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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


 
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


 
Reading, speaking, and listening exercises for "COMPREHENSION," a short story by Andr� Alexis
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS FOR "COMPREHENSION," A SHORT STORY BY Andr� Alexis. This short story was published by the New Yorker Magazine in May 2024. Here are the steps you might consider following. (a) Assign the story to your students for reading https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/20/consolation-fiction-andre-alexis, (b) put the students in ...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 11


 
Discussion questions for THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt.
Discussion questions for THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt. Students are assigned to read a summary of this book at https://jonathanhaidt.com/anxious-generation/ and, if possible, the introduction to the book itself. In class, the instructor divides the students into pairs or small groups and gives students an equal number of questions. Stud...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type:
Downloads: 10


 
Billy Elliot (graded reader) - comprehension questions
These comprehension questions should be given to students in pairs for them to ask and answer. It helps them recycle the vocabulary and ideas in the story.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
Go West! Chinese College Grads! and Young Chinese Grads Do Business
This worked well with my second year college English majors. Ask students to prepare before class; pick up the text in class at the beginning of class; pair students and give them 10 minutes to retell/ repeat the contents of the passage; pair students with a new partner and give them the questions--one person gets the odd questions and one person g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 8


 
TREASURE ISLAND Penguin Reader Level Two
TREASURE ISLAND Penguin Reader Level Two. Assign the story to the students. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions among the students. The students ask and answer the questions. Toward the end of class, call on individual students to answer the questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type:
Downloads: 8


 
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


 
THE EXPLODING WATERMELON: Dreaming in a Chinese University Dormitory
A former student wrote this story, reflecting what he had heard about the death of a student. I�ve used this story with more than 400 second year college English majors. Students had a lot to say about the story, especially the ending.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7


 
Bike (A Chinese boy�s father sells enough rice to buy a bike for his son)
A boy�s father carries two big bags of rice to a distant market every day to sell to pay of debts. Then he puts six bags on a cart and pulls it to market, not using the family�s water buffalo because it would make the animal too tired. In the end, the boy�s father buys his son a new red bike, which he learns to ride. Suggestions for teacher: ask...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7

 

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