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Trendy Traditions introduces students to a variety of American traditions and provides rich practice in the four language skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing with particular emphasis on reading and listening.
The 12 lessons present American Food Traditions, American Ritual-Based Traditions, and American Holiday Traditions.
INTRODUCTION
PART I: American Food Traditions
❖CHAPTER 1: Is America a Melting Pot or a Salad Bowl?
❖CHAPTER 2: Eating in the "Big Apple"
❖CHAPTER 3: Southern Cooking, American-Style!
❖CHAPTER 4: American Favorites--from Seafood to Sweets
PART II: American Ritual-Based Traditions
❖CHAPTER 5: American Birthday Traditions--from "Sweet-Sixteen" to "Over the Hill"
❖CHAPTER 6: "Congratulations, Graduate!" --American High-School Traditions
❖CHAPTER 7: "Something Old, Something New . . ."--American Wedding Traditions
❖CHAPTER 8: "Please Accept My Condolences . . ."--American Funerals
PART III: American Holiday Traditions
❖CHAPTER 9: "Will You Be My Valentine?"--Valentine's Day Traditions
❖CHAPTER 10: "Trick or Treat!"--Halloween Traditions
❖CHAPTER 11: A Celebration of "Thanksgiving"
❖CHAPTER 12: 'Tis the Season to Be Merry--Christmas Traditions
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■78 pp. (12 chapters)
ISBN978-4-89585-432-0
Fixed price 1890/ 1800
Macmillan LanguageHouse Ltd.(2002/1)
A Cross-Cultural Skills-Based Reader of Essays on the United States