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A Process For Selecting Multi-Cultural Instructional Material, Edward E. Brown

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this present study is to obtain data related to textbooks used by personnel within the Renton School District, i.e. teachers at all levels, librarians, Directors of Social Studies and Language Arts curriculums, Library Specialists, etc., perceptions of the multi-ethnic effectiveness of the Social Studies and Language Arts curriculum and to assess the discrepancies in perceptions of these curriculums.

An Orientation To The United States, Charles Wayman Mitchell, Marie Eileen Mitchell

MA TESOL Collection

The main purpose of this text is to provide a format through which a foreign student can gain a better understanding of the United States and its people. A secondary goal is to encourage students to use and improve their aural/oral skills. Due to the nature of the topic of the lessons, students should find it easy to contribute to active discussions. At times, the students are forced to mix with the target culture through activities provided at the end of each lesson.

The text consists of fifty lessons with each lesson having a single topic as focus of contrast, …