Aspects of the USA

No single country has had a larger impact on the past century than America; and most experts agree that the role of English as a world language is due in part to the world's largest economy and third largest country, the United States. But the America of today is also a coutnry of contradictions. It is a country born out of peace and progress, but also out of violence and revolt. Aspects of the USA offers students of English and EFL teachers a broad introduction to the United States, including American history, government, politics, identity, and education.

Aspects of the USA will help Dutch students prepare for the National Knowledge Test (Landelijke kennistoets) by covering important American exam topics. It consists of six chapters of American history, and four chapters on modern American institutions, such as government, education, law, politics, and American symbols, identity, and attitudes.