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Citizenship: Teaching Conversation Strategies in the Citizenship Classroom
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Created 02/18/2009 - 10:33pm

  • Teacher/Tutors
  • English as a Second Language and Citizenship
  • Media (e.g., podcasts, video)
  • Podcast

In this podcast [1] Lynne Weintraub describes why teaching students conversation strategies for the citizenship test is important. She models the process she uses for introducing the conversation strategy, and explains how students would use the strategy for the writing and civics tests, and the interview. This handout provides explanations and examples of how to teach conversation strategies in the citizenship classroom. It accompanies the podcast Citizenship: Teaching Conversation Strategies in the Citizenship Classroom.

Teaching Conversation Strategies in the Citizenship Classroom [2] (PDF)
This handout provides explanations and examples of how to teach conversation strategies in the citizenship classroom. It accompanies the podcast Citizenship: Teaching Conversation Strategies in the Citizenship Classroom.

Resource: 
Link [3]

Source URL: http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/tln/content/citizenship-teaching-conversation-strategies-citizenship-classroom

Links:
[1] http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/tln/files/engage_mult_mod.mp3
[2] http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/tln/files/PL_web_TLN_cit_TCS_0109_0.pdf
[3] http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/tln/files/conv_strat.mp3