Canadian Connections :  A Cross-Cultural Reader for Learning English / 
compiled by Eva C. Karpinski and Marlene Lecompte. 
 - Toronto :  Harcourt Brace Canada,  1997. 
<br/><br/>"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. <br/>  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.<br/>  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.<br/>  A rhetorical index allows instructors to explore different rhetorical strategies." (Book Cover)<br/> TABLE OF CONTENTS: <br/> Unit One: Growing Up/Family<br/>  Finding a Nationality That Fits<br/>  The Hockey Sweater<br/>  The Other Family<br/>  / Isabel Vincent<br/>  / Roch Carrier <br/>  / Himani Bannerji<br/> Unit Two: Friendship/Relationships<br/>  Arranged Marriage "A Commitment for Life"<br/>  Les Anglais-Not Homogenized<br/>  The Kiss and the Moonshine<br/>  / Homaira Kabir<br/>  / Lise Archambault-Scott<br/>  / Basil H. Johnston<br/> Unit Three: Language/Education<br/>  All Accent on Learning English<br/>  An Immigrant Child Remembers <br/>  Teach Them Early about Differences<br/>  / Sun-Kyung Yi<br/>  / Lucy Fazio <br/>  / Yasmeen Siddiqui<br/> Unit Four: Work/Challenges <br/>  Come With a Vision<br/>  New Canadians Should Be Wary of Workaholism<br/>  In Service<br/>  Spirits of the Railway<br/>  / Gloria Montero<br/>  / Anna N. Mineyko<br/>  / Maxine Tynes<br/>  / Paul Yee<br/> Unit Five: Ceremonies/Traditions<br/>  The Sled<br/>  July 1930<br/>  Inside the Walls of a Secret City<br/>  / A Ukranian Folk Tale<br/>  / Giuseppe Ricci<br/>  / Wendy Chan Tang<br/> Unit Six: Diversity/Change<br/>  Saskatchewan's Indian People-Five Generations<br/>  Grandson of a Slave<br/>  Final Dance on Racism's Grave?<br/>  With Glowing Hearts<br/>  / Pat Deiter-McArthur (Day Woman)<br/>  / George F. McCurdy<br/>  / David Suzuki<br/>  Raheel Raza<br/> Credits<br/> Rhetorical Index<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0774735112 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>Readers.<br/>English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.