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Discussion questions for THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt.
Discussion questions for THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt. Students are assigned to read a summary of this book at https://jonathanhaidt.com/anxious-generation/ and, if possible, the introduction to the book itself. In class, the instructor divides the students into pairs or small groups and gives students an equal number of questions. Stud...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 10
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ACHY, BREAKY CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENT HEARTS
This worked well with my second year college English majors. Ask students to prepare before class; pick up the text in class at the beginning of class; pair students and give them 10 minutes to retell/ repeat the contents of the passage; pair students with a new partner and give them the questions--one person gets the odd questions and one person g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Penguin Reader, Level 2, questions
These are questions about Penguin Graded Reader ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll, a Level 2 story. For classwork, students are told to read the story and watch a film version of the story. In class, questions can be selected and dictated to the students. Students can also be given the questions before class and told to write answers. In class,...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type:
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THE EXPLODING WATERMELON: Dreaming in a Chinese University Dormitory
A former student wrote this story, reflecting what he had heard about the death of a student. I�ve used this story with more than 400 second year college English majors. Students had a lot to say about the story, especially the ending.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7
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�Ant Tribes� in China AND Ten Bad Habits of Chinese College Students
There are two texts in this lesson. One is about /ant tribes/ and one is about bad habits of Chinese college students. Both are adaptations from materials on the internet. I have given the original web links in the two texts. I assign these texts to the students for outside reading. In class I first take the texts from the students. Next, I pair st...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: others
Downloads: 5
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BLACKY--The Runaway Water Buffalo
Written by the same student who wrote ESCAPE, this story describes the family�s water buffalo and her eventual return, but not before the family consults the writer�s deceased grandmother.
Students should prepare the text before class and then ask and answer questions in class in pairs.
My second year English majors had a lot to say about t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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MacMillan Starter Level: SARA SAYS NO
MacMillan Starter Level: SARA SAYS NO
Comprehension questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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OXFORD READ AND DISCOVER 1: EYES
OXFORD READ AND DISCOVER 1: EYES
Assign this book to students and ask them to read and listen to it. In class, put the students in pairs or small groups and ask them to ask and answer the questions. At the end of class, call on students individually to answer these questions.
1 How do you see?
2 What animals have many eyes?
3 What color are...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type:
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A CHINESE CULTURAL VERSION OF �THE HORSEDEALER�S DAUGHTER�: text plus questions and exercises
I changed the story to reflect a Chinese setting and created questions and exercises. Students might be assigned the story as homework, discuss in pairs in class, and then ask and answer questions with a new partner. The length of the text allows various in-class exercises, e.g., dictation, and so on.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 2
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PASSIONS AND COLORED SLEEVES (A Novel from Northwestern China)
PASSIONS AND COLORED SLEEVES is an open access novel about northwestern China that follows one extended family from about 1899 to one hundred years later.
This novel may be accessed below:
http://tibetanplateau.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Passions+and+Colored+Sleeves
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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