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RED RIVER VALLEY: Two versions (1) Stevie Nicks & Chris Isaak and (2) Marty Robbins
You�ll have fun with this!
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: others
Downloads: 4
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AUGUST HEAT IN XI�AN CITY, CHINA: text plus questions
I took the story AUGUST HEAT and rewrote it, making it relevant for Chinese college English majors. Suggestions: have students read it as homework, students retell in pairs in class, and then students are paired with new people and ask and answer the questions. Good for developing reading, listening, and speaking. The teacher can also dictate sente...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 1
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Reading, listening, speaking exercises about the New Yorker story THATAWAY
Discussion questions for pair or small group work about Thomas Francis McGuane III�s short story THATAWAY, first published in 2024 in THE NEW YORKER. Students should be divided into small groups or pairs and asked to discuss answers to these questions. The story references US culture and historical personalities the teacher can consider introduci...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type:
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APRIL IN MOSCOW (by Stephen Rabley). Penguin Reader, Level 1. 200 words.
APRIL IN MOSCOW (by Stephen Rabley). Penguin Reader, Level 1. 200 words. Ask students to read the story. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions among the pairs or students in small groups. Students ask and answer the questions. The teacher calls on individual students to answer the questions at the end of cla...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type:
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A MAN LIKE HIM (short story by Li Yiyun): Comprehension Questions
This story may be downloaded for free at
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/05/12/080512fi_fiction_li
Li Yiyun is an important contemporary write-about-China. She now lives and teaches in the USA.
These are comprehension questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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THE ELEPHANT MAN - Oxford Bookworms, Level ! reader - comprehension questions
THE ELEPHANT MAN - Oxford Bookworms, Level ! reader - comprehension questions - These questions should be given to students in a classroom after they have read THE ELEPHANT MAN and been divided into pairs or small groups.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type:
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER Penguin Reader Level 1 Begineer comprehension questions
Comprehension questions students should ask and answer in class in groups
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type:
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PYRAMID SCHEMES IN CHINA
I took a text from Wikipedia and short texts from the Chinese media. I edited them all and then wrote questions. The topic is �pyramid schemes�. I became interested in this topic after several of my former students got hoodwinked into joining such schemes.
Students should read the texts outside class. In class, the students should ask and answe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 6
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Is Lili Happy? (elementary reading with questions)
As students to read the text. Then pair students and give them the questions. Works great for students with limited oral English ability as you strive to strengthen their speaking fluency.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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China�s Tu (Monguor) Minority
The Tu are one of China�s fifty-six officially recognized ethnic groups. China�s total Tu or Monguor population is about 240,000. Most Tu live in Qinghai Province and in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province. Most Tu are farmers and also have a few livestock. Today, many Monguor leave their homes to work in cities to do construction wor...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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