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Hyperlinked headlines

June 11th, 2008 · No Comments

A Hyperlinked Headlines document is a Word file containing a number of thematically-selected newspaper headlines each linked to the news story or article to which it pertains. Here is an example:
climate-change-hyperlinked-headlines.doc
Here is one possible way of using such a file in class:
Day 1

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Tags: Climate change · Learner-friendly corpora · Lesson plans · Newspapers · Reading · Using online newspapers

Audio-supported reading

May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

A few weeks ago, I posted a lesson plan which made use of a report from the BBC podcast ‘From our own correspondent‘. I love this programme. I love the stories that are reported and I love the language that the correspondents use. The fact that they speak slowly and clearly makes the podcast a […]

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Tags: Podcasts · Reading