[EDLING:866] Re: a book on "American Culture"

[Freddie E. Bowles]

I ran across a book review in the TESOL Quarterly (Vol. 32, Number 4, Winter 1998)for an Intermediate Level Ttext, Discovering American Culture, by Cheryl L. Delk (1997--a Univ. of Michigan series for theme-based content instruction).  The review was favorable.  Six thematic chapters ihcluding shopping, communication, working, family life.... The negatives included no chapter references to cross-check and no index.


Freddie Bowles
Graduate Fellow
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Peabody Hall 115
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479-575-2667
fbowles at uark.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen W." <eslcu at yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:52 am
Subject: [EDLING:863] Re: a book on "American Culture"

> Hi,
>
> I used these with my ESL students and they found them
> very interesting.
>
> 1. Oxford Guide to British and American Culture ISBN
> 0194313328
> 2. The Oxford Picture Dictionary (either monolingual
> or English- Russian) - pictures of all the American
> realia, such as social security card, green card,
> typical American food, organization of government, Am.
> schools, job interviews in the US, malls, and many
> more.  ISBN 0194700593
>
> Helen
>
> --- Rebekah Johnson <rjj8 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hello.  I have recently had someone who will be
> > teaching EFL in
> > Russia ask me if there is a good book on American
> > culture.  I
> > haven't seen a "good" one yet... and I wonder if
> > anyone has a good
> > recommendation for her.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Rebekah Johnson
> >
> > TESOL Program Assistant
> > Teachers College, Columbia University
> >
> > (212) 678-3936
> > rjj8 at columbia.edu
> >
> > Teachers College, Columbia University Working Papers
> > in TESOL &
> > Applied Linguistics
> > http://www.tc.columbia.edu/tesolalwebjournal
> >
> >
>
>
>
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