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eLessons Archive - January 2010

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14th January - Predictions for the new decade
(British & American English)
This week’s lesson features three people's predictions regarding how life will change during the second decade of the 21st century.

Level
Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)

British English eLesson Student's Worksheet: PDF DOC	American English eLesson Student's Worksheet: PDF DOC
Teacher's Worksheet: PDF DOC	Teacher's Worksheet: PDF DOC

Glossary:
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Related Websites (British English)
Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/2020
‘The world in 2020’ as seen by British newspaper The Guardian. Challenging for intermediate level.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8295607.stm
A BBC article (October 2009) on the imaginary inventions suggested by British children as a means of improving our quality of life by 2020. Challenging for intermediate level.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8396028.stm
BBC News reviews the years 2000-2009, asking ‘What were the key events of the decade?’ Challenging for intermediate level.

Related Websites (American English)
Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-12-31-new-year-world_N.htm?obref=obinsite
A USA Today article about New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world, along with reflections on 2009 and thoughts about 2010. Challenging for intermediate level.

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1668
“Life in 2020” as seen by Australian science magazine Cosmos. Challenging for intermediate level.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/12/31/biggest-stories-of-the-decade.html
Looking back over the last decade, U.S. News & World Report writer Robert Schlesinger discusses the biggest news stories of 2000-2009. Challenging for intermediate level.

20th January - World Pie-eating Championship
(British English)
This week’s lesson takes a light-hearted look at a fiercely competitive event that takes place every year in the town of Wigan in north-west England: the World Pie-Eating Championship.

Level
Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)

20th January - Birds
(American English)
The subject of this week’s lesson is birds, of which there around 10,000 different species.

Level
Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)

British English eLesson Student's Worksheet: PDF DOC	American English eLesson Student's Worksheet: PDF DOC
Teacher's Worksheet: PDF DOC	Teacher's Worksheet: PDF DOC

Glossary:
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DOC

Related Websites (British English)
Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/World-Famous-Wigan-Pie- Eating-Contest
-Introduces-Testing-For-Performance-Enhancing- Drugs/Article/200912315500646?f=rss
A piece from Sky News (2009) on the efforts to exclude banned substances (principally cough medicine) from the pie-eating competition. Challenging for intermediate level.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641296870
Sky News reports the unfortunate incident in 2007 when the competition organizer’s dog ate all the pies on the eve of the event. Challenging for intermediate level.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/nov/23/foodanddrink
An article from British newspaper The Guardian (2006) on the pie-eating competition’s concession to government anti-obesity guidelines. Challenging for intermediate level.

Related Websites (American English)
Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://californiaparrotproject.org/
The California Parrot Project website, which exists to study the growing wild parrot population in Southern California. Intermediate level and above.

http://www.audubon.org/
The website of the National Audubon Society. Intermediate level and above.

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=15+1794&aid=179
A list of “Interesting Bird Facts” on the Pet Education website, with links to a number of articles about birds. Intermediate level and above.

27th January - Countries challenge!
(British & American English)
This week’s lesson has a geographical theme, comprising information about various different countries.

Level
Pre-intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level A2-B1 and above)

British English eLesson Student's Worksheet: PDF DOC	American English eLesson Student's Worksheet: PDF DOC
Teacher's Worksheet: PDF DOC	Teacher's Worksheet: PDF DOC

Glossary:
PDF
DOC

Related Websites (British English)
Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
The ‘Country Profiles’ section of the BBC website. Intermediate level and above.

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
One of numerous online world atlases. Generally intermediate level and above, but with some sections accessible to pre-intermediate level.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
The website of National Geographic magazine. Intermediate level and above.

Related Websites (American English)
Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/
The official website of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. Intermediate level and above.

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
One of numerous online world atlases. Generally intermediate level and above, but some sections are accessible to pre-intermediate level.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
The website of National Geographic magazine. Intermediate level and above.

Glossary based on the Macmillan English Dictionary and the Macmillan Essential Dictionary