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WRONG CHOICES: Not Learning English
Ask students to read this outside class. In class, pair students and ask them to retell the contents. Next, give the students a new partner, then give them the questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 27
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THE PROPRIETRESS: Questions about the short story by Li Yiyun
The questions in this worksheet are for Li Yiyun�s short story THE PROPRIETRESS. A Shanghai reporter goes to Mrs. Jin�s (the main character) town to interview Susu, whose husband has been recently executed. Susu has sparked interest because, before her husband�s execution, she asked the court to allow her to have a child with her husband. Li explor...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 2
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THE TROUBADOUR level 1 Penguin Reader: 97 questions
Here are 97 questions for the Penguin level 1 short story THE TROUBADOUR. These questions can be given to students as homework. During class, they can be dictated. They can also be divided into parts, and students ask and answer.
This story is in the reader THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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QUESTIONS: Guns, Germs, and Steel - 2017 Afterword
After reading Jared Diamond�s 2017 Afterword, have students discuss/write answers to these questions.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type:
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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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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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WOULD YOU CHANGE THE RULES? To END � Harari�s UNSTOPPABLE US, volume 2
Yuval Noah Harari�s UNSTOPPABLE US volume 2. These are questions for students to discuss in groups/pairs. The questions cover WOULD YOU CHANGE THE RULES? To END � Harari�s UNSTOPPABLE US, volume 2.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type:
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DEB MAKES WRONG CHOICES: Version 2
This is another version of another worksheet. I�ve had very good luck using this story and, this term, asked students to write and give me new chapters. I don�t teach writing but, if I did, I would invite students to add more material. Lots of activities accompany this text at the end. Hope it works for you as well as it did for me!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 22
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Electricity Comes to a Village in China--Power Changes
An intermediate level reading particularly appropriate for Chinese learners of English. Ask students to read the text, then put the students in pairs, and give them the questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 6
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Question Worksheet: Kung-Fu Panda
Ask students to read the text. Next put the students in pairs then hand out the questions. Works great for Chinese college students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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