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Technology and Isolation
This is an activity I put together taking excerpts from two different articles I found online, with some discussion questions at the end. The article excerpts present two different viewpoints on whether technology leads to increased social isolation, or rather encourages a more diverse social network- and the questions at the end ask the students ...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 43
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Expressing your opinion: Food and Dining
This is a discussion activity focusing on helping students practice expressing their opinions. It begins with a list of useful phrases to express your opinion (to encourage greater diversity than simple "I think" and "I agree" sentences.) This is then followed by a short list of food-themed simple statements with which the students must agree or ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 29
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"Eating Together" Activity: Article and Discussion Questions
This is an excerpt from an article on the decreasing number of American families that eat together on a regular basis, with discussion questions at the end. This activity is appropriate for high intermediate to advanced students, and focuses on oral expression.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type: article
Downloads: 25
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Talking about Music
This is an activity that begins with a list of music vocabulary and a few simple discussion questions to warm the class up. It is then followed by an activity designed around playing music from movies, with and without visual, leading to a discussion of music and how soundtracks affect how one views a film.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 21
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American University Life
This is a lesson plan I put together to use with my French university students (but can be adapted for students from any culture.) It includes university-related vocabulary, discussion questions, and two short videos with listening comprehension exercises. Estimated time should be about 60-75 minutes. Hope you enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 14
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Sustainability
This is a lesson plan I put together that begins with a review of ways to express your opinion, and then asks students to prepare a debate on two different sustainability-related scenarios.
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 12
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Start-ups
This is a lesson I put together focusing on startups, in which I ask the students to consider startups from a few different perspectives (as a founder, as an investor, etc.) There is plenty of guided discussion (which can be done either as a full class or in small groups, depending on the size of your class) and the chance to show some videos at t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 5
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