collected
on language used by students in the classroom and on the
playground, and in the home by parents. Language used in the
classroom was broken into categories: speaks no English (5.5%),
speaks only single English words (13.7%), speaks English in no
more than phrases (19.4%), speaks English in complete sentences
(61.5%). Data on language spoken by students on the playground
showed that 59.9% spoke English, 27.9% spoke a native language,
and 11.9% were bilingual. Data on language spoken by parents
showed that 41.0% spoke English, 28.4% spoke a native language,
and 30.1% were bilingual. Marked differences were found
between BIA and state-operated schools. Based on the survey,
it is generalized that bilingual programs in Alaska are
necessary. Eleven tables and a sample of the data-collection
form are included. (AL)
Subject Major: American-Indians. Bilingualism. Elementary-School-Students.
Language-Usage. Rural-Schools.
Subject Minor: Eskimos. Primary-Education. Program-Development. School-
Surveys. Student-Needs
Identifiers: Alaska
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Title: Language Census Report for California Public Schools,
1989.
Author Affil.: California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of
Program Evaluation and Research.
Year: 1989
Language: English
Pub. Type: Statistical material; Legal material
Note: 30p.
Pages: 30; 1
Avail. Level: Available on microfiche
Report No.: ISBN 0801108438;
Govt. Status: State
Abstract: Data on California public school enrollments and staff relating
to minority languages are presented in tabular and map
distribution form, with some summary narrative. Tables
include: (1) trends in number of limited-English-proficient
(LEP) students by county since from 1985-89; (2) number of LEP
students by county and grade, 1989; (3) LEP students as a
percentage of total enrollment, 1981-85; (4) number of fluent-
English-proficient students (FEP) by county and grade, 1989;
(5) number of LEP students by county and language; (6) trends
in number of LEP students by language, 1985-89; (7) number of
LEP students by grade and language, 1989; (8) number of LEP and
FEP students by language, 1989; (9) number of LEP students in
bilingual instructional programs, 1989; (10) number of schools
using state-approved oral language assessment instruments for
initial LEP identification, 1989; (11) number of LEP students
and redesignated LEP students, 1981-89; (12) number of
bilingual staff members by county and classification, 1989; and
(13) number of bilingual staff members by language and
classification. Maps show concentrations of LEP students in
general, by district, 1989, and by primary language (Spanish,
Vietnamese, Cantonese, Cambodian, and Pilipino). Sections of
the education code relating to the language
census are appended. (MSE)
Subject Major: Bilingual-Education-Programs. Bilingual-Teachers. Enrollment-
Trends. Limited-English-Speaking.
Subject Minor: Bilingual-Teacher-Aides. Cambodian. Census-Figures. Chinese.
Geographic-Distribution. Maps. Public-Schools. Spanish.
State-Surveys. Tagalog. Trend-Analysis. Uncommonly-Taught-
Languages. Vietnamese
Identifiers: California
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Author: Cotera, Augustus S.; And Others
Title: Progress Report: Access and Persistence of Minority Students in
the Arizona Universities.
Author Affil.: Arizona Board of Regents, Phoenix.
Year: 1988
Language: English
Pub. Type: Statistical material
Note: 56p.; In "The Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on
Excellence, Efficiency, and Competitiveness. Final Report and
Working Papers." Volume One. For Volumes One and Two, see HE
022 446-447. For individual working papers, see HE 022 448-480
and HE 022 482-501.
Pages: 56; 1
Avail. Level: Available on microfiche
Abstract: One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona
Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and
Competitiveness, this report presents statistical information
on the progress of minority student access and persistence in
the three Arizona Universities, Arizona's community colleges,
and the Arizona Department of Education. Statistics for the
colleges include headcount enrollment by ethnicity, bachelor's
degrees awarded by ethnicity, student financial assistance,
ethnic student financial assistance, faculty by ethnicity, new
undergraduate students (withdrawals, persistence, and
graduation), full-time student enrollment, student credit hours
enrolled, enrollment by ethnic background by county, academic
degrees by county, and headcount enrollment by age
distribution. Arizona Department of Education statistics
include language census and program report (primary home
language), percentile rank in reading comprehension, reading
comprehension subtest results by primary home language, Limited
English Proficient (LEP) programs, summary of participation by
school districts, and standardized test scores. (SM)
Subject Major: Academic-Persistence. Access-to-Education. Minority-Groups.
State-Universities.
Subject Minor: American-Indians. Asian-Americans. Bilingualism. Blacks.
College-Faculty. College-Students. Community-Colleges.
Comparative-Analysis. Competition. Demography. Educational-
Quality. Efficiency. Enrollment-Trends. Excellence-in-
Education. Higher-Education. Hispanic-Americans. Public-
Colleges. Student-Financial-Aid. Undergraduate-Study
Identifiers: Arizona. Arizona-State-University. Arizona-Task-Force-on-
Excellence-Efficiency-Compet. Northern-Arizona-University.
University-of-Arizona
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Author: Leap, William
Title: American Indian Language Education.
Author Affil.: National Center for Bilingual Research, Los Alamitos, Calif.
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Year: 1981
Language: English
Pub. Type: Review literature
Note: 166p.; Cooperative Agreement 00-CA-80-0001.
Pages: 166; 2
Avail. Level: Available on microfiche
Abstract: Prepared for the National Center for Bilingual Research, the
document provides information on the "state of the art" in
American Indian language education and presents a full picture
of the situation exploring concepts (e.g., self-determination,
Indian language diversity) and concerns (e.g., tribal
reluctance to see Indian language instruction used
indiscriminately for schooling-related purposes). Topics
discussed in the five chapter paper include: Indian education
as an equal opportunity issue (such as tribal self-
determination and tribally controlled education); definition of
American Indians (usage of Native American or American Indians,
state, federal, and self-identified); Indian language fluency
as an issue in Indian education; local responses to language
needs in Indian education (pertaining to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, implementing Indian language arts programs,
certification of Indian teachers, and federal responsibilities
in Indian Education); and research needs in Indian language
education (descriptive studies, language census issues,
English language arts needs, legislation and policy
implications). Appendices record statements of needs and
priorities in Indian language education. A 62-item unannotated
bibliography concludes the document. (ERB)
Subject Major: American-Indian-Education. American-Indian-Languages.
Educational-Assessment. Federal-Indian-Relationship.
Language-Role. Second-Language-Programs.
Subject Minor: American-Indians. Bilingual-Education. Elementary-Secondary-
Education. English-Second-Language. Language-Proficiency.
Language-Research. Native-Language-Instruction. Program-
Implementation. Staff-Development. Tribes
Identifiers: American-Indian-History
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