American Holidays: Exploring Traditions, Customs, and Backgrounds - Paperback

by Barbara Klebanow (Author), Alan Headbloom (Author), Sara Fischer (Author)

American Holidays is a vocabulary development text for English language learners focusing on words which are associated with the traditions, customs, and backgrounds of the special days celebrated in the United States, including the most recently established federal holiday, Juneteenth. The key vocabulary is presented in twenty-three readings, each associated with a specific holiday. Grammar exercises, reading comprehension questions, and discussion prompts are also included in each chapter.

Author Biography

Alan Headbloom, co-author of American Holidays (with Sara Fischer and Barbara Klebanow), a lifelong educator, has taught language and linguistics from preschool to the workplace. Since 1992, he has coached expats and immigrants to the U.S. in companies large and small. Sara Fischer, PhD, has been involved in the education of and services for English language learners for over 25 years in New York City and currently trains bilingual teachers in the TESOL Program at Touro University. The late Barbara Klebanow was a devoted adult ESL teacher in Great Neck, New York.