FOLKTALES AND CULTURE
Open
Sesame: Understanding American English and Culture Through Folktales
and Stories (Paperback)
By Planaria J. Price
Why use folktales and children's stories to teach American culture to both adults and children? How does knowing the Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears help new immigrants and international students develop practical vocabulary and understand our hectic 21st century lives? Why does the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" matter today for English language learners and English teachers?
Author and ESL maven Planaria Price provides surprising and persuasive answers in this magical ESL/EFL textbook. By both retelling classic tales and showing how their themes pervade American culture, Price cajoles English students (and teachers) to become detectives to solve the puzzle of English vocabulary and American culture. Viewing each tale as a piece in a complex puzzle, Price systematically shows how folktales transmit language and culture in short reading selections and concise exercises. Each chapter includes reading, vocabulary, writing, and SPEAKING components as students explore folktales and relate the themes to their own contemporary lives.
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