- •In close-up
- •In close-up
- •II d II
- •1. Analyzing a Song
- •2. Interview Practice
- •3. Writing a Resume
- •4. Comprehension Check
- •7. Essay Writing
- •8. Debate
- •1. Previewing and Anticipation
- •2. Scanning
- •3. Comprehension
- •6. Comprehension Survey
- •8. Cloze Summary
- •9. Summary
- •10. Discussion
- •7. Comprehension questions
- •11. Structural Analysis
- •12. Style
- •13. Comment and Discussion
- •1. Text Analysis
- •4. Discussion
- •6. Comprehension
- •7. Comprehension
- •8. Discussion
- •3.Continued
- •9 The Forgotten
- •1. Comprehension
- •2. Anticipation
- •3. Organization of the Text
- •4. Style
- •5. Producing a Filmscript
- •6. Structuring an Article
- •7. Discussion
- •8. Comprehension
- •9. Text Production
- •1. Comprehension
- •2. Text Reproduction
- •3.Discussion
- •4. Text Analysis
- •5. Comprehension Check
- •6. Cloze Comprehension Test
- •7. Guided Letter Writing
- •8. Interpretation of Photos
- •1987 License Laws for Passenger Cars
- •1. Text Analysis
- •2. Global Comprehension
- •3. Discussion
- •1975 1980 1981 1983 1986
- •8 30
- •I 4/86-1
- •4. Comprehension
- •5. Debate
- •6. Modified Cloze Test
- •7. Preparing an Interview
- •I Am The Redman
- •United States
- •1. Interpreting Poems
- •2. Previewing
- •3. Text Analysis
- •4. Comprehension
- •5. Discussion
- •6. Dialogue Practice
- •7. Comprehension
- •8. Discussion
- •9. Interpreting a Cartoon
- •1985 86.8 Million Households:
- •1970 63.4 Million
- •1. Scanning
- •2. Comprehension
- •3. Comprehension
- •I л li II
- •7. Comprehension
- •Independent
- •1. Continued
- •2. Continued
- •9 "If Conservatives Cannot Do It Now..."
- •Inflation
- •1. Comprehension
- •2. Analysis of a Speech
- •3. Questionnaire
- •4. Scanning
- •5. Simulation of a Debate
- •6. Writing Newspaper Articles
- •7. Global Comprehension
- •8. Text Analysis
- •9. Writing a Newspaper Article
- •10. Comprehension
- •11. Comparative Study
- •1981:128 1987:139
- •In the nuclear age, power politics, the struggle
- •9 American Policy in Vietnam:
- •2. Continued
- •It actually played to an American strength. American popular culture,
- •In fact, may be an emissary as important as Ambassador Burt himself—
- •Itself—and its major competitor, Pepsi.
- •1. Text Analysis
- •2. Text Analysis
- •3. Comprehension
- •4. Visual Comprehension
- •6. Interviewing
- •5. Discussion
- •Innovations at Glenbrook South make classes stimulating.
- •0: What are the subjects required in your four years of high school?
- •198 America in close-up
- •0: Is there a strict code of conduct at your school? 0:
- •1. Global Comprehension
- •2. Text Analysis
- •3. Discussion and Comment
- •4. Comprehension
- •5. Interpretation and Discussion
- •6. Dialogue Writing and Interview Practice
- •7. Text Production
- •8. Discussion and Comment
- •9. Comprehension
- •10. Comment and Discussion
- •11. Text Production
- •12. Comprehension
- •13. Text Analysis
- •14. Discussion
- •Religious Information
- •Religious preference
- •Based on national surveys and approximately 29,000 interviews
- •Impoverished within American society. Halfway through his speech, he was
- •1. Comprehension
- •2. Discussion
- •3. Analysis of a Speech
- •4. Note Taking
- •5. Discussion
- •6. Scanning
- •7. Text Analysis
- •8. Letter Writing
- •It's been said that you gave yourself 10 years to become a star. Is that true?
- •1. Structural Outline
- •2. Scanning
- •3. Comprehension
- •4. Interview Practice
- •5. Comparative Study
- •5. Continued
- •1. Comprehension
- •2. Text Analysis and Comment
- •3. Comprehension
- •4. Comprehension
- •5. Letter Writing
- •6.Preparing an Interview
- •Television
- •3. Global Comprehension
- •4. Choosing a tv Program
- •5. Comparative Study
- •6. Text Analysis
- •7. Letter Writing
- •8. Analysis and Discussion
- •9. Comment
1. Text Analysis
The Cooling of the South
Refer to the chart below and explain how air conditioning has affected the process of Americanization in the South.
ECONOMY
A"
SENSE OF PLACE I
AIRCONDITIONING
ARCHITECTURE
RURAL & URBAN POPULATION
V-
SOUTHERN WAY OF LIFE
2.Discussion
"Americanization"
In what areas do you find strong American
influences in your country?
How do you feel about these influences?
3. Comprehension
Southern Women —Still Ladies?
1. After reading the interview for the first time, answer the following questions:
Is the Southern lady a bygone figure of the past?
Describe the mother-daughter relationship.
How is a girl taught to be a lady?
What visible differences are there between a Southern girl and a Northern girl?
What is said about the political attitude of Southern girls?
2. Read the interview again and answer the following questions:
What does Cora McKinney mean when she says "the Southern woman is a kind of breed that hasn't died out"?
Name important preconditions for becoming a lady.
Why is it that a Southern lady today is not that different from a lady in the antebellum South?
Why is the book Party Manners and White Kid Gloves still popular in the South?
What is the significance of the balls at the end of the dancing lessons?
What does a Southern girl do to make herself look more feminine?
How do Northern girls differ from Southern girls in their attitudes towards controversies?
h) Why is it important for a Southern lady to join a sorority?
4. Discussion
Imagine you have applied for a student's exchange with one of the exchange organizations like American Field Service or Youth for Understanding.
When asked which region of the United States you would prefer to go to, how would you decide on the basis of the information about the different regions given in this unit?
REGIONALISM VS. AMERICANIZATION 57
Traits
competent
self-assured
materialistic
technologic
simplistic
functionalist
pecuniaristic
xenophobic
The Nation's Most Strongly Defined Region
Decide whether the following statements are true or false and correct the false statements:
New England, the Midwest and the South are all clearly defined regions of the United States.
Opinions differ as to the number of states that make up New England.
The people who live in New England use some special words which are not used in the rest of the country.
To a New Englander, "regular" means coffee, with cream.
Boston is the official capital of New England.
New Englanders have a reputation for being warm and friendly to visitors.
New England is known for its good weather.
Foreigners often expect all Americans to be like New Englanders because of the high profile of New England throughout the ages.
The immigrants who arrived in 1620 were known as Yankees.
10. John Winthrop was anxious that the New England settlers should set an example to the world.