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What Makes America Tick? examines some of the historical and cultural events that occurred in 20th century America and uses them as a springboard to create an understanding of U.S. institutions, policies, attitudes, and values for ESL students. The text: improves reading skills by engaging learners in readings pertaining to important events in modern U.S. history increases learner proficiency in high-frequency vocabulary words and their derivatives enhances formal and informal writing skills via personal responses to events portrayed in the text improves formal presentation, informal discussion, and personal speaking skills in class discussions and more structured situations enhances listening skills via peer and instructor interaction provides interaction with authentic cultural artifacts from the 20th century, including literature, poetry, artwork, sculpture, photography, speeches, etc., and makes explicit their contextual importance. Each unit of What Makes America Tick? consists of a Link to Today section that examines the current effects of history on the life of today's target language speakers.

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Author: Wendy Ashby
Number of Pages: 184 pages
Published Date: 17 Mar 2003
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Publication Country: Ann Arbor, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780472088836
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