[lg policy] four publications in the field of languages

[Harold Schiffman]

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:37:12 -0400


Below are four publications in the field of languages to your attention.

Best wishes.

Adolfo


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Issues in Bilingual and Modern Language Education, by Adolph Caso,
Kindle edition only, ISBN 9780828324052, $9.99



In these various essays, written over a period of twenty years while
serving as a foreign language teacher and Director of a K-12 Bilingual
Department, Adolph (Adolfo) Caso reacted to various educational
situations while championing the need for limited or non
English-speaking foreign students to maintain fluency in their native
languages.

    Adolfo came to America when eleven years old, knowing his native
dialect (classifiable, therefore, as semi-lingual). He completed only
the first grade in his native country; then, after entering the
American School System as a sixth grader, he successfully completed
all of the public school graduation requirements without any native
language assistance. Having been placed in another foreign language,
before long, he was more fluent in that language rather than his own.
Nevertheless, he finished his bachelor degree from Northeastern
University and his Arts Master degree from Harvard.





Kaso English to Italian (Phonemic) Dictionary, by Adolph Caso, E-Book
Edition, ISBN 9780828320825, $19.95



Goal: The immediate goal of this Dictionary is twofold:

    1) Implement the last phase in establishing a one-to-one
relationship between Italian phonemes (sounds) and graphemes (letters
of the alphabet).

    2) Implement the first phase in establishing a one-to-one
relationship between English phonemes and graphemes, and make English
easier to read, to spell and to pronounce (the word to spell does not
really exist in Italian).

    Usage: This Dictionary can be used by any individual wishing to
acquire or improve English and Italian language skills. It serves as a
quick reference for standard spelling of English and Italian words,
and offers suggestions on how to better grasp the pronunciation of the
two languages. Because of the proposed changes, the Dictionary would
also serve as a tool in developing better reading and writing skills,
allowing the user to simultaneously look at lines of four words in
their standard, translated and transcribed forms.





KASO VERB CONJUGATION SYSTEM—English, Spanish and Italian. Adolph
Caso. ISBN 9780828321204.  $79.95. CD (January 2007)



This unique Verb Conjugation System allows complete split-second
conjugation of verbs in English, Spanish, and Italian--in any order.
Twenty two columns of verb-related information allow tense-related
comparisons in any or all three languages—instantly! What is the
Present progressive of to go? Type or choose it from the list, click
on that tense, and it quickly appears on the screen.

    Click the Spanish Progresivo presente and it quickly appears next
to its English counterpart. Click on Italian, and you have all three.
Reverse the order and you will feel the power behind this awesome
System.

    If verb phrases or infinitives are not in the data base, or exist
in one language and not the other, you are immediately notified.







Bilingual Two Language Assessment Battery of Tests (English, Spanish,
Portuguese, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian), by Adolph
Caso, CD, ISBN 9780828320948, $792



To be administered to students or adults having any second grade or
higher level language proficiency either in his/her Native Language or
in English, including ESL (English as a Second Language) students.

    This Battery of Tests can be administered to public and private
school Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students, or any adult or
potential employee. It is also suited for students in modern language
classes to determine rate of language acquisition, any individual
having two proficiencies in his/her Native Language and English,
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Vietnamese, Chinese, and
Russian, or any individual having proficiency in three or more
languages.




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