This lists the Authors, their achievements and their research contributions. Next, they list the consultants and reviewers; this is a list of the consulting authors and reviewers. ... I would have thought that was a great way to show it before this class. ... I think that it's a great story for kids to see. It's very realistic and with minor adjusting it would be a great addition to most second grade curriculums. ...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Both characters show a great way to handle situations in which their hardship can bring them down. ... Education plays an important role in the life of the authors. Both authors use this resource to defeat their condition. ... The author uses her knowledge to manage resentment. ... The author is trying to fight stereotypes of Latinas. ...

• Word Count: 1257
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Two authors, who have each taken opposite sides of the debate on bilingual education in America, are: Richard Rodriguez and Ariel Dorfman. ... Ariel Dorfman is an Argentinian author who struggled throughout his life to find a balance between the Spanish and English languages. ... " (World Authors) Richard Rodriguez is a Mexican American Author who also struggled with bilingualism during his early life. ... Rodriguez certainly presents a strong case for not implementing bilingual education, as he became an author in English and was able to develop his own sense of belonging in American so...

• Word Count: 2018
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ron Scollon, one of the authors, was a Professor of Linguistics so more than half of the book is devoted to language, interdiscourse communication, interpersonal communication and the ideologies and forms of discourse. ... Compare with social scientific approach which would use "certain theoretical value dimensions in explaining and predicting particular intercultural communication phenomena" (Ting-Toomey, 2010, p. 171), the authors of this book thought it would be impossible to predict what may happen when intercultural communication occurred. ... Although the authors showed conside...

• Word Count: 1710
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

Jimmy Whitty was potentially full of promise as Artie mentioned all his great feats, like his talent at impersonation and dancing, "but he assaulted a policeman who took him up into a back alley to belt him around.... Aboriginal people appear to have great respect for their ancestors and elders, as well as a strong belief in reincarnation. ... There was a low angle shot of Ridjimiraril as he rose to "begin his death dance" accompanied by mournful singing and clapsticks, signifying the great respect indigenous people had for their leaders and the dead. ... Respect isn't a qu...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the late twentieth century short story, "Everyday Use,"" African-American author Alice Walker depicts the bonds among three women in rural Georgia in the 1970's. ... In one of the quilts, there is a scrap from the great-grandfather's uniform from the Union army" (Cowart 2 of 9). There are also scraps from great-grandmother's dresses in the quilt" (Cowart 2 of 9). ...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The rest came from books written by worldwide famous authors in my research field such as Nelson Brooks, Claire Kramsch... ... Next, English already represents a big variety of culture, for example, Great Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia and so forth. ...

• Word Count: 2477
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood" by Richard Rodriguez is a narrative of the author's childhood as he and his family learn to speak English and become more comfortable with their American identity. ... We are the children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the ones who wanted a better life, the driven ones, [and] the ones who woke up at night hearing that voice telling them that life in that place called America could be better. ...

• Word Count: 1530
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Wonderful" and "foreigner" were, equally, markers of particularly great distance between protagonist and reader. ... Small wonder, then, that the British authors who enjoyed the greatest popularity among Bulgarians were among those who expressed lower-middle-class views. ...

• Word Count: 1720
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As an engaging cultural critic, professor at New York University, and author of numerous books on the themes of education and technology, Neil Postman is well positioned to comment on the relation of technology to culture. ... In Chapter 10 ("The Great Symbol Drain"), Postman discusses how the symbol drain is both a symptom and a cause of a loss of narrative. ...

• Word Count: 2084
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate