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The Mulberry Tree: second edition

The Mulberry Tree: second edition

Dahi, Khetam

Paperback

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ISBN10: 1490770976
ISBN13: 9781490770970
Publisher: Trafford Pub
Published: Aug 24 2016
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.22 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English

One of the major challenges facing any reader (especially a student trying to master a complex language like English) is to become engaged with the words on the page. This is really the fi rst step in a magical transformation: the reader fi rst decodes and comprehends words, then the symbols disappear as the reader is caught up in with the images and emotions of the story. Khetam Dahi carefully prepares ESL students for this magic carpet transition: the images in her stories are clear, the dramatic content is compelling, her characters are relatable (especially her schoolgirl narrator) and the lessons are moral and spiritual, as well as grammatical/syntactical. Telling her stories from the perspective of a Syrian immigrant, Ms. Dahi gives a loving account of her childhood on a farm near the city of Homs in Syria. A few Arabic words add spice and authenticity to the home, fi elds and school portrayed in vivid detail. Her primary purpose, however, is to add new English words to the ESL student's vocabulary, thus equipping readers to use these concepts to construct sentences of their own, following the author's precise directions. It is rare to see the talents of teacher and story-teller so artfully combined. Whether or not her readers are aware of the cataclysm that consumes her native land today, Ms. Dahi's portrait of a peaceable Syria from her childhood offers a beautiful tribute to her culture, and an expert teacher's challenging, yet comprehensible lessons in English.
--- John Rude, Associate Dean of Resource & Institutional Development, and English Instructor

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