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CHINA�S TULOU �EARTH BUILDINGS� IN FUJIAN: TIMED READING
This is a timed reading at the upper elementary level with one comprehension exercise featuring 10 multiple choice sentences. It is particularly appropriate when teaching in China.
The Fujian Tulou �earth building� is a special type of home in the countryside. They were made by special groups of Han people called Hakka and Minnan. They live in ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 31
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS - GIRL MEETS BOY
PUT STUDENTS IN GROUPS, DIVIDE THE QUESTIONS, STUDENTS ASK AND ANSWER.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type:
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BROWN EYES - comprehensin questions
Comprehension questions for students learning the elementary graded reader BROWN EYES.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type:
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THE UMBRELLA - MACMILLAN STARTER LEVEL - EXERCISES
Comprehension exercises for this story, including reading and listening. Can also be used for dictation.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Pyramid Schemes on the Plateau
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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CHINA�S ISLAMIC HUI NATIONALITY: A TIMED READING
A timed reading about China�s Islamic Hui nationality/ ethnic group.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 15
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China�s Tu (Monguor) Minority
The Tu are one of China�s fifty-six officially recognized ethnic groups. China�s total Tu or Monguor population is about 240,000. Most Tu live in Qinghai Province and in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province. Most Tu are farmers and also have a few livestock. Today, many Monguor leave their homes to work in cities to do construction wor...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 3
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Bike (A Chinese boy�s father sells enough rice to buy a bike for his son)
A boy�s father carries two big bags of rice to a distant market every day to sell to pay of debts. Then he puts six bags on a cart and pulls it to market, not using the family�s water buffalo because it would make the animal too tired. In the end, the boy�s father buys his son a new red bike, which he learns to ride.
Suggestions for teacher: ask...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 7
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STEP AWAY FROM PARADISE - reading, speaking, and listening exercises
These questions are based on/relevant to: Konchok Gelek. 2018. REVIEW: A STEP AWAY FROM PARADISE. Asian Highlands Perspectives vol 51; and Thomas K. Shor. 2012.A Step Away from Paradise: A Tibetan Lama�s Extraordinary Journey to a Land of Immortality. [Kindle version].
Students are assigned to read the review and the book, or portions of the ...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type:
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Reading, listening, speaking exercises about the New Yorker story THATAWAY
Discussion questions for pair or small group work about Thomas Francis McGuane III�s short story THATAWAY, first published in 2024 in THE NEW YORKER. Students should be divided into small groups or pairs and asked to discuss answers to these questions. The story references US culture and historical personalities the teacher can consider introduci...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-100
Type:
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