Understanding Cultural Narratives: Exploring Identity And the Multicultural Experience - Couverture souple

Watkins-Goffman, Linda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0472030345 ISBN 13 : 9780472030347

Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 2006

Synopsis

Understanding Cultural Narratives focuses on the narrative as a tool for uncovering the individual stories of second language students. Narrative that reveals aspects of a student's experience in both a first and second culture can also reveal attitudes and expectations toward second language acquisition; this knowledge provides an invaluable bridge between student and educator and provides the educator with a context in which to develop an effective learning plan. Understanding Cultural Narratives features poems and excerpts from the work of well-known authors--including Isabel Allende, Gloria Anzaldúa, Jhumpa Lahiri, V.S. Naipul, Pablo Neruda, and Zadie Smith--to explore questions and feelings that are part of identity formation in a second culture. Questions for Writing and Discussion guide teachers and students through a rich examination of the passages presented. This is an excellent resource for educators and teachers in training interested in better understanding their students by first understanding their unique stories.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Linda Watkins-Goffman teaches future teachers at Hostos Community College, the Bronx.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of Michigan Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0472030345
• ISBN 13: 9780472030347
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136
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• Personne responsable: non disponible