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The Secrets of Learning a New Language TED, Int-Adv
A 10-min TED talk giving great tips about how to learn languages (I�ve used many of these myself). Clear, slow speech. Pre-watching discussion, while watching guided note-taking, post-watching discussion and a related homework task. Key included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type:
Downloads: 66
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Reported speech guided discovery and practice
A brief lesson plan and worksheets to guide students to discover the rules of reported speech for themselves, followed by controlled and free practice.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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The Rise of Personal Robots - TED talk
A listening comprehension worksheet on the TED talk The Rise of Personal Robots
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type: others
Downloads: 22
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Tattoos reading comprehension + paragraph/essay structure review and speaking
An engaging 2-hour lesson focusing on reading comprehension, meaning from context, pronoun referencing (continuing ideas), as well as brief revision of paragraph and essay structure. There�s also quite a bit of speaking at the end. This lesson plan goes with an additional handout and a PPt.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 20
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What Makes a Good Life - TED talk listening practice
listening comprehension or note-taking practice
Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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Beauty and Body Image in the Media
An interesting article with reading comprehension questions leading to a discussion of the unrealistic ideal of beauty imposed by the media.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 66
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Emotional First Aid - TED talk
A very useful TED talk on the need to take care of emotional injuries + practical advice. Students have to fill in a table with the types of emotional injury discussed + their effects + solutions/advice how to deal with them. Includes a pre-viewing discussion and ANSWER KEY. Link included in the worksheet.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 35
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Grit - the key to success, TED
Students take notes and then answer the questions. For lower levels, students can answer the questions as they listen. Link to talk and answer key provided in the document.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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Tattoos reading comprehension - extension reading and discussion
This is the extension reading and discussion that goes with the PPt, lesson plan and the main reading comprehension article under the same name (all uploaded here). You need all 4 materials to make sense of the 2-hour lesson. This is probably one of my best lessons so far.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 55
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How to Learn Any Language in Six Months - TED talk
A listening activity analyzing why examples are given in a TED talk and how they support the general message.
Level: advanced
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23
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