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Comstock House Tour Script Adaptation For Non-Native Speakers Of English, Aura Lee Mohror
Comstock House Tour Script Adaptation For Non-Native Speakers Of English, Aura Lee Mohror
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This project seeks to increase the accessibility of a historic site to non-native speakers of English. The ultimate goal of this project is twofold: to draw in more attendees from a currently non-museum-attending population to a particular historical site and to provide non-native speakers of English with an understandable local history and language learning experience. The Comstock House in Moorhead, MN is exploring ways to increase its attendance by reaching out to new Americans and immigrants. A focus group composed of students in Moorhead´s adult ESL courses participated in a tour experience after which they provided feedback regarding the content …