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Reading, listening, speaking exercises about the New Yorker story THATAWAY
Discussion questions for pair or small group work about Thomas Francis McGuane III�s short story THATAWAY, first published in 2024 in THE NEW YORKER. Students should be divided into small groups or pairs and asked to discuss answers to these questions. The story references US culture and historical personalities the teacher can consider introduci...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type:
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PENGUIN LEVEL 2 GRADED READER: The Mummy Returns
PENGUIN LEVEL 2 GRADED READER: The Mummy Returns
These questions are based on the graded reader. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions among the students and tell them to ask and answer the questions. When the students have finished, ask them to look at the book and answer the questions they were unable to ...
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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THE LAST PHOTO. Questions.
THE LAST PHOTO. Penguin Reader Level 1. Comprehension questions. Students are assigned to read this story. In class, students are placed in pairs or small groups. Questions are divided so each student has the same number of different questions. Students ask and answer the questions. Toward the end of class, the teacher calls on students to answer t...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type:
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Question Worksheet: Kung-Fu Panda
Ask students to read the text. Next put the students in pairs then hand out the questions. Works great for Chinese college students.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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A CULTURALLY CHINESE VERSION OF THE WEDDING GIFT (text and questions)
I rewrote this story with the purpose of making it culturally relevant for Chinese English majors. I also tried to make it interactive, with instructions for students to write a title and an ending. I also explained many words in English in footnotes to try to wean students from the attitude/ habit of looking up every unfamiliar word and writing a ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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REACTION IN CHINA TO KUNG FU PANDA 2
Use as a homework assignment. After you are confident students have read the texts [two short articles from the Chinese media and one from Wikipedia; I edited all three to make them shorter and have corrected the English] pair the students in class and give them the questions. There are more than 60 questions so, after ten minutes, ask students wit...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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Angie Chau: Quiet As They Come (a short story of Vietnamese-Americans)
Angie Chau is an important contemporary, Vietnamese-American writer. Her recent short story collection QUIET AS THEY COME contains one free downloadable story of the same name. This story may be downloaded here:
http://www.angiechau.com/Quiet20As20They20Come20Excerpt.pdf
from Chau�s official website.
My students in China responded positiv...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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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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RED RIVER VALLEY: Two versions (1) Stevie Nicks & Chris Isaak and (2) Marty Robbins
You�ll have fun with this!
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: others
Downloads: 4
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OXFORD PROGRESSIVE READER (Book 1): To Build A Fire
Here are 20+ questions from the OXFORD PROGRESSIVE READER (Book 1) To Build a Fire. These questions may be dictated or given to students to write answers to. They can also be rearranged into odd and even questions and then the students arranged in pairs with one student receiving odd questions and the other pair member receiving the even questions....
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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