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• A Historical Perspective on Title VII Bilingual Education Projects in Hawai'i: Compendium of Promising Practices
  This paper reviews the history of Title VII bilingual education in Hawaii for the purpose of sharing promising practices that have emerged. The implementation of these models in Hawaii has resulted in such outcomes as the following: (1) improvement in students' English language skills; (2) improvement in students' academic achievement; (3) enhanced self-concept; (4) enhanced pride in cultural heritage; (5) increased competencies of bilingual and mainstream teachers and school, district, and state staff; and (6) increased involvement of limited-English-proficient (LEP) parents and community representatives in the schools.
• Many Voices: A Journal of New Settlers and Multicultural Education Issues. Volumes 6-12.
  The seven issues of this New Zealand journal contain brief articles on a variety of immigrant and multicultural education issues. Topics include: the role of English language instruction in creating opportunities; Pacific Islander university students; lecture listening and note-taking techniques; the language of geography examinations; audiotape libraries; supporting native language use in child care centers; implications of world English for English language teaching; teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in Vietnam; a home tutor conference; bilingual tutors and refugees; ESL funding; special education; meeting ESL students' needs within the school system; teaching English to absolute beginners; problems of recent Chinese immigrants; speech act analysis and its role in first language/cultural maintenance; community language schools; team teaching in the polytechnic institutes; bridging cultural gaps; inservice teacher education; language learning at home; a training program for Pacific Islanders; language content and perspectives of national curriculum programs; Samoan resources for the New Zealand curriculum; developments in Pacific Islands education; answers to questions primary school teachers ask about assisting students from non-English-speaking backgrounds (NESB); a German language weekend school for native German-speakers; successful bilingual teaching techniques; the linguistic and educational background of Lao immigrant students; designing Samoan language programs for New Zealand students; finding instructional materials for NESB students; guidelines for training peer and adult volunteer tutors of NESB students; the cultural and educational background of NESB Asian students; Cook Islands Maori instructional materials; student attitudes about English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes; language maintenance in the Korean community; and newly migrated Samoan students.