67540 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 24, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

The International Research and

Studies Program; Annual Report

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Publication of the 1997 annual

report.

SUMMARY: Section 606 of the Higher

Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as

amended, authorizes the Secretary of

Education to provide assistance to

conduct research, studies, and surveys,

and develop specialized instructional

materials that further the purposes of

Part A of Title VI of the HEA.

Purpose

Under the International Research and

Studies Program, the Secretary of

Education awards grants and contracts

for—

(a) Studies and surveys to determine

the needs for increased or improved

instruction in foreign language, area

studies, or other international fields,

including the demand for foreign

language, area, and other international

specialists in government, education,

and the private sector;

(b) Studies and surveys to assess the

use of graduates of programs supported

under this title by governmental,

educational, and private sector

organizations and other studies

assessing the outcomes and

effectiveness of programs so supported;

(c) Comparative studies of the

effectiveness of strategies to provide

international capabilities at institutions

of higher education;

(d) Research on more effective

methods of providing instruction and

achieving competency in foreign

languages;

(e) The development and publication

of specialized materials for use in

foreign language, area studies, and other

international fields, or for training

foreign language, area, and other

international specialists; and

(f) The application of performance

tests and standards across all areas of

foreign language instruction and

classroom use.

1997 Program Activities

In fiscal year 1997, 21 new grants

($1,822,145) and 12 continuation grants

($962,523) were awarded under the

International Research and Studies

Program. All of these grants are active

currently and will be monitored through

progress reports submitted by grantees.

Grantees have 90 days after the

expiration of the grant to submit the

products resulting from their research to

the Department of Education for review

and acceptance.

Completed Research

The first grants under the authority of

section 606, previously authorized

under section 605, were awarded in

fiscal year 1981. Most of the research

projects funded in FY 1981 through FY

1993 have been completed and reported

in previous annual reports. However, a

number of completed research projects

resulting from grants made during prior

fiscal years have been received during

the past year. A listing of this completed

research follows. Grants from fiscal

years 1994, 1995, and 1996 are still

ongoing, or have recently expired.

Title Author/location

Analysis of pre- and post-Program Performance Data for Participants in

the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Semester Programs of Advanced Russian Study in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

ACTR and Bryn Mawr College, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue NW,

Washington, DC 20036, Dan Davidson.

The Foreign Language and International Studies Program of Title VI of

the Higher Education Act Part A, Section 606: An Assessment Study.

Georgetown University, Department of Linguistics, 37th and O Streets

NW., Washington, DC 20057, Richard T. Thompson.

Learning Strategies in Elementary Schools Language Immersion Programs.Georgetown University, Language Research Projects, 2600 Virginia

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20037–1905, Anna Uhl Chamot.

Teaching Materials Relating to the Middle East for Middle and Secondary School Teachers.Emory University, Middle East Research, Program, 203 Bowden Hall,

Atlanta, GA 30322, Kenneth W. Stein.

Learner’s Dictionary of Haitian Creole ...................................................... Indiana University, Ballantine Hall 604, Bloomington, IN 47405, Albert

Valdman.

A Reference Grammar of Hausa .............................................................. Indiana University, Institute for the Study of Nigerian Languages and

Cultures, Memorial Hall 215, Bloomington, IN 47405–6701, Paul

Newman.

Business Arabic—Language, Culture and Communication. Intermediate

and Advanced Levels.

The University of Michigan, Department of Near Eastern Studies,

3,074 Frieze Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1285, Raji Rammuny.

Teaching about the Americas: Electronic Curriculum .............................. University of New Mexico, Latin American Institute, 801 Yale NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131–1016, Roma Arellano and Lisa Falk.

Foreign Language Registrations in U.S. Colleges and Universities Fall

1995.

Modern Language Association, 10 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003,

Richard Brod.

Foreign Language Enrollments in Public Secondary Schools Fall 1994 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 6 Executive

Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701, Jamie B. Draper and June H. Hicks.

Textbook Component of a Russian Language Video Course When in

Russia.

State University of New York at Albany, Office for Research Administration 216, Albany, NY 12222, Sophia Lubensky.

The China Curriculum Development and Dissemination Project ............. The American Forum for Global Education, 120 Wall Street Suite

2600, New York, NY 10005, Hazel Sara Greenberg.

Implementation and Evaluation of an Innovative Japanese Program for

Elementary School (FLES).

Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Modern Languages, Baker

Hall 160, Pittsburgh, PA 15213–3890, Richard Tucker and Richard

Donato.

Competency-Based Materials for the Teaching of Reading in Indonesian.University of Wisconsin, Department of South Asian Studies, Madison,

WI 53706, Ellen Rafferty.
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Title Author/location

Development of Instructional Materials about Africa for Elementary and

Secondary School Levels of Education.

University of Wisconsin, African Studies Program, 205 Ingraham Hall,

1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706, James Delehanty.

To obtain a copy of a completed

study, contact the author at the given

address.

FURTHER INFORMATION: For a copy of this

report and further information regarding

the International Research and Studies

Program, write to Jose L. Martinez,

Program Officer, International

Education and Graduate Programs

Service, United States Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

S. W., Washington, DC 20202–5247.

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Dated: December 16, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

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