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Sounds of Silence
Several worksheets for this great song by Simon & Garfunkle. One activity involves students working in groups of 3 to reconstitute the lyrics before listening.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Lydia, The Tattooed Lady
Tattoos seem rather common today, but with this amusing song by comedian Groucho Marx, students have to identify and order all of Lydia�s tattoos, illustrating world history and geography. Groucho and his brothers may be less known today than they were generations back, but students enjoy this crazy song. It is easily available on the Internet, as ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Alistair Cooke�s America - Home from Home
Part 3 of legendary BBC correspondent�s documentary history of the U.S. This episode looks at the Southern, Northern, and Middle colonies and the origins of the American identity. On sale at Amazon UK and from the BBC. For upper-intermediate & advanced students.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Citizen Kane: News on the March
The newsreel at the beginning of "Citizen Kane" is one of the most difficult parts of the movie to understand, mostly because of its bombastic style and inverted subjects and verbs. (I usually leave the English subtitles on for this part of the film for my students.) This worksheet is to help them get the main points from the newsreel, which show t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Bob Newhart - King Kong
Bob Newhart�s funniest monologue of a very conscientious night guard wondering what to do as King Kong climbs the outside of the Empire State Building. This hilarious recording is available on CD and from the iTunes store for a very low price. (Probably on YouTube, too!)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Blowin� in the Wind
Several different exercises here for Bob Dylan�s song, "Blowin� in the Wind."
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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Pres. Obama on the Debt Crisis
Here is a listening exercise based on President Obama�s recent speech about the debt crisis, which can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/07/25/president-obama-deficit-reduction-requires-tackling-entitlements-and-tax-reform
If you want to change any of the blanks, copy and paste the number with the parentheses, and Word will automat...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Tex Avery Cartoon - Symphony in Slang
This excellent cartoon by Tex Avery is a great teaching tool for upper-intermediate and advanced students because of its huge assortment of slang and idioms like being short-haned and raining cats and dogs. It is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot92Yfovvvg
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x45xby_mgm-cartoon-symphony-in-slang-1951_s...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 55
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Coupling - The Melty Man Cometh
A listening comprehension worksheet from the popular British TV sitcom, "Coupling" (Series 2) which is a variation of "Friends." I would recommend this program ONLY for post-secondary students and adults.
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Arrested Development - Pilot
This intelligent American TV series was a BIG hit with critics and my (B2 and C1 levels) students alike, the story of a wealthy dysfunctional family family that has hit hard times when the father is arrested and his son has to take over the business while keeping his lazy relatives from taking what little money there is left.
I used the font Ant...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6
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