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Catcher in the Rye - Vocabulary ex.
In this exercise to accompany study of "Catcher in the Rye," students work individually, associating adjectives with 6 characters from the story. They then work in small groups comparing their associations and explaining them. This type of word association exercise was suggested by the book "Vocabulary" by John Morgan and Mario Rinvolucri (Oxford U...
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Sports Idioms
This list of sports idioms appeared in "The English Teaching Forum," but I took the liberty of making an exercise out of it and adding some sports images.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 32
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Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
With this popular, easy-to-understand song by Johnny Cash, students work in pairs to unscramble the story of a boy with a girl�s name into order. Then they listen to the song in order to check.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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Jake - Young Math Genius
Jake is a math prodigy and maybe a future Einstein. He memorized 200 digits of Pi in just one afternoon, and he can cite them backwards. Only 13, he is an honors student at university and helps his fellow students study for their exams. Here is a worksheet and transcript for this 13-minute news report from CBS�s �60 Minutes.� http://www.cbsnews.com...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24
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Invasion of Britain
The French invaded Britain in 1797! If you have access to "Coast," this superb BBC and Open University tour of the British coast, you are fortunate! There are several extracts that upper-intermediate and advanced students will find interesting. This 5-minute extract from episode 3 details the French invasion of Britain which lasted only 48 hours, t...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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Billy Connolly - Don�t Drink the Water
A very funny routine from famed Scottish comedian, Billy Connolly, about problems drinking tap water on holiday. Best used with students 18 years and older. Billy is very funny, but some people will be put off by his low-brow humor and language. From the CD "Billy Connolly Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London."
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Bad PowerPoint
Few things are as effective as satire in teaching people presentation techniques (or most other things!).
Don McMillan�s funny "Bad PowerPoint" or "Death by PowerPoint" video, which can be found on YouTube or ordered from his website, is an excellent way to teach students (uh, and teachers, too!) how NOT to do their PowerPoint slides.
It is b...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Present Perfect Snakes & Ladders
In this grammar game, students have to determine which sentences are correct and which need to be changed. The full instructions are given on page 2. I used the font Zeal for the arrows in the squares on the left and right sides of the game board. (Inspired by "Grammar Games" by Mario Rinvolucri, CUP.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 20
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Telephone Encounter
Lots of discussion in pairs, threes, or fours about our use of the telephone. You may wish to change the font so that everything fits onto one page. (I used Baskerville.)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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Who�s the Leader of China
In this parody of Abbott and Costello�s classic sketch about baseball, "Who�s on First," President George W. Bush questions Condoleezza Rice about Hu, the new leader of China. You can find an audio recording of this sketch on the Internet to play after the students have read this dialogue in pairs.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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