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This journal consists of guides to instructional materials and articles on subjects of interest to teachers in bilingual education programs. The following articles and regular features appear in this issue: (1) "Social Class or Culture? -- A Fundamental Issue in the Education of Culturally Different Students," by Frank Angel, an excerpt from a discussion of the confusion of the two concepts of social class and culture; (2) "Behavior Modification Perspective and Bilingual/ Bicultural Education Models," by Todd R. Risley, an excerpt; (3) "A Re-Appraisal of Spanish-English Bilingualism for Bilingual Education in the U.S.A.," by Atilano A. Valencia, a discussion of different perspectives of bilingualism and the resulting orientations; (4) "Supply and Demand Factors Related to Bilingual Spanish Teaching Candidates Emerging from Public and Private Colleges and Universities in California, 1976-1977," by Robert Forbes and Berenice Haley; (5) "Instructional and Resource Materials: Annotations"; (6) "Literacy for America's Spanish Speaking Children," by Eleanor Wall Thonis, an excerpt; (7) "Publications of the National Dissemination and Assessment Center, Los Angeles," brief descriptions of recently published and forthcoming material; (8) "Test Review: Basic Inventory of Natural Language (BINL);" and (9) "Selections from Native American Poetry." (AMH)