MlicUMENT BESU_ 2,08 1 C mu icacion en Espanol. Edici TITLE .Linea abierte- maestro (Open Line ** Comminication in Spanish. Teacher's-Edition). Center for Dissemination and Assessment bilingual INSTITUT,1011 Education:: Austin, Tex. Office of Bilingual EdScation and-.Minority SPONSik ngua ges Affairs (Eti)d Washington, D.C. . PUB -D.ATE 79 399p. NOTE' Dissemination and Assessmenttenter tar flilingua; AVAILABLE FROM Education, Educational Service Center, Region XII, 7703 North Lamar", Austin, TX.78752 {$12.00) _ANGSAG, Spanish' DPS PRICE.,. MPO1 iPC16 PluS Postage. *Bilingual Education: Elementary Secondary Education: DESCRIPTORS,-i *Reading Grammar: *Languige Skills: Listening Skills : Skills: *Spinish: Speech.Skills: *Teaching Methods: Vocabulary:, *Writing Skills ABSTRACT .! ext that is This teacher's guide.ccrresponds-to the the first of a series of foUr _Units concerning language skills for Spanish speakers of limited English-speakid4-ability in-grades 6-9. The text' includes a variety _of learning. experiences designed to develop competence in the student's cognitive and affective skills derived *from the following basic areas: listening, speaking, reading, and Writing. The teacher's text is composed of 16 units; each containing the following components: 41)concepts; (2) objectives, (4) activities, and 45) evaluation. The concepts (3) resources, section states the key'ideas cf the unit. Theebjectives are stated in behavioral terms that specify some observable or,melisurable behavior,the. student is expected to,dexonstrate at the,end of the. unit. The resource section contains a suggested list of audio-visual tetching certain units. The or manipulative matbrials recomsended'in activities section embodies a-variety of instructional activities suggested for consideration in preparing.lesson_plans. The evaluation sectien includes a test designed to-Measure_the student's mastery, of the concepts taught. The velume_iS__cenclu'ded=_with d glossary that contains an alphabetized list ofall neW7-WordSZintfoduced in ther-- student text_._ wR p rtfamotA _ ____*Wwwworime 3P:Wsr* 00A( #73 * **- :1WWWWX4g* MM comunicachin en espailo DISTRISUIC R. NATIONAL DISSEMINATION .AND ASSESSMENT CENTER FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION,_ 7703 NORTH LAMAR AUSTIN, TEXAS 78752 TELEPHONE: 458-8131. "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.. EDUCATION & WELFARE MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY NATIONAL INSTITUTE OP EDUCATION REPRO. THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN FROM 1 OUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED ORIGIN- nie PERSON ON ORGANIZATION. OPINIONS A TING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR REPRE. STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY OF SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE HE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY INFORMATION CENTER-(ERIer 1C1ON-'DELMAESTRq Dissemination and. Assessment Center Bilingual Education Education ,5erviceCentor, Region XIII 11703 North Lamar Austin, Texas 78752 The project reported herein was performed pursuant to a Grant, from the US, -Office Of EdUCatfori, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. However, the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily' reflect the positions or policy of the U.S. °Mos of Education, and no official endorsement by the U.S. Office of Educa- tion should bo Inferred," r The Dissemination and' Assesuhent Center for 131116'gual Education is a special E.S.E.A. bilingual project funded by the U.S. Office of Education through the Edu- cation Service Center, Region XIII. OACBE has selected these materials for dissernl nation; however, the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect its posi- tion or policy nor that of Education Service Center, XIII. This publication wes,developed and printed with funds provided by the Bilingual Education Act, TitlitV II of the Elementary and Skondefy Education Act of 1995, as amended by Fublie Law 93.380. ISON.0-80417-379-0 FortyortiIndependent School District Fort Worth. Texas All Rights ReserVed 1979 Thia Aguila *slants Series is comprised of bilingual cure cola (Spanish English a= renCh-English) designed to meet'the .needsof.students of limited nglish speaking ability and their' teachers in the piddle.school grades (6-91. Curriculum-produats consist of texts for atudeats and teachers and supple entary materials,such as audit- visual aiAs, maps, and poster, The Aguila-Vsta;ti 'Series was developed by the Eilingual Materials Development.Center under a Title VII grant awarded to the Fort WorthIndepenadat School District by the United States Office of Education. A Comprehendive product evaluation desigp gas: utilized in developifig the*series In their fotmatiVe stages materia s were subjected to 'internal quality checks intended to evaluate Validity of-content, . simplicity-of desitInPr correlation-of -objectives and tests, and relevancy-and appropriateness of_activitieth for tie, intended audience. Design testinTwageconducted by curriculuM special- ists', subject area consultant, and tethers. NatiOnal pilot testing took place inselebted clastiroo sites in-dordination with other centers 4n the National Netwomk.