<p>This text uses short folk tales from Africa, Haiti, Australia, and Asia within a whole-language framework to help students improve their reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Ranging from about 200 to about 2,000 words, the selections are accompanied by prereading and postreading activities. The Rainmaker's Dog builds vital communication skills by using international folk tales to stimulate students' practice in the four skills. The text fosters communication skills through a literature-based reader-response approach and provides a wide range of group discussion and cooperative learning activities.</p>

The Rainmaker's Dog: International Folktales to Build Communicative Skills

Politics & Social Sciences

Dresser, Cynthia

Social Sciences

st.martins press

The Rainmaker's Dog uses short folk tales from Africa, Haiti, Australia, and Asia within a whole-language framework to help students improve their reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. The text fosters communication skills through a literature-based reader-response approach and provides a wide range of group discussion and cooperative learning activities.

The Rainmaker's Dog Instructor's Manual: International Folktales to Build Communicative Skills

Literature & Fiction

<p>The use of folktales to teach English skills fits into the current trend toward using multicultural/cross-cultured literature for language learning - Book's Back Cover.</p>

The Rainmaker's Dog : International Folktales to Build Communicative Skills - Instructor's

Saint Martin's Press, LLC

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

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