LAO-ENGLISH

Four Champa Trees: A Traditional Laotian Folktale Told in English and Lao and Teacher Discussion Guide

By Sasorith I.K. , Lucas A.

Book information

Language
lao-english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1664180 bytes)
Pages
\29
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Library
twirpx
Time added
2017-08-07 07:01:42
Языки и языкознание;Лаосский язык

Description

Publisher: Zellerbach Family Fund Publication date: 1990 Number of pages: 29The Laotian folk tale "FourChampa Trees" ispresented in English (left page)and Lao (facing right page),with anaccompanying teacher's guide.The story is part ofa much longerlegend told in the oraltradition of the Lao people.The teacher'sguide offers suggestionsfor classroom use of thefolk story. Itbegins with specific performanceobjectives for using bilingualfolktales and some generalideas for integratingliterature with languagein the classroom. The secondsection of the guide offersbackgroundinformation about the geography,history, and culture ofIndochina.The third section providesbackground information specificto thestory and additional readings.The subsequent sectionoutlines ideasfor whole-class and small-groupteaching with this story,includingpre-reading activities,motivational exercises, andvocabularydevelopment activities. Finally,a student worksheet providesquestion-and-answer retention,comprehension, and discussionexercises to be used witha tape recording of the story.The taperecording is not included.

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