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Memory: what it is and how it works
Memory is essencial in learning a language, so I read a lot about this topic. I came across this text that explains how we store and retrieve information in our brain, and I thought students would be interested in this topic too, so I turned this article into a reading comprehension activity. Some words were scrambled, and students have to rely on...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17
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Osama Bin Laden Killed
Reading activity, with three tasks, based on an ABC news article. Answers and task instructions on the 2nd page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 26
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Dominique Strauss-Kann: culprit or victim?
This is a different kind of reading comprehension activity. Its aim is to discuss current international news while teaching new vocabulary. The answers are on the second page.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 2
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Personality Test
A friend posted this personality test on Facebook and I turned it into a reading, conversation and vocabulary development activity. Several personality characteristics are mentioned and highlighted in the text, so it may come as a fun complement to lessons which deal with this topic.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 112
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Are you nomophobic?
This is an activity I created to discuss the issue of nomophobia, which is the extreme anxiety some people feel when they don�t have their mobile phones with them. It has become a problem mostly for teenagers, but many adults also suffer from this condition. I hope you find the text useful and thought-provoking.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 52
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Animals in Disney stories
Students need to write the names of the animals next to the names of the characters.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9
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A lesson on gratitude
Students often comment on the fact that the verb "take" has several different meanings. While brainstorming idioms, phrases and phrasal verbs with the verb "take", I suggested "take for granted", and my students didn�t know what it meant. I decided to prepare a whole lesson on taking things for granted, but focusing on the opposite option, which...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type:
Downloads: 19
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Video lesson on Encouragement
This is a worksheet I created to work with a short video from You Tube called "The frog". The title could be "The deaf frog", but that would be a spoiler, because the fact that the frog is deaf is key to understanding its reaction. I put this lesson together because I believe that in order to learn a language people need a lot of encouragement, and...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22
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The verb there to be in different tenses
I was looking for a worksheet to practice the verb there to be in different tenses (other than simple present and simple past) and couldn�t find any, so I made this workseet.
This can be a tricky grammar topic for students, and therefore is worth practicing.
It comes with an answer sheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Was, were and did in communicative questions
My students were often uncertain about when to use did or was/were in past simple questions, so I put together this material to help them not only to understand when each one is used, but also to use the questions to meaningfully communicate with their classmates. My students are 6th graders, but the questions can be edited to cater for different s...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type:
Downloads: 9
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