Global Awareness

Unusual Animals Reading Comprehension: The Dhole

By saradavila  |  2013/06/02 21:54 Posted in Beginner, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension  |  Comments (0)

The following is the first in a series of reading comprehension worksheets about unusual animals. These worksheets would be appropriate for high beginners and intermediate EFL/ESL learners, or young learners interested in science or animals. This worksheet utilizes reading skills and guides students through the comprehension process from gist to deeper meaning. The worksheet uses [...]

Hurricane Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2013/06/01 14:38 Posted in Advanced, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Running Dictation  |  Comments (0)

The following is a running dictation activity suitable for intermediate or advanced EFL/ESL students. This is different from some of my other running dictation activities, as this includes much more reading for reading comprehension as well. When using this activity in class teachers may choose to have students summarize the key points in the reading [...]

About China Mingle Information Gap

By saradavila  |  2013/02/24 01:27 Posted in Beginner, Global Awareness, Information Gap, Speaking  |  Comments (0)

This is a mingle information gap suitable for beginner ESL/EFL learners who are also exploring information about other countries. This information gap activity is designed to be done as a mingle, where each student has the answer to one question. Students look around trying to find out the correct answer. This worksheet includes simple lesson [...]

Birthday Candles Reading Comprehension

By saradavila  |  2012/08/11 02:14 Posted in Beginner, Global Awareness, Reading Comprehension, Young Learner  |  Comments (0)

The following is a reading comprehension worksheet details the history of the birthday candle from ancient Greece to modern times. It provides details about how cakes came to be covered with candles. This worksheet utilizes reading skills and guides students through the comprehension process from gist to deeper meaning. The worksheet uses a graphic organizer [...]

Armless Pianist Reading Comprehension

By saradavila  |  2012/07/28 02:10 Posted in Beginner, Global Awareness, Reading Comprehension, Young Learner  |  Comments (0)

The following is a reading comprehension worksheet provides the story of Lui Wei, an armless pianist and game show contestant on the Chinese show, China has Talent. This worksheet utilizes reading skills and guides students through the comprehension process from gist to deeper meaning. The worksheet uses a graphic organizer mind map to organize information [...]

Smoke Signals Reading Comprehension

By saradavila  |  2012/06/03 23:02 Posted in Beginner, Global Awareness, Reading Comprehension  |  Comments (0)

The following is a reading comprehension worksheet that deals with information related to the development of communication using message. It incorporates a short history of how signals changed from smoke signals to the modern day computer.  This is a worksheet suitable for high beginner or  per-intermediate EFL or ELL students. This worksheet utilizes reading skills [...]

Amazon Rain Forest Reading Comrpehension

By saradavila  |  2012/05/02 02:56 Posted in Global Awareness, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension  |  Comments (0)

The following is a reading comprehension worksheet that deals with information related to the endangered nature of the Amazon Rain Forest. This is a worksheet suitable for intermediate or per-intermediate EFL or ELL students.   This worksheet utilizes reading skills and guides students through the comprehension process from gist to deeper meaning. The worksheet uses [...]

Tourism Role Play

By saradavila  |  2011/08/11 23:39 Posted in Advanced, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Interview, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a tourism role play designed for intermediate or advanced EFL/ESL learners. In the role play students work to exchange and collect information to find a city that would be appropriate as a tourist destination. This activity includes information about specific cities in Korea for use with Korean learners to develop learner identity in [...]

Animal Habitat Reading Jigsaw

By saradavila  |  2011/06/11 16:09 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Science, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a jigsaw reading activity for intermediate or upper-intermediate EFL/ESL students. This is an English for Specific Purposes activity focused on understanding the environment and endangered species. In this activity the teacher begins with at least 4 groups. It is possible to have 8 groups with where four have interaction. Each group receives a [...]

Ways to Conserve Habitat

By saradavila  |  2011/06/11 16:09 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Science, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is an English for Specific Purposes activity designed for pre-intermediate or intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity asks students to consider content related to endangered species and is appropriate for a biology classroom, or a classroom where students are learning geography. In this activity students are presented with a number of animal and animal types [...]

Children’s Rights Reading Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/17 14:01 Posted in Advanced, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Reading Dictation  |  Comments (0)

These activities are designed to help EFL/ESL learners talk about their world. This activity is designed for intermediate or advanced learners as it focuses on improving discussion in a specific context. This is an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) activity focused on understanding the role of children’s rights. This is a global awareness activity. This [...]

Pollution and the Environment Board Game

By saradavila  |  2011/05/16 21:44 Posted in Advanced, Board Games, Global Awareness, Intermediate  |  Comments (0)

This is an English for Specific purposes activity designed for intermediate or advanced EFL/ESL learners to discuss and relate information about environmental pollution. This game has students relate knowledge about the environment and how to help the environment. This global awareness game can be used as a review activity for a class that has been [...]

Global Awareness Connections One Card Game

By saradavila  |  2011/05/16 18:02 Posted in Advanced, Cards, English for Specific Purpose, Global Awareness  |  Comments (0)

This is an English for Specific Purposes activity designed around raising student awareness of the world and how we interact with the world. This activity is designed as a game in which students interact with rules similar to Uno or One Card. To use these cards create a deck. One deck is useful for a [...]

Korea and the US Culture Cards

By saradavila  |  2011/05/16 17:27 Posted in Cards, English for Specific Purpose, Global Awareness, Intermediate, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These cards are designed to help pre-intermediate or intermediate level students with understanding concepts related to culture. This is an English for Specific Purpose activity that also deals with learner identity in the classroom. To use these cards teachers can cut out the cards, or present all the pictures on one laminated card. As a [...]

Where is it From? Requesting Card Game

By saradavila  |  2011/05/13 17:51 Posted in Beginner, Cards, English for Specific Purpose, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Requesting Card Games  |  Comments (0)

This is an activity designed for high beginner or intermediate EFL/ESL students to learn more about cultural objects from around the world. This is an English for Specific Purposes activity focused on geography and world culture. It is designed to raise student curiosity about other areas of the world. This activity is fully scaffolded for [...]

Poverty Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/05/12 16:40 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Running Dictation  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for pre-intermediate or upper intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity uses English for Specific Purposes (ESP) specifically in the area of global awareness. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. In this [...]

Environmental Pollution Inductive Cards

By saradavila  |  2011/05/11 19:56 Posted in Advanced, Beginner, Cards, English for Specific Purpose, Global Awareness, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is an inductive activity designed around the use of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) with the theme of global awareness and environmental problems.  These cards can be used with beginner through advanced EFL/ESL learners, as the students will use language at their ability level to process the cards. For the best inductive activity sort [...]

Children’s Rights Global Awareness Inductive Activity

By saradavila  |  2011/05/11 19:51 Posted in Advanced, Beginner, Cards, English for Specific Purpose, Global Awareness, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is an inductive activity designed around the use of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) with the theme of global awareness and children’s rights. These cards can be used with beginner through advanced learners, as the students will use language at their ability level to process the cards. For the best inductive activity sort the [...]