Research Catalog

Title

My trouble is my English : Asian students and the American dream / Danling Fu.

Author

Fu, Danling.

Publication

Portsmouth, NH : Boynton/Cook : Heinemann, ©1995.

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Details

Description

xvi, 230 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Can the whole language approach adequately prepare minority students, especially those with different cultural backgrounds, for the literate world?" "Danling Fu joins the current debate over this issue, examining the learning experiences of four Laotian students at a mainstream secondary school. She not only describes and interprets the students' learning situations, but also reveals their perspectives along with those of their teachers." "Throughout the book, Fu provides essential information on how students with different cultural backgrounds and learning styles react, behave, and learn in a classroom and how teachers can use that knowledge to create a community of learners."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• English language > Study and teaching > Oriental speakers
• English philology > Study and teaching > United States
• Asian Americans > Education > Language arts
• Asian students > United States
• Asian American students
• Asian students
• English philology > Study and teaching
• Asiatischer Schüler
• Englischunterricht
• United States
• USA
• USA

Note

• "Foreword by Donald H. Graves"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-230).

Contents

Introduction -- The master's program in English -- The reading and writing instruction program -- The teaching of reading and writing -- Part I: The story of the Savang family -- Part II: At the edge of a new culture -- Tran -- Paw -- Cham -- Sy -- Part III: Tran -- Reading -- Writing -- Part IV: Paw -- A real reader and writer -- Start with a joy and end with a loss: the a level class -- Study for tests and write for grades: the b level class -- Part V: Cham -- "Typically, Cham would fail" -- "I want to be like an eagle" -- "I want to make a book to tell the stories of my past life" -- Part VI: Sy -- Reading-discussion writing -- Free writing -- Journal writing -- Conclusion -- The importance of talk -- Individuality in ethnicity -- Teaching English to ESL students -- The problems of tracking -- Time, space, freedom for students -- Time, flexibility, control for teachers -- A multicultural approach.

ISBN

• 0867093552
• 9780867093551

LCCN

94044918

OCLC

• ocm31709412
• 31709412
• SCSB-8860314

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library