"Canadian Connections brings together a uniquely Canadian collection of readings for the intermediate ESL student. Representing a variety of voices, including critically acclaimed authors, professional journalists, social activists, aspiring writers, and award-winning students, Canadian Connections provides a multi-cultural framework for improving students' reading skills.
Each reading is accompanied by an author biography, key words and meanings, prereading exercises, reading comprehension, ideas for discussion, vocabulary practice, suggestions for writing, and other activities.
A focus on the thematic approach is reinforced with issue-related questions to encourage classroom discussion of topics such as family, relationships, education, work, traditions, and diversity.
A rhetorical index allows instructors to explore different rhetorical strategies." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Unit One: Growing Up/Family
Finding a Nationality That Fits
/ Isabel Vincent
The Hockey Sweater
/ Roch Carrier
The Other Family
/ Himani Bannerji

Unit Two: Friendship/Relationships
Arranged Marriage "A Commitment for Life"
/ Homaira Kabir
Les Anglais-Not Homogenized
/ Lise Archambault-Scott
The Kiss and the Moonshine
/ Basil H. Johnston

Unit Three: Language/Education
All Accent on Learning English
/ Sun-Kyung Yi
An Immigrant Child Remembers
/ Lucy Fazio
Teach Them Early about Differences
/ Yasmeen Siddiqui

Unit Four: Work/Challenges
Come With a Vision
/ Gloria Montero
New Canadians Should Be Wary of Workaholism
/ Anna N. Mineyko
In Service
/ Maxine Tynes
Spirits of the Railway
/ Paul Yee

Unit Five: Ceremonies/Traditions
The Sled
/ A Ukranian Folk Tale
July 1930
/ Giuseppe Ricci
Inside the Walls of a Secret City
/ Wendy Chan Tang

Unit Six: Diversity/Change
Saskatchewan's Indian People-Five Generations
/ Pat Deiter-McArthur (Day Woman)
Grandson of a Slave
/ George F. McCurdy
Final Dance on Racism's Grave?
/ David Suzuki
With Glowing Hearts
Raheel Raza

Credits

Rhetorical Index