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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:
Downloads: 5
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DEB MAKES WRONG CHOICES: Version 2
This is another version of another worksheet. I�ve had very good luck using this story and, this term, asked students to write and give me new chapters. I don�t teach writing but, if I did, I would invite students to add more material. Lots of activities accompany this text at the end. Hope it works for you as well as it did for me!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 22
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Electricity Comes to a Village in China--Power Changes
An intermediate level reading particularly appropriate for Chinese learners of English. Ask students to read the text, then put the students in pairs, and give them the questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 6
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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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Exercises on SKY BURIAL by Xinran
Xinran�s novel SKY BURIAL should be assigned. These are mostly comprehension questions about the novel, although some exercises are also included. The questions can be used for a variety of activities, e.g., dictation, students ask and answer the questions in pairs, students write answers to the questions, and so on.
See http://en.wikipedia.org...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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From N� Guo to N��er Guo: Negotiating Desire in the Land of the Mosuo
From N� Guo to N��er Guo: Negotiating Desire in the Land of the Mosuo. Eileen Rose Walsh Modern China 2005; 31; 448 DOI: 10.1177/0097700405279243. The online version of this article can be found at: http://mcx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/31/4/448
Students should read the text, which is online at the above link. In class, students should be ...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type:
Downloads: 2
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Go West! Chinese College Grads! and Young Chinese Grads Do Business
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: reading
Downloads: 8
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Hit-and-Run Tragedy in China
Have students read the text outside class. In class, take text from students, pair the students, and then ask them to retell the text. After about 10 minutes, re-pair the students, and give the questions. Allow plenty of time for students� comments. My second year English majors had plenty to say about the topic.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 1
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Is Lili Happy? (elementary reading with questions)
As students to read the text. Then pair students and give them the questions. Works great for students with limited oral English ability as you strive to strengthen their speaking fluency.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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