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A Companion Text for Like Water for Chocolate

出版	University of Michigan Press, 1999
主題	Education / Teaching / GeneralForeign Language Study / English as a Second LanguageLiterary Criticism / General
ISBN	04720859649780472085965
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4glaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋A Companion Text for Like Water for Chocolate provides exercises and activities for ESL students who are reading the English translation of the novel by Laura Esquivel (published by Doubleday). Set during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Like Water for Chocolate is a story about an extended Mexican family and what happens when one daughter is not permitted to marry the man she loves. Cooking and food are central to the story line and help thread the story together.
A Companion Text for Like Water for Chocolate is made up of six units, each covering two chapters in the novel. Every unit contains a preview section, free writing exercises, a short glossary (to help with Spanish words), comprehension quizzes, vocabulary exercises and summarizing exercises, a section devoted to response journals, and topics for discussion. The "Beyond the Novel" section includes facts about U.S. and Mexican history and folk tales. Illustrations throughout the book help to engage students and offer visual support for reading comprehension.