ESL Survival Skills- Exploring U. S. Culture

Do you have students who have just arrived to the USA from another country? Students who hope to travel to the USA one day? Students who are interested in U.S. life and culture? If so, then read on! With this guide, ESL Survival Skills- Exploring U.S. Culture, you can lead your students on an exploration of American life through weekly activities about cultural values, laws/rules, holidays, schooling, conflict resolution steps, and traditions. This guide is appropriate for both...
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Do you have students who have just arrived to the USA from another country? Students who hope to travel to the USA one day? Students who are interested in U.S. life and culture? If so, then read on! With this guide, ESL Survival Skills- Exploring U.S. Culture, you can lead your students on an exploration of American life through weekly activities about cultural values, laws/rules, holidays, schooling, conflict resolution steps, and traditions. This guide is appropriate for both bilingual/ESL and counseling environments. With this publication, you will receive: a curriculum guide with 8 sessions (Volume I), a recommendations guide for facilitating each session, a parent permission letter, data templates for showing student progress, and templates for various tools such as session passes, session plans/summaries, group rules, and weekly group evaluations. While the session activities are appropriate for any student group, the handouts are in English and Spanish. This book is also a great companion to the curriculum guide, ESL for Beginners: Lessons Guide with Activities. Appropriate for ages 8 to adult.