News in EFL Classroom

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Example classroom lessons
This page contains a list, by category, of most of the classroom lessons we have prepared over the past several years. You can can conveniently pick and choose the kind of the lesson you might want to use.
We write an EFL lesson for secondary and university classroom use each Friday during the Thai school terms. Although our primary target is Thailand, many of the lessons can easily be adapted for use almost anywhere in the world.
In addition to classroom lessons, we produce materials for readers with other interests. Much of this material can also be adapted for classroom use. On Mondays our subject isfeature stories — always a hit among young people and useful for private study or classroom use. On Thursdays, you will finda lesson based on the latest news, both at home and abroad. This column is usually finished on Wednesday morning, so it really is the latest news.
Two more specialised columns areabout business based on current topics in business and our column concerningtranslation in which experts demonstrate how to accurately translate English into Thai. Obviously, this is of most interest to Thai teachers.
November 10, 2000June 16, 2000June 7, 1999 (variety in the news)September 13, 1999November 26, 1999 (variety of writing styles)
January 12, 2001 (background to the news)July 28, 2000 (source of information)July 21, 2000 (opinion survey)June 21, 1999 (what makes the news)November 9, 1998December 1, 1997
June 29, 1998June 28, 1999 (writing the news)December 10, 1999 (news style)May 19, 1997
July 5, 1999July 6, 1998 (news style)June 9, 1997 (news style)
July 20, 1998January 26, 1998
September 22, 2000August 10, 1998
February 4, 2000November 16, 1998December 22, 1997
December 8, 2000January 7, 2000June 14, 1999December 28, 1998
August 11, 2000December 17, 1999July 19, 1999July 27, 1998February 9, 1998
August 4, 2000
August 18, 2000 (classroom play)January 21, 2000 (nature)January 14, 2000 (news)November 23, 1998(nature)July 13, 1998 (news)September 8, 1997 (news)
February 2, 2001August 16, 1999August 9, 1999September 14, 1998January 12, 1998
January 4, 1999 (animal rights)
August 2, 1999 (children‘s rights)September 7, 1998 (medical issues)
January 5, 2001 (feature from motoring)August 30, 1999 (writing a feature)August 31, 1998 (feature style)January 19, 1998
September 6, 1999 (movie reviews)February 2, 1998 (movie reviews)
September 1, 2000January 28, 2000February 22, 1999
December 22, 2000 ("Heart" Thatphitakkul)February 8, 1999 (Celine Dion)
August 23, 1999 (job hunting)
July 26, 1999 January 18, 1999
June 23, 2000July 7, 2000November 12, 1999November 19, 1999
July 12, 1999February 15, 1999 (Leonardo DiCaprio)August 3, 1998December 15, 1997December 8, 1997November 17, 1997
December 1, 2000 (Tiger Woods)November 17, 2000 (Premier League)June 30, 2000September 15, 2000September 8, 2000December 21, 1998November 29, 1998September 1, 1997
November 24, 2000 (election talk)July 14, 2000 (politics)
January 19, 2001 (consumer complaints)January 11, 1999(consumer issues)
February 9, 2001 (financial crisis)January 26, 2001 (using the Internet)December 15, 2000 (business success)August 25, 2000 (the stock page)December 24, 1999 (weather reports)February 1, 1999 (educational reform)
February 16, 2001February 18, 2000September 20, 1999September 21, 1998February 16, 1998February 23, 1998
These are the other lessons in post tips series of lessons:
a series ofclassic lessons which can be adapted by using recent stories and pictures from the newspaper;
lessons introducing thepeople who write the news;