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ERIC Number: ED281374
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 266
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Global Lessons for Second Language Students, Grades 9-12. Student Edition and Teacher's Edition.
Sirdenis, Wisam Kazaleh, Ed.; Giannetti, George, Ed.
An Oak Park, Michigan student workbook prepared as part of the Oak Park Title VII Project for limited English proficient students or students whose first or second language is other than English. contains fifteen multicultural lessons presented in four units. The first unit focuses on the nature of human global interdependence and takes a geographic look at the world through languages and their distribution. It stresses the need for mutual understanding and cooperation for survival and for the humane use of world resources. The second unit, entitled "Why Study a Second Language?" looks at ethnocentrism and its many manifestations as an obstacle to understanding other peoples and their ways. It underscores the usefulness of second language skills for making new cultural experiences, travel, and a broader range of occupations more available. This unit examines four of the major languages of the world (English, Arabic, French, and Spanish) and two cultures in Oak Park (Hebrew and Chaldean). Unit 3 focuses more closely on four world issues: population, stereotyping, energy, and futurism. The fourth unit outlines career opportunities in which language study can lead to interesting and rewarding work, including careers in the international language world, and careers related to the work of the United Nations. Twelve of the 15 chapters contain vocabulary lists highlighting words that students will use in crossword puzzles provided in the lessons as well as a chapter review exercise section featuring a self-test. The teacher's edition of the guide contains exercises, descriptions of suggested activites for some chapters, blank maps for use as duplication masters, and answer keys to the chapter review self-tests. (MSE)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Oak Park School District, MI.
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