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American picture show : a cultural reader / Elizabeth A. Mejia, Maida Kennedy Xiao, with Lucyna Pasternak.
LIBRA PE1128 .M377 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mejia, Elizabeth A., 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
- English language.
- Readers.
- Motion pictures.
- United States--Civilization--Problems, exercises, etc.
- United States.
- Civilization.
- Motion pictures--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Readers--Motion pictures.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--Civilization--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Genre:
- Problems and exercises.
- Textbooks.
- Motion pictures.
- Textbooks -- for foreign speakers.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall Regents, [1992]
- Summary:
- Integrating reading and listening skills with cultural instruction, the units in this text are based on seven popular American movies: Witness, Coal, Miner's Daughter, Children of a Lesser God, The Milagro Beanfield War, Stand and Deliver, Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, and Kramer vs. Kramer.-- Cultural units are based on timeless American Studies topics: minorities, the family, the rural poor, and the disabled.-- Each movie is pre-taught via a short summary and reading passages excerpted from magazines and newspapers.-- Post-viewing activities include discussion questions, reading of reviews, and writing assignments based on the movie.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0130296872
- 9780130296870
- OCLC:
- 23766084
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