TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karpinski,Eva C.
AU  - Lecompte,Marlene
ED  - Seneca College
TI  - Canadian Connections: A Cross-Cultural Reader for Learning English 
SN  - 0774735112 (pbk)
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - Harcourt Brace Canada
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Readers
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
N1  - "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

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