Date:  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 20:31:49 -0500
<br>From:  Ditra Henry  D-Henry1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEIU.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: plea for advice
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<br>I have a book suggestion. I use this book in a Freshman seminar ESL class
<br> on critical thinking. However most of my students will be going into
<br>Freshman English after my course. I somewhat modify the book for them
<br>because it is written with natice speakers in mind.
<br>The name of the text is Encountering Cultures : Reading and writing ina
<br>Changing World, Second Edition by Richard Holeton. It is a Pretince Hall
<br>Title.  The book, per back cover, is a composition reader that explores
<br>issues of language and culture, domestic cultural diversity, and global
<br>cultural diversity with a range of authors and viewpoints.
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<br>I like the book because it is broken down into sections like Langugae and
<br>Gender and has essays by such people as Deborah Tannen, Amy Tan,Sandra
<br>Cisneros,James Baldwin,Noam Chomsky,Alice Walker, Valeriae Matsumoto and
<br>many more. There is even a section on Sexual Orientation and Diversity.
<br>Take a peek at it I think it's very up to date and I'm in the process of
<br>referring this book to a Professor on our campus because we are
<br>experimenting with a Freshman Writing Class and Language and Behavior,
<br>linguistic course that work hand in hand;in other words the two professors
<br>will coordinate their curriculums to reinforce concepts and assignments.
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<br>Ditra B. Henry
<br>Northeastern Illinois University
<br>Chicago, IL
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