Compleat Links Volume 5, Issue 3 (September 2008)

Access the Latest Compleat Links Volume 5, Issue 3 (September 2008) Documents:

• An Approach to Teaching Multiculturalism in the Classroom 
  Sharon Switzer relates the story of a preservice teacher whose pride in her cultural heritage was reawakened by literature, an experience she used to inform her own approach to multicultural teaching.
• Teaching English in Mexico: What’s Going On? 
  Julie Mijangos-Guzzardo discusses the state of English language teaching in Mexico as well as possible solutions to existing problems.
• Word Choices: Developing Vocabulary in Creative Writing 
  Through activities in her creative writing class, Lora Yasen helps students realize that they are far more creative and capable than they think.
• Reader’s Theater for Reading Improvement 
  Cindy McPhail describes how she helped a class of bilingual sixth graders significantly improve their reading comprehension and become more willing to speak in front of the class.
• Grammatically Speaking, September 2008 
  What is the difference between adverbs of frequency and adverbs of degree? Why is im- the correct prefix for some words when il- and un- seem to mean the same thing? When is it better to use passive voice instead of active voice? Richard Firsten answers these questions and offers a new Brain Teaser.