--of Centers for Falingual pmcation. Evaluation data were'analyzeid and imple-: t..eArSnia revision process. Afliks publication -is the result of a concerted_ effort of i.ndiVidUals., Writers, editors, artists, typists, evalua- or administrators 'of the Bilingual Materials Development Centerr dev,ted fiumeroua hours toward development and publication of this prOduct. Consultants, teachers, students, and centers of the National Networle of Centers for Bilingual. Education also iprovided invaluable suppqrt efforts. Abiertak leivei',Uno (Contuniodo:i n en This pliiii vatiorl,` L ni Bilingual Materiels Development , _ a anO.Z), was -deVelOped. b the' Xndepon- --.-7- =y t -Center-tinde,r-a-,;Title:fV11-,gran.t-- awarders td-kie Fcirt.!-Worth- cient.iSchoig Distria) by the! pnit eid btates Office of Education.. . A-orapr hen ye eva3luatidih design, was utilized in develop- produc . in4 the a pare of the Aguila .Volante series. ' which In the formati e ,stages the materials were subjectd to 1 e , intended to evaluate .internal.qUality c ecks validity of content, 'and.- n, correlation of. oblectives and-tests; simplicirty of 'lea rap opriateness of activities for theAntende relevancy .ajld audience. hors' of this publication were The' A .6 Angelina 01,ivares Concesa Hernfindei Ayda Luis Diaz any_ liours reBearching,' writing new spent and checking the ty of -theselitaterials, irr cooperation with a _committee of cla.Sar om teachers under the Department of Foreign for the For Werth Independent Schobl District. 14nguage The flaterial were als esigned tented in the clasarooM under the directi# of Sill Martinez, EMDC Evaluator. Teachers -participa- ting in the design teat and were Jose.Mgreno, Alic TZavala, Cynthi= Salazar. _.. pilot test verlisi;on was completed and testing was conducted., duri = the 1976.4917; school year in coordination., with other " cent rs in the.,National...Network of Centers:.for Bilingual Educa-. tic. Sdlected classrooins in New Mexico,- Colorado, and Texas wer _utilized in evaluating .these materials.: The data produced e pilot test " was' .reviewed, and necessary_ revisiens were by, 1.n orporated into thia,versipn. The _revision team included Ayda fin, Jerome Robe-tta Hciliday, Luis biai, EVelyn Villa filbert, M 'O. Dell, and WhitriefiGraves. The- qcgrdf.; des:ign%is by -Whitney - .., , , yes,. i. . _ --sersorinel-inVolved- in the- devel pment-of= this er-: publication included Carlos E. Pfirez, Project: Director; jean, L_ opez ,Assts tent .,Directors ; Aituro ornpabil' andiJose. vid chapa4. Paulette Shook, Lids J.- Meia, and inimerrigs typists. , our sincere appreciation- each intlividUai who We-eRpress - has contributed to the of-the publication, development .. . - - - -4-- _ - it of irat_ofi a _seri the f ano fOur_ levels -_of lanquage_ skills for of limited Spanish speakers 'English-Opeakin grades Each level- consists of bOth a teacher text,, and a. -,6-9. . student text constituting a complete course of study: .Level has 16 units, each of .-rich consists of three ,parts. The United Staten a pluralistic sooletv composed of many ethnic grqUps, each seeki,ng an identity through its own partic In the field unique, cli-ltural background and language. of education it is a responsib4ity of the- tichobl,s to meet the needs of this multilingual,, multicifltaal society. The middle .schaoi student is caught in a turbulent whirl , df insecurity and change during a time of trying to resolve ,p r- / sonal cultural conflicts and. is making decisions in terms of . % vocational and academic prepaTiation all of whidh will .determine educatiOnal,progreSs, way,, of life, and individual postitiorc d . prder give equal to &II ethnic! 806 opportunity social, mental, and groups and td mfiximixe their phydical ti emotional= deVeloPmenb, the school curriculum should assist,' th transient student in solving problems.of living incorpor'atin -into the educational .proceSs -t heritage, -familiar nlanguage t arhing styles of various ethnic groups -thus acknowledging their-equal 'value And importance. The Spanishspeaking student in `grades like. any other and student, has :an internal'mpea to know,,to be heard, -iespon -part-in-activttieswhich-give-him-or-her-a-sense-' bility, some independence, an opportunity to choohe at and most of all to experience sucbess meeting developedor.the purpose of Thia_text...h4 these unique needs of -the'.Spanish.spaking student of- the middle .