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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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PRISON (a short story): Questions
Li Yiyun is an important Chinese-American writer, especially for foreigners teaching English in China. One of many challenges for English teachers in China is locating English-language materials that students can understand culturally--without having to decode unfamiliar cultural references about the West. Li Yiyun thus provides short stories about...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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NINE SUGGESTIONS FOR BETTER ENGLISH--ESPECIALLY FOR CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS
The text should be prepared outside class as homework.
Inside the classroom, the students should be paired and retell the contents.
Next, the students should be paired with new partners and the questions given. Students ask and answer the questions.
At the end, students sit in a circle and share ideas about how to improve their English.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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THE UMBRELLA - MACMILLAN STARTER LEVEL - EXERCISES
Comprehension exercises for this story, including reading and listening. Can also be used for dictation.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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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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CHINA�S ISLAMIC HUI NATIONALITY: A TIMED READING
A timed reading about China�s Islamic Hui nationality/ ethnic group.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 15
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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:
Downloads: 13
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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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LOVE OF LIFE (Oxford Progressive Reader, Level 1): Questions
Questions about the story LOVE OF LIFE by Jack London in Oxford Progressive Reader Level 1.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 1
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2011 Chinese New Year Gala (with 26 questions; from GLOBAL TIMES)
This reading worked well with my students in China. They are second year, university English majors. All had watched the 2011 New Year Gala. I paired the students and asked them to ask and answer the questions. Toward the end, we stood in a group and students shared more general comments about the New Year performances. For shy classes, this could ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 19
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