Prentice-Hall, 1984. - 258 р. ISBN-10: 0-13-645366-XLike native English-speaking Americans, the many thousands of foreign students in degree programs in the United States are still required, even in this age of emphasis on technology, to study literature. They also share with native English speakers the need to develop and polish their writing skills to a' level of competency acceptable in college work.The purpose of Outsiders is to help address this twofold obligation to nonnative English users in our colleges and universities by offering the following:
Short stories carefully chosen for their quality, diversity, and appeal, so that they can provide a sound, structural basis for studying fiction as a literary genre in a college credit course.
A glimpse of American lifestyles, cultural variations, and social issues as portrayed in fictional settings by first-class American writers.
The unifying motif of "the outsider in the U.S.A.," a theme that recent arrivals can understand and appreciate and then recognize as broader in scope than they had at first supposed.
An objective ("scientific") approach to literature, using the skills of observation and inference to develop reading techniques appropriate for a college-level study of literature and adaptable also for the intensive reading required in other disciplines.
Extensive vocabulary support provided in a unique format, which not only makes unfamiliar words conveniently accessible but lends itself to special study of different American cultural backgrounds and colloquial speech patterns.
Exercises, discussion topics, writing assignments, and group projects that are clearly derived from the stories themselves and that aim to cultivate college-level thinking and writing skills.
