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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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West Side Story - America
Here are worksheets and a lesson plan for a lesson based on the song "America" from the film musical "West Side Story." The ideas come primarily from a colleague, Diane Hanaud, but the formatting and layout from me.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7
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I Love Lucy - Lucy Does a Commercial
One of the very best episodes of "I Love Lucy." Although recorded more than 50 years ago and in black and white, the show still brings laughter to students young and old.
The title font is TraftonScript, a free font which can be found on the Internet. This is the same one as used in the show�s opening. (Available on YouTube.)
The most importa...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Arrested Development-Extended Pilot
This brilliant American TV series was a BIG hit with critics and my (B2 and C1 levels) students alike, the story of a wealthy dysfunctional family family that has hit hard times when the father is arrested and his son has to take over the business while keeping his lazy relatives from taking what little money there is left.
Season 1, Episode 1.
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Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 21
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How I Met Your Mother - Slap Bet
Here is an illustrated worksheet from the very popular American TV sitcom, "How I Met Your Mother." Season 2, episode 9.
I made a PowerPoint presentation showing screenshots with the subtitles illustrating the key vocabulary. Send me a private message, and I will send it to you.
I used the font Dax Medium for the title, which is the same as t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 29
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Fawlty Towers - Waldorf Salad
This worksheet is a bit different from the standard listening comprehension worksheets for the British TV sitcom "Fawlty Towers." It could be used with the dialogue jumble that I uploaded with this worksheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time
This is a worksheet for listening comprehension to accompany Errol Morris�s documentary on astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, "A Brief History of Time."
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13
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Abbott & Costello - Who�s on First? (ws)
"The second funniest sketch of the 20th century" is what "Time" magazine called this in their millennium issue back in 2000. I don�t think Bud Abbott and Lou Costello ever performed this sketch exactly the same way twice, so the different audio and video versions that you come across will differ somewhat.
It is super fast, but upper intermediate...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Bob Newhart - King Kong
Bob Newhart�s funniest monologue of a very conscientious night guard wondering what to do as King Kong climbs the outside of the Empire State Building. This hilarious recording is available on CD and from the iTunes store for a very low price. (Probably on YouTube, too!)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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Hogan�s Heroes: Praise the Fuehrer & Pass the Ammunition
"Hogan�s Heroes" was a very original, award-winning American sitcom from the 1960s, taking place in a German prisoner-of-war camp with prisoners who exploited the totally incompetent guards to wage underground operations. Available online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYrWohpHOfI
This is an updated version of an earlier worksheet.
A film ve...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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