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Building an Airport
Using the flow chart on page 2, students discuss in small groups how to organize the building of an airport in the Himalayas. (The preview version of page 2 appears to be black, but the flow chart is perfectly visible on a white background when it is downloaded. But if you have any problems, send me a personal message, and I will e-mail you a pdf v...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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John Denver - For Baby (For Bobbie)
Very nice song by John Denver with easy-to-understand lyrics. I have the students fill in the blanks with words they think fit before playing the song.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Michael Phelps Interview
Here is a great interview with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps for upper-intermediate students from the CBS news magazine, �60 Minutes.� Here are a worksheet and the transcript. (I used the font CableDignbats for the CBS logo.) Available online at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57476222/michael-phelps-ready-for-london-games/?tag=currentVideoI...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 41
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Can Love Be Re-Invented?
In this very provocative article by a Nobel Prize winner, students first have to fill in the banks to complete the text. Then they discuss some of the complexities of Love in small groups. (Can be used in conjunction with Valentine�s Day.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 19
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Shameless Intro
This acclaimed comedy drama from Channel 4 in Britain portrays a dysfunctional working-class family in very stark terms. The accents are typical of the northern England working class, thus quite difficult!
An idea would be to have half of the class watch the scene from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dssnahZ16uU&feature=related> with the sound off,...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Life in Victorian Britain - Passages
This excellent documentary on Victorian Britain gives good insight into all aspects of life in 19th century Britain. The vocabulary load is high, but advanced students enjoy it. Here are the literary passages quoted in this 50-minute film (available on Amazon UK). These passages complement the worksheet with comprehension questions for "Life in Vic...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Fawlty Towers - Basil the Rat
This is a worksheet to use with the popular British TV series, "Fawlty Towers."
I used Bookman font for the title (the same as the television programme). The pictures illustrating the key vocabulary will look best when printed on a PostScript compatible laser printer from a Macintosh, but they should be recognizable with other printers. Otherwis...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28
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British and American Sitcom Differences
What are the differences between British and American sitcoms? Another teacher gave me a copy clipped from an unknown newspaper entitled, "Sitcoms with a Different Sense of Humour," which I transformed into a discussion exercise that works very well with classes that are familiar with British and American sitcoms. After students have filled in the ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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Joey - The Student
In this "Friends" spin-off, Joey shares an apartment with his nerdish nephew, who is everything Joey is not. This will be popular with "Friends" fans.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Victor Borge - Inflationary Language
Comedian and pianist Victor Borge explains how inflation can affect English, where "before" becomes "befive." Here you can give the students either the original or the "inflated" version to "convert" before listening. This is a transcription that I made of his famous routine, which is available in audio and DVD formats from the iTunes store and Ama...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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