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Level: intermediate to  high  Questions for the talk A ) Listen and watch the talk HERE   B) If you need a transcrip of Ms. Miller's talk in word you can donwload it from HERE  C) Ask students to answer some or all the questions below: You can project the questions using your beam projector      1.        Why do you think the American network and cable news organizations devote so little coverage to international news? 2.        What about your country? How do the national /local TV channels cover the global news? 3.        Do you consider the Web is useful to keep you informed about national and international news? 4.        Is the Web  better than TV?  State your reasons. Questions written by Isabel S...

Level:   intermediate to  high  Questions for the talk A) Listen and watch the talk HERE ( Ted talk ), also embedded underneath.   B) If you need a transcript of Ms. Adichie's talk in word you can donwload it from HERE  Que stions: You can project the questions using your beam projector  1. Do you think you may be the owner of a single story about a country or a person or group of people? 2. Have you ever been the victim of somebody else’s single story? 3. Have you ever witnessed somebody being the victim of a single story ? 4. What does “a single story” mean? Explain using your own words 5. When did Chimamanda consciously identify herself as African? 6. On her flight from Lagos, Chimamanda saw an advertisement about the charity work in "India, Africa and other countries" What does the ad suggest to you? 7. Her Nigerian publisher, Mr. Mukta Bakaray, left his job in a bank to start a publishing house. Why did he did so? Questio...

Students watch a video that shows the patronizing attitude of a Hotel Manager towards clients and employees. You can donwload the video and the task HERE .  I have obtained the video from youtube. Level: Low intermediate and higher.  Some of the questions can be answered by observing the body language of the actors, others require an intermediate understanding of oral English. Materials: Student's Handout. To download it, see link above Student Handout Teacher Handout (same as student's but contains answers)  4 minute long video The video and the handouts can be  downloaded from this site:   HERE . You can also  view the video online, underneath I downloaded this video from Youtube and now I cannot find the source. If anybody knows, can you send me at e-mail at englishforeso@yahoo.es? Thanks