- It includes a variety of learning experi-. schoolgrades -6-9. student's cognitive ences 'designed' td develop competence-in the and affectiVe skills derived fripm thetollowing basic areas: writing,-With-an-emphasis:- irg, speaking:, reading, and lie the first three-- .ti -',The_materialsprepared'for Ois.level are deSigned to pro- and systematic development of mote the continuous progressive sequence the basic language skills as. outlined in the scope and . . Different emphasis-are giVen at each succeeding grade, leVel,. and used with increasingly difficult the -ekills-are taught and Most of the dkilla taught in one grade level are re- material. each. inforced -in the ethers, but with a different emphasis at level. CRUCIAL' PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE EDUCATION -OF7-SPAN I SH'7NATI VE'SPEAKERS-- said- to be7_-a--ladder-for:-----the-poorta=climb "Education of the Spanish,speakfn 'it_is--- on... " but for most - y:andimAnyStep0 are lassingm,. present situation .. 0 regarding the teaching of Spanish -;to dative speakers in,grades six through nines is regrettabl6 due to the unavailability of adequate materia s to meet the linguistid needs of these -tudents5-- Lack Of,SpanishRe Reding Materialt. in grades For the Spanish-speaking student -ix through nine there is very little reading material iaSpanish-which the stu-: rom Latin America'7but There are some books dent can reath the.extehaive vocabulary they contain usually makes it inpos7, Bible to use'them exdlusively with SpaniSh speakers from the United States."2 Coome Advantages of Zfnea Abierta, Nivei Uno (Comuncac 672 en eepahol) of Study This course of study is directed tg the Spanish- speaking Rather student who already has oral competency' in the language. than taking a foreign language approach, it stresses content which will assist the student in acquiring reading and writing. While the steps remain (listening, speaking,. reading, skill -Ating), the time required to move from one to another ..is and tened and the type of activities-which----are inefodUced in sh Tatnicia. CaSitisextort,- AnetTliny=6" New York: _Harper _and Row_.P.ublishers.,_1_966,L 2 Blanco, = 'Tehing-- pa Snish- as l-a-Standard George M ac azit: Grades iii dissertation, LUnImez 7. tivitied theoe.stepa are quite different from the each of . tea There-are no dia- usually basifo to a fortign language. , logues and pattern drills; instead, there are activities-to It is not necessary-that the gbnerate oral communication. to read; instead he is encouraged' nt jControlled writing, is in-' develop decoding skills In Spanish. . . troducell and quickly.moves to free expression 'based- on the 'voodbulary. which the student-brings from-home. LANGUAGE VARIATION The teaohershouId'keep In mind that internal' thisJiatLn, Wbiah' diversity exists among. Spanish speakers Of ie_reflected in_the_manY:_variations of Spanish- found_ in 4mpaiL reat as to The .differences are not sd fence today. munication, but -to expect absplute=uniforMity'wOUld be. utterly The Spanish of the Southweat, is prten considered to be , . influenced by the English language to such an extent-tbat-it The influence Is unde (Tex-M4k). a corruption of the language niabler,butit is not &corruption,. It is an, astonishingly pure . well analyml and taken into Spanish, when the;aircumstances a account, L-ffe n-ax---,-used.,An--hbouthwes= . anguage. y the Englis - NOR UOLOGY ,AND PHONOLOIY phOlogy and phonology both 0 roughly de monstrate the variations present in, many. apeaking° other ''Spaninh- regi4 ns.of the wor d; e.g., That is aietra, .Juy6, pa Jue, vanesna onde,. agUela. to say that !these. errors ..are: tYpiCally found not only in:the-Southwedt but alse.in'every counixy where Span- , ish spoken., r, LEXICON - The Spanish-speaking-r_tudent10 vocabulary.outside.0_ the United States Is deelpPed. by direct study and directly from the environment- The abeve conditions do Southwest, not' holds true for the Spanish speakOF of the _anid.as,a,, consequence, the vocabulary is-limited and-- under.the infludnce of. the English,Aanguage. , rule Examples aip%tar, magaBln, tole ique ts, brecya This program, is based on the idea that the langUage t rought_ to school by,thestudent is a linguistically.Validlhedium of 63Mmunication.It is-also recognized that no one dialect of Span- .-- An tndard. new words are introduCed,,synenyms ish. is the Only for thesame 'word which are pre erred fn digferent regions of- .,... the United States Are also given.- FORMAT OF TEACHER TEXT'_ I -..-The teacher's text is Compobe EaCh part doncentrateSonA.-±differentareaLof parts_each.
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