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CONTENTS 13/2019 Spotlight 5

Improve your English

12

The readers’ issue:

it’s all about you!

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We l c o m e t o t h e r e a d e r s ’ i s s u e! M a n y t h a n k s t o Spotlight subscribers who
sent us texts and photos to be featured specially in these pages. We start
off our special issue on page 12 with “Ten steps to better English”, a story
that features several of our regular readers. Then turn to page 34 to enjoy
excellent travel tips from Spotlight readers, to page 71 for a fascinating book
review by a reader and to page 72 to round off the fun with jokes that our
readers have sent in.

DAS ÜBUNGSHEFT ZUM SPRACHMAGAZIN

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Land und leute
Viking
Ireland
WortschatzAttending a funeral
RedewendungenExpressions with the word
“by”
Englisch für den AlltagEarly retirement
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ContentsTITLE LANGUAGE WORKBASED ONTIMELEVELTalk, talk and more talk
A2 B1B2- C1C2- ACTIVITYSHORT WARM-UP^
COPY FILEINTERVIEW REVIEWSSERVICE (^) Olga Alexandrova-PiriouAt Your Leisure* Photocopiable material for the exercise “The right decision”www.isabelperez.com (B1), English 365 for Work and Life (B2)
Dear ColleaguesIn this thirteenth issue, there is a strong focus on speaking (e.g. about cruises, retirement, funerals, The Beatles, art museums, upcycling). Even our
copy file boasts a board game that will ramp up fluency skills. In “Talking teaching”, we are proud to introduce Olga Alexandrova-Piriou, who has been teaching since 1995. Having worked at a
language school with schoolchildren, Olga now teaches adults. Go to page 5 to learn more.Cheryl Khan-Stock
[email protected]
Herausgeber:Chefredakteurin: Inez Sharp (V.i.S.d.P.)Stellvertretende Chefredakteurin: Jan Henrik Groß
Claudine Weber-HofAutorin: Cheryl Khan-StockRedaktion: Petra Daniell, Julia Howard
(frei), Michele Tilgner (frei)Gestaltung:Nerina Wilter (frei)Leitung Werbevermarktung:Áki Hardarson (^)
(DIE ZEIT, V.i.S.d.P.)
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Fo t o g r a f e n u n d Mi t a r b e i t e r.
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EINFACH BESSER ENGLISCH
Let’s get talking• Leaf through the magazine for 12 discussion topics. Suggestions: cruises, cocktails -
(p. 10), Kennedy(p. 24), cycling (p. 51), famous paintings Ireland The Beatles, (p. 35), retirement , funerals The Rolling Stones (p. 54).(p. 23), (p. 49), John F. up-

• • Write the topics on the board and number them 1–12.Organize the class into groups of two or three and hand out the dice.
  
  
  • Each group rolls their dice in turn to determine the topic to be discussed. If the same number appears, they roll again. They should talk about each topic for one minute.-
  
  
  • Bring the class together. Did any interesting points emerge in the discussions? Which topics were the most challenging to talk about and why?
  
  
  • Vote on the most appealing topic. Assign the corresponding article as homework.
  
  
  
  

Language work: practicePreparation: Materials: Various articles, dice NoneFluency

(two per group)Time: 15 minutes, hw

IN THE CLASSROOMDeutschland (^13) 9,60 19 —CH sfr 13,90 8,50€€A·E ·I ·L · SK: ReadTe (^) Your travel and learning experienceshof moansThe language of complainingGratis VokabeltrainerTe i l 3 : F r e i z e i t EINFACH BESSER ENGLISCHGame resI ’useTHE VIKINGS INIRELANDof Ireland’s Norse historysDiscover the drama
Quote me on thattalkingLet’s get Discussing quota-tionsFluency practiceVarious articlesVarious articles15, hw 15 EM^ E MA^ A
Hurr y up!New profilesdiscussingreasons“Weeding” a text, Speaking, giving (p. 23)Press Gallery Various photos 15 45–60AE M A
The right decision*Kick the Recreating and practising dialogues, board gameEveryday English (pp. 54–55) 45 M
Political passesbucketListening, retelling a story, speakingFuneral vocabular y, writing, speakingVocabulary (pp. 48–49)(pp. 70–71)Short Story 60, hw 45 MMA^ A
EASY MEDIUM ADVANCED
EINFACH BESSER ENGLISCH AUDIO
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RoundtableSpotlighttravel tips’s top Around OzWhat Australia was like in 1969English at WorkEmphasis and stress in speech
VIKING
IRELANDTHE DRAMA OF
IRELAND’S NORSE PAST