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Peer reviewedEgoff, Sheila – International Library Review, 1972
Canadian folklore illustrates the fact that Canada is a cultural mixture. The author discusses various Eskimo, Indian, French-, and English-Canadian legends. (34 references) (SJ)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRunte, Hans R. – Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers, 1996
Points out that poetry must touch a nerve in students as well as belong to them culturally in order to arouse their interest. Notes that one theme with which students may identify has been elaborated by Franco-Ontarian eco-poets. Reading their texts makes French a teaching target and invites study of geology, chemistry, economics, or history in…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Ecology, Foreign Countries, French
