Displaying 1 of 1 2008 Format: Book Author: West, Clare. Title: Dancing with strangers : stories from Africa / retold by Clare West. Publisher, Date: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2008] ©2008 Description: 71 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. illustration Series: Oxford bookworms library. Stage 3, World stories Subjects: Readers (Adult) English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers. Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc. African fiction. High interest-low vocabulary books. Africa -- Fiction. Contents: South Africa: Ekateria / Jake Cope -- Tanzania: Breaking loose / M.G. Vassanji -- Uganda: Remember Atita / Jackee Budesta Batanda -- South Africa: A gathering of bald men / Mandla Langa. LCCN: 2009291369 ISBN: 9780194791977 (pbk.) 0194791971 (pbk.) Other Number: 243545773 System Availability: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Summary This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words. Librarian's View Syndetics Unbound Displaying 1 of 1
