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Obama�s "Yes, We Can" Speech
This is a lesson based upon U.S. President Obama�s January 2008 "Yes, we can" campaign speech in New Hampshire.
To do the lesson, the teacher should prepare a recording of the speech, which is readily available online, starting from the line, "It was a creed written into the founding documents..."
The lesson includes:
1. A worksheet to ...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 52
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Intro to Canadian Media
This lesson introduces students to various Canadian media news sites. Students choose the website of a Canadian broadcaster or newspaper, research it, and then share their findings with their classmates. I use this lesson with ESL/EFL learners at the university level. Enjoy!
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33
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Alternates to PowerPoint
I made this lesson to introduce alternative presentation programs to my EFL students at the university level. Most of my students already have a lot of experience using Microsoft�s PowerPoint so I wanted to show them that they have other choices. In this case, we looked at the pros and cons of Google Presentation, Prezi, and Keynote. There is a dis...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: others
Downloads: 31
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Niagara Falls Travel Brochure
Students read and answer questions about a travel brochure for Niagara Falls, Canada. They then write their own travel brochure texts based on the one they�ve just read.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28
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Apartment Hunting in Canada
In this lesson students have the opportunity to look at apartments in Canada. In the first part they practise vocabulary associated with the different kinds of apartments. In the second part, they brainstorm the things that are important when looking for an apartment. Then in the third part, they use the internet to look at real apartments for rent...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27
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Adjective Order
Many ESL students do not realize that adjectives follow an order in English. This worksheet helps students to practice the correct order of adjectives by noticing the pattern and jumbled phrases in the right order.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22
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All I Want For Christmas Is You - Cloze
Here is a cloze activity for Mariah Carey�s "All I Want for Christmas Is You". Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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Parts of Speech Review
I made this print to help students review the parts of speech. Students review the names of the parts of speech, practice identifying the parts of speech in sample sentences. The print makes the point that some words can be used as more than one part of speech. There is also a crossword in which students must write in the parts of speech as answers...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 14
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Four-Skills Lesson: Kanzi the Talking Ape
This four-skills lesson is about an amazing bonobo named Kanzi who learned how to communicate with a special keyboard and raises questions about how languages are learned. I made this lesson for university students studying EFL with a TOEFL score around 500.
The parts of the lesson are as follows: KWL Table, listening cloze with brief comprehens...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 13
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Immigrants to Japan Jigsaw Reading
This is a jigsaw reading with three short similar texts (A,B,C) about immigrants to Japan. I created it for students studying nursing and social work, but it may be of interest to others. Students read their text and fill in the appropriate column in the table. When they have completed their reading they can interact with partners who have read the...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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