Housewife's Curriculum: Survival English and Cultural Orientation for Vietnamese Housewives

Authors

Gaylord Barr, SIT Graduate Institute

Publication Date

1983

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

First Advisor

Bonnie Mennell

Abstract

The Housewife's Curriculum is a collection of six, self-contained, survival-level, English and cultural orientation lessons, The lessons were created for Vietnamese 'housewives' in Pulau Galang Refugee Camp, Indonesia. The topics covered in the six lessons of the Housewife's Curriculum are 1) greetings, 2) buying food, 3) buying clothing, 4) directions, 5) doctor, and 6) telephone. Included in each lesson are an introductory sheet, a teacher's outline, a teacher's guide, a vocabulary list (with a Vietnamese trans­lation), a cultural supplement (with a Vietnamese translation), a dialogue handout (with a Vietnamese translation), flip-chart models, and flashcard models,

Disciplines

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Family and Consumer Sciences

Recommended Citation

Barr, Gaylord, "Housewife's Curriculum: Survival English and Cultural Orientation for Vietnamese Housewives" (1983). MA TESOL Collection. 528.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/ipp_collection/528