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bilingual education
the use of two languages in teaching subjects other than the use of a foreign language TERM 2
transitional bilingual programs
DEFINITION 2 teach subject matter in the students' native language until they can learn English TERM 3
partial bilingual programs
DEFINITION 3 teach oral skills in both languages, but make only limited use of instruction in the child's native language TERM 4
full bilingual programs
DEFINITION 4 aim to maintain and develop both the minority language and English TERM 5
code-switching
DEFINITION 5 speaking style of switching back and forth from English to Spanish and vice versa; common among second- and third- generation Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans
Commonwealth
special status of the island of Puerto Rico as a self-governing, autonomous political unit associated with the United States TERM 7
extended
families
DEFINITION 7 families that include parents, children, grandparents, and other relatives or godparents; all members usually do not live in the same household TERM 8
familism
DEFINITION 8 orientation in which the needs of the family are more important than the needs of the individual; implies close reciprocal relationships among family members TERM 9
limited English proficiency
DEFINITION 9 an inability to speak, read, or write English well enough to function in an English-speaking society TERM 10
Lau Task Force Remedies
DEFINITION 10 guidelines interpreting the Lau v. Nichols decision that recommended bilingual education at the elementary school level for children with limited English skills
gaming
broad term that encompasses a number of forms of gambling, including such things as bingo, slot machines, and card and dice games TERM 17
new tribalism
DEFINITION 17 emerging sense of identification with Indian tribes among young, educated American Indians; often includes pan-ethnic collaboration to protest violations of Indian rights TERM 18
relocation
DEFINITION 18 voluntary program initiated by the BIA in 1952 aimed to encourage Indians to move from the reservations to the cities and to adopt Anglo conformity TERM 19
self-identification
DEFINITION 19 allows individuals to determine their own racial or ethnic identification; used in federal census counts and is believed to be a factor in the rapid growth of the Indian population TERM 20
sovereign nations
DEFINITION 20 Indian tribes have a government to government relationship with the US government; gives Indian tribes special privileges, such as making tribal laws, not paying federal or state taxes, establishing their own schools, and forming their own governments; courts have limited tribal power and conflicts have risen over relationships between tribal governments and state governments
termination
US government declared that Indian groups that were sufficiently assimilated would no longer be considered Indian tribes and no longer qualified for payments and services for the land they had give up to the government under treaties TERM 22
Gentlemen's Agreement
DEFINITION 22 agreement between the United States and Japan in 1908 concerning the kinds of emigrants the Japanese government would permit to leave the country TERM 23
Issei
DEFINITION 23 first generation of Japanese immigrants TERM 24
Kenjin
DEFINITION 24 Japanese people from the same province TERM 25
Kenjinkai
DEFINITION 25 associations based on provinces of origin
