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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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A CHINESE CULTURAL VERSION OF �THE HORSEDEALER�S DAUGHTER�: text plus questions and exercises
I changed the story to reflect a Chinese setting and created questions and exercises. Students might be assigned the story as homework, discuss in pairs in class, and then ask and answer questions with a new partner. The length of the text allows various in-class exercises, e.g., dictation, and so on.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 2
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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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A MAN LIKE HIM (short story by Li Yiyun): Comprehension Questions
This story may be downloaded for free at
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/05/12/080512fi_fiction_li
Li Yiyun is an important contemporary write-about-China. She now lives and teaches in the USA.
These are comprehension questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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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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ALONE (a short story by Li Yiyun): Questions
Li Yiyun is an important Chinese-American writer, especially for foreigners teaching English in China who are challenged in locating English-language materials that students can understand culturally--without having to decode unfamiliar cultural references about the West. Li Yiyun thus provides short stories about China that students will understan...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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Angie Chau: Quiet As They Come (a short story of Vietnamese-Americans)
Angie Chau is an important contemporary, Vietnamese-American writer. Her recent short story collection QUIET AS THEY COME contains one free downloadable story of the same name. This story may be downloaded here:
http://www.angiechau.com/Quiet20As20They20Come20Excerpt.pdf
from Chau�s official website.
My students in China responded positiv...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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APRIL IN MOSCOW -- comprehension questions
Put students in pairs. Give questions. Ask and answer.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type:
Downloads: 3
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AUGUST HEAT IN XI�AN CITY, CHINA: text plus questions
I took the story AUGUST HEAT and rewrote it, making it relevant for Chinese college English majors. Suggestions: have students read it as homework, students retell in pairs in class, and then students are paired with new people and ask and answer the questions. Good for developing reading, listening, and speaking. The teacher can also dictate sente...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 1
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Ben�s Song - Oxford Story lines 400 word vocabulary _ about 100 questions
I have prepared about 100 questions about BEN�S SONG, for those learning English at the beginning level, or for people with a bit more English who need some speaking and listening practice.
Suggestions: Tell students to read this story and write answers before class. At the beginning of the class, pronounce some words, e.g., ransom, studio, etc...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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