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050	0	0	_aPE1128 _b.H828 1989
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098			_a428.34 .H86 1989
100	1		_aHunter, Lynne
245	1	0	_aAdventures in Conversation : _bExercises in Achieving Oral Fluency and Developing Vocabulary in English / _cLynne Hunter and Cynthia Swanson Hofbauer.
260			_aEnglewood Cliffs, NJ : _bPrentice Hall, _c1989.
300			_axv, 126 p. : _bill. ; _c28 cm.
505			_aPreface -- To the Teacher -- To the Student
505			_aChapter 1 GETTING ACQUAINTED _tVocabulary Exercises: A Childhood in Singapore -- A Stranger in Rome -- Making a New Friend _tConversation Exercises: Getting Acquainted -- A Bus Ride -- Telling about Your Life -- Planning a Weekend -- What Would You Do?
505			_aChapter 2 HOLIDAYS _tVocabulary Exercises: A Happy Season -- Getting Ready for Christmas -- American Holidays _tConversation Exercises: Greeting Cards -- A Holiday in Your Country -- Holiday Traditions around the World -- A Holiday Gift -- Plan a Festival
505			_aChapter 3 HOME _tVocabulary Exercises: A New Tenant -- Against the House Rules -- Where Americans Live _tConversation Exercises: Calling a Repairperson -- Shopping for a Home -- Buying Furnishings for a New Home -- Making House Rules -- Living in the City
505			_aChapter 4 FOOD _tVocabulary Exercises: A Picnic Lunch -- A Nutritious Meal -- American Eating Habits _tConversation Exercises: American Table Manners -- Table Manners in Your Country -- What to Eat or Drink? -- Uncomfortable Situations -- Planning a Dinner
505			_aChapter 5 SPORTS _tVocabulary Exercises: The Soccer Game -- A Champion's Memories -- Some Favorite Sports in the United States _tConversation Exercises: What's Wrong Here? -- Sports in Your Country -- Sports Values -- Name the Sport -- A Sports Event in Your Country
505			_aChapter 6 DATING AND MARRIAGE _tVocabulary Exercises: A Nice Couple -- A Lovely Bride -- Marriage in the United States _tConversation Exercises: What Should These Couples Do? -- A Dating Service -- Getting Ready for Marriage -- Marriage around the World -- Wedding Traditions
505			_aChapter 7 FAMILY _tVocabulary Exercises: Grandmother's Ring -- A Hard-Working Mother -- Changes in the American Family _tConversation Exercises: Who's Responsible? -- An Interesting Ancestor -- Taking Care of a Young Relative -- An Heirloom -- Disagreeing with Family Members
505			_aChapter 8 TRAVEL _tVocabulary Exercises: A Trip to Europe -- A Helpful Desk Clerk -- A Misunderstanding at Customs _tConversation Exercises: An Interesting City to Visit -- Finding a Traveling Companion -- Planning a Vacation -- A Useful Phrase Book -- Some Travel Problems
505			_aChapter 9 ENTERTAINMENT _tVocabulary Exercises: A Bad Decision -- A Popular Series -- The Life of an Actor _tConversation Exercises: T.V. in Other Countries -- Making a Movie -- Entertainment around the World -- Writing a TV Commercial -- When the Lights Went Out (A Play)
505			_aChapter 10 THE WORLD _tVocabulary Exercises: Please Make a Contribution -- A Frightening Situation -- Some Problems That We Share _tConversation Exercises: Who Would You Be? -- What's Happening in 2030? -- A House in the Country -- Designing an Ideal Country -- Wishes for the World
520			_a"The most difficult aspect of teaching a conversation class is, almost certainly, motivating the students to speak. Too often, conversation classes fail because they rely on texts that emphasize topics in which students are not interested. Similarly, conversation books may frustrate students by asking them to discuss issues about which they are uninformed. Frequently, too, the exercises in conversation texts are so sketchily presented that the teacher lacks the time to do all the at-home preparation required to teach them successfully. To sidestep the first of these drawbacks, a major goal in Adventures in Conversation has been to design exercises that are interesting. Much of the material, therefore, tends to the personal, the immediate, or the intriguing. In one instance, for example, students are asked to tell about an heirloom that they have received or may one day receive. Elsewhere, they are given the task of compiling a "book" of useful phrases for travellers. On still another occasion, their task is to write and act out a TV commercial. To further ensure that the text will be interesting, a great diversity of conversation exercises have been included, for it was felt that variety in this area would be more inspiring than a predictable slate of activities. A second objective of this text has been to provide students discussion topics that they know something about. Hence, in some instances, they are asked to share their values, tastes and preferences. In other cases, they may be asked to tell students from other cultures about their own. In summary, a great effort has been made to write a conversation text that will be stimulating, readily comprehensible to the students, and easy for the teacher to use. It is hoped that the latter will find Adventures a valuable aid in conducting that most challenging of all ESL courses to teach: the conversation class." (Preface, p. ix)
650		0	_aEnglish language _xTextbooks for foreign speakers.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xConversation and phrase books.
650		0	_aVocabulary _xProblems, exercises, etc.
700	1		_aHofbauer, Cynthia Swanson
942			_2z _cBK