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PLANARIA PRICE and EUPHRONIA AWAKUNI discuss their book "LIFE IN THE USA"

Sat, 02/13/2010 - 5:00pm
Sat, 02/13/2010 - 6:00pm

Planaria Price Euphronia Awakuni

Life in the USA: An Immigrant's Guide to Understanding Americans (University of Michigan Press)

A launch party for this new book by two local authors!  Planaria J. Price and Euphronia Awakuni will discuss and sign Life in the USA, designed to help immigrants become more comfortable by gaining familiarity with the many the nuances of American culture.

Euphronia Awakuni has lived and worked in Japan and traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia and Europe. She has a Master’s in TESOL and has taught at Glendale College, USC and LACC.  She received a John Woods scholarship to attend the Prague Summer Program with the University of Western Michigan in 2005.   She has taught English and ESL in Los Angeles at Evans Community Adult School for the last nine years.  She is currently working on a new novel. 

Planaria Price has taught English as a Second Language to adults for 37 years in Los Angeles.  She often lectures and is the author of five books on English and American culture: Competency in English, Open Sesame: Understanding American English and Culture Through Folktales and Stories; Eureka!: Discovering American English and Culture Through Proverbs, Fables, Myths, and Legends;  Achieving Competency in English: A Life Skills Approach; Life in the USA: an Immigrants Guide to Understanding Americans.  She is also the author of a pronunciation book: Realistically Speaking: a Practical Approach to the Basic Sounds and Rhythms of American English.   She is currently working on a Holocaust memoir: A Witness Forever, the Barbara Reichmann story.  

 

Location: 
Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90027

Life in the USA: An Immigrant's Guide to Understanding Americans (Paperback)

By Planaria J. Price, Euphronia Awakuni
$21.95
ISBN-13: 9780472033041
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: University of Michigan Press/ESL, 08/01/2009

Life in the USA is not quite like it is in the movies or on TV. For people who
are unfamiliar with its culture, there is the potential for confusion and
embarrassing situations. This book, "Life in the USA, "has been written to help
those new to the United States. Nine broad topics (first impressions of America,
body language, social customs and manners, relationships, celebrations and
gifts, surviving the city, the workplace, schools, and health and personal
matters) are covered through an engaging and easy-to-read question-and-answer
format in form of letters from immigrant students to their teacher. Students are
also advised to read comic strips, listen to popular music, and read classic
American children's stories in order to become familiar with the many the
nuances of American culture and to better understand Americans. From tips for
job interviews to garage sales and dating, "Life in the USA "offers immigrant
students helpful hints and answers for becoming comfortable in the United States
of America.

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