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This is a beautiful MsPowerpoint slideshow showing pictures of places, people, objects, etc. which students have to associate with the countries. Some of them are quite obvious, some of them aren't.
Questions to ask
First try to elicit from your students what the picture shows. Make them describe the picture.
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Keywords: countries, nationalities, pictures, places, speculating, tourism
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You now have the capital you need. The manufacturer makes our wallpaper, and it looks very good. People seem interested in it, and want to see your price list. You have to decide how much you’re going to sell your wallpaper for. What are you going to do?
a ...
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Popularity: 12%
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Keywords: adults, career, group-work, reading, speculating
Shared by Adam
Tasks
Read the four stories to your students and ask them to invent plausible explanations.
As simple as that :) If you know any other "lateral thinking" situations drop them here at www.eslhandouts.com.
The Plane Crash
Susan watched her husband get on the 8.15 p.m. flight from Toronto to Chicago. She ...
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Keywords: advanced, fun, lateral-thinking, listening, speculating
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The Amish live in Pennsylvania, USA. They came from Switzerland and Germany in the eighteenth century and live together on farms. Although they live just 240 kilometers from New York City, their lifestyle hasn't really changed in the last 250 years. They've turned their backs on modern materialism: ...
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Popularity: 18%
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Keywords: amish, can, can't adults, elementary, reading, speculating, true / false, use
Shared by Adam
Ss are presented with a set of questions (brain teasers). They work in pairs or groups and come up with most plausible explanations. Then present them with explanations sent to one of the newspapers.
Teasers
Why is it that one person yawning often makes another person yawn?
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Popularity: 22%
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Keywords: advanced, reading, riddle, speculating, young-learners