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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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WOMAN, FROG, DEVIL, short story by Olga Tokarczuk: Comprehension questions
WOMAN, FROG, AND DEVIL. New Yorker short story. Find and read this story. Assign it to your students. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Give each student in the pair/group different questions and ask students to read and discuss answers to the questions. Toward the end of class, call on students individually to answer the qu...
Level: advanced
Age: 7-100
Type:
Downloads: 4
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Pyramid Schemes on the Plateau
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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ESCAPE: CHRONICLES OF MODERN CHINESE CHILDHOOD
ESCAPE was written by one of my students as part of a large autobiographical exercise. It is at a lower intermediate level and should be good material for students anywhere in the world. The questions at the end are designed to encourage oral fluency (students should be put in pairs). There are questions specific to the story and also questions abo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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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 on the Introduction and Epilogue of Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet by Holly Gayley
Questions on the Introduction and Epilogue of Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet by Holly Gayley to be used for class discussion.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 3
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STEP AWAY FROM PARADISE - reading, speaking, and listening exercises
These questions are based on/relevant to: Konchok Gelek. 2018. REVIEW: A STEP AWAY FROM PARADISE. Asian Highlands Perspectives vol 51; and Thomas K. Shor. 2012.A Step Away from Paradise: A Tibetan Lama�s Extraordinary Journey to a Land of Immortality. [Kindle version].
Students are assigned to read the review and the book, or portions of the ...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 6
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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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Hit-and-Run Tragedy in China
Have students read the text outside class. In class, take text from students, pair the students, and then ask them to retell the text. After about 10 minutes, re-pair the students, and give the questions. Allow plenty of time for students� comments. My second year English majors had plenty to say about the topic.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 1
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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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