set 1994: no. 2

Research discoveries by experts in teaching English as a second language can be transferred to the teaching of any second language. Practical examples and teaching programmes at different levels.

In the 'salad bowl' of ethnic and cultural diversity of Hawai'i, there are attempts to make school work more relevant to all cultures, including involuntary minorities such as the indigenous Hawaiians. Teaching geometry in new ways is the focus of the research described here.

There has been a lot of propaganda in favour of reading to children. All cultural and socio-economic groups studied in this research read a great deal with their children, but with different styles, expecting different outcomes and reflecting their cultures.