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A CULTURALLY CHINESE VERSION OF THE WEDDING GIFT (text and questions)
I rewrote this story with the purpose of making it culturally relevant for Chinese English majors. I also tried to make it interactive, with instructions for students to write a title and an ending. I also explained many words in English in footnotes to try to wean students from the attitude/ habit of looking up every unfamiliar word and writing a ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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TREASURE ISLAND Penguin Reader Level Two
TREASURE ISLAND Penguin Reader Level Two. Assign the story to the students. In class, divide the students into pairs or small groups. Divide the questions among the students. The students ask and answer the questions. Toward the end of class, call on individual students to answer the questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type:
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ESCAPE: CHRONICLES OF MODERN CHINESE CHILDHOOD
ESCAPE was written by one of my students as part of a large autobiographical exercise. It is at a lower intermediate level and should be good material for students anywhere in the world. The questions at the end are designed to encourage oral fluency (students should be put in pairs). There are questions specific to the story and also questions abo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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ACHY, BREAKY CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENT HEARTS
This worked well with my second year college English majors. Ask students to prepare before class; pick up the text in class at the beginning of class; pair students and give them 10 minutes to retell/ repeat the contents of the passage; pair students with a new partner and give them the questions--one person gets the odd questions and one person g...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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2011 Chinese New Year Gala (with 26 questions; from GLOBAL TIMES)
This reading worked well with my students in China. They are second year, university English majors. All had watched the 2011 New Year Gala. I paired the students and asked them to ask and answer the questions. Toward the end, we stood in a group and students shared more general comments about the New Year performances. For shy classes, this could ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 19
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REACTION IN CHINA TO KUNG FU PANDA 2
Use as a homework assignment. After you are confident students have read the texts [two short articles from the Chinese media and one from Wikipedia; I edited all three to make them shorter and have corrected the English] pair the students in class and give them the questions. There are more than 60 questions so, after ten minutes, ask students wit...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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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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LOVE OF LIFE (Oxford Progressive Reader, Level 1): Questions
Questions about the story LOVE OF LIFE by Jack London in Oxford Progressive Reader Level 1.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 1
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MacMillan Starter Level: SARA SAYS NO
MacMillan Starter Level: SARA SAYS NO
Comprehension questions.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 4
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER Penguin Reader Level 1 Begineer comprehension questions
Comprehension questions students should ask and answer in class in groups
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type:
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