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Perspectives for Teachers of Latin American Culture

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The field relating problems and procedures in several areas is deve-loped in this article, including bilinguality, concept formation, and language development; (2) foreign language for preschool children, (3) a cultural framework for teaching Spanish to children; (4) direct classroom teaching of cultural concepts; (5) teaching culture through comic strip; (6) use of folksong; (7) Latin America studies programs for Spanish-speaking Americans; (8) Spanish dialectology; (9) a North American view of a-congress,on adult education
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Articles treating various aspects of the teaching of Hispanic culture at the secondary and junior high school levels are intended to improve methodology and facilitate the development,of teacher-made instructional materials. An overview of the field relating problems and procedures in several areas is deve-loped. Selections cover: (1) bilinguality, concept formation, and language development; (2) foreign language for preschool children; (3) a cultural framework for teaching Spanish to children; (4) direct classroom teaching of cultural concepts; (5) teaching culture through comic strip; (6) use of the folksong; (7) Latin America studies programs for Spanish-speaking Americans; (8) Spanish dialectology; (9) a North American view of a-congress,on adult education held in Caracas, Venezuela; (10) the "yanqui" image in Asturias, "banana trilogy"; (11) Argentina as a Latin enigma; (12) ways to develop more positive attitudes toward native speakers of Spanish; (13) psychological theory of language learning; (14) three "levels" of competence for Spanish classes; and (15) testing understanding of the foreign culture. (RL) Perspectives for Teachers of Latin American Culture MICHAEL J. BAKALIS SUPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 302 STATE OFFICE BUILDING SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.62706 Division of I ns.auction Joshua Johnson, Assistant` Superintendent Illinois Title ill, NDEA Program Paul E. Woods, Director Derald Merriman, Assistant. Director for Foreip Languages

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