Additional
Readings
Make sure that you read all the items below and answer all the questions in "Study Questions from the Additional Readings" in Module 5 in Blackboard. You will find the full text for seven of the eight items in a folder in Module 5.� To read the information about the 2000 U.S. Census, use the link below.
These readings all contain research evidence that students must incorporate in the writing of their research papers. If students are writing their term paper on bilingual education, they must incorporate the material from Curiel, et al; the two papers by Greene; and the study by Ramirez, et al. If students are writing about whether English should be the official language, they must incorporate the information from the other studies.
Curiel, H., Rosenthal, J., & Richek, H. (1986). Impacts of bilingual education on
secondary school
grades, attendance, retentions and drop-out. Hispanic Journal
of Behavioral Sciences, 8, 357-367.
Greene, J. P. (1998a). A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of bilingual education.
Claremont, CA: The Tom�s Rivera Policy Center.
Greene, J. P. (1998b). Bilingual education: The case for science over politics.
Claremont, CA: The Tom�s Rivera Policy Center.
McCarthy,
K., & Burciaga Valdez, R. (1986). Current and future effects of Mexican
immigration in California. Santa Monica, CA: The Rand Corporation. (The
instructor has summarized the most important parts of the monograph in a
PowerPoint lecture found in Module 4 in Blackboard).
Ramirez, J., Yuen, S., & Ramey,
D. (1991). Executive summary: Final report:
longitudinal
study of structured English immersion strategy, early-exit
late-exit transitional bilingual education programs for language-minority children.
Mateo, CA: Aguirre International.
Rodriquez, G. (1999). From newcomers to new Americans: The successful integration of immigrants. Washington, DC: National Immigration Forum.
U.S. Census Bureau. (2003). Language Use. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/lang_use.html� (Only read all links about the 2000 census; the instructor has summarized the most important parts of the 1990 census in a PowerPoint lecture found in Module 4 in Blackboard).
Waggoner, D. (1988). Language minorities in the United States in the 1980's: The evidence from the 1980 census. In S. L. McKay & S.-L. Wong (Eds.) Language diversity: Problem or resource? (pp. 69-108). Cambridge: Newbury House Publishers. (The instructor has summarized the most important parts of this article in a PowerPoint lecture found in Module 4 in Blackboard).
