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Hawkins, Eric – 1999
This book is an autobiographical account of the life of Eric Hawkins, a leading figure in language teaching. The author recounts his journey into language, which traces his formative experiences at school in 1920s Liverpool, taking him to pre-Civil War Spain, undergraduate life at Cambridge, language learning in the shadow of Nazi Germany, life as…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Foreign Countries, Latin American Literature, Second Language Instruction
Download full textAlberta Teachers Association, Edmonton. – 2000
This publication, launched by the French Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association and prepared under the Millennium Partnership Program in Canada, presents a collection of essays written by French language immersion students in the elementary and secondary grades. Essay topics touch on the following themes: remembering, dreaming, celebrating,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Foreign Countries, French
Greis, Naguib – 2000
The Arabic language used in Egypt is traditionally divided into two major types: classical and colloquial. The idea is that classical or literary Arabic is to be found mostly in formal writing and speaking, whereas colloquial Arabic is used mainly in daily conversation. When it comes to actual usage, however, this distinction is not always clearly…
Descriptors: Arabic, Foreign Countries, Humor, Language Usage
Annecke, Wendy – 2000
This book for beginning readers focuses on a South African woman named MaMkhize, who has no money to pay the rent or buy food because no matter how much she cries and pleads, her husband spends all the money on drinking at the "shebeen." She asks the "sangoma" for help. Together, they plan a clever trick to help stop her…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Beginning Reading, Blacks, Drinking
Brain, Helen – 1998
This book for beginning readers tells the story of a South African priest and his wife who are ashamed when their daughter tells them she is going to have a baby. They refuse to have anything to do with her when she is pregnant. However, when the baby comes, everything changes and they come to accept and love the baby. Large black and white…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Beginning Reading, Blacks, Early Parenthood
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp. – 2001
Part of a Ukrainian language development series, this intermediate-level reader provides a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, newspaper articles, short stories, fairy tales, fables, and dialogs for use by native speakers, heritage language, or second language learners of Ukrainian. (CNP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp. – 2001
Part of a Ukrainian language development series, this intermediate-level reader provides a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, newspaper articles, short stories, fairy tales, fables, and dialogs for use by native speakers, heritage language, or second language learners of Ukrainian. (CNP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp. – 2001
Part of a Ukrainian language development series, this intermediate-level reader provides a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, newspaper articles, short stories, fairy tales, fables, and dialogs for use by native speakers, heritage language, or second language learners of Ukrainian. (CNP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Cyncar-Hryschuk, Markiana, Comp. – 2001
Part of a Ukrainian language development series, this intermediate-level reader provides a selection of short texts in modern Ukrainian, including poems, newspaper articles, short stories, fairy tales, fables, and dialogs for use by native speakers, heritage language, or second language learners of Ukrainian. (CNP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Vandall, Peter; Douquette, Joe – 1987
The ten stories in this book were told by Cree storytellers Peter Vandall and Joe Douquette and recorded at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College in Saskatoon in 1982. Each story is written in Cree text, transcribed into phonetic Cree, and translated into English. All the stories were told together as parts of a single performance, each speaker…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, American Indian Studies
