Banville Sean. 1000 Ideas and Activities for Language Teachers

Http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com, 2005. — 243 p.This useful resource has hundreds of ideas, activity templates, reproducible activities … for:
News.
Warm ups.
Pre-reading / Post-reading.
Using headlines.
Working with words.
While-reading / While-listening.
Moving from text to speech.
Post-reading / Post-listening.
Discussions.
Using opinions.
Plans.
Language.
Using lists.
Using quotes.
Task-based activities.
Role plays.
Using the central characters in the article.
Using themes from the news.
Homework.
Encourage your students’ news reading / viewing /
listening habits, whether it be in their L1 or in English. Keeping up with
current events on a regular basis will provide the background knowledge for
topics studied in the current affairs classroom. This should also make the
transition into English mo