Spotlight – September 2019

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CONTENTS 9/2019 Spotlight 5

Improve your English

It’s hip, creative and alive: New York

City awaits! Our correspondent

takes you on a tour to see a famous

rap group at Union Square, to take

part in a popular drawing class and to

enjoy a serious scrub at an eccentric

bathhouse.

Authentic

New York

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ContentsTITLELANGUAGE WORKBASED ONTIMELEVELCome what may...

A2 B1-B2 C1-C2 SHORT WARM-UPACTIVITY^

COPY FILE INTERVIEW REVIEWS SERVICE *Photocopiable material for the exercise “Come what may”Silke Wübbena-SchieglMouse and Me! (2), English Plus6th ICLHE Conference (level 5; 2nd edition)

Dear ColleaguesYou will find some very interesting ideas here for your lessons: a noughts and crosses warmer (p. 1), a “striptease” text (p. 2), some role playing (copy

file), “drawing” words (p. 3) and more. In “Talking teaching”, we introduce Silke Wübbena-Schiegl, a teacher who is passionate about her work. Silke has qualifications in intercultural communica-

tion and integration courses (BAMF certificate). Find out more on page 5.Cheryl Khan–Stock

teachers@spotlight–verlag.de

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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Tel. +49(0)89/95467707; Fax +49(0)89/95467708 http://www.spotlight-online.deDruck:MedienSchiff Bruno,
22113 Hamburg CCPAP-Nr. 0220 U 92620 © 2019 Spotlight Verlag, auch für alle genannten Autoren, (^)
Fotografen und Mitarbeiter.
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EINFACH BESSER ENGLISCH
Noughts and crosses • Draw two noughts and crosses grids on the board. Write in these topics from the maga-
zine: erssyndrome (p. 7)landfills (p. 10), airportsHarry Potter, butterfliesplastic (p. 12)slavery (p. 8), , , Paul McCartney (p. 9) (p. 6), , , asylum seekempty-nest post-Brexit -,
(p. 13)pocket money (p. 59)stroke (p. 16)Western riding (p. 37), climate change, vegan (p. 24), Lady Gaga (p. 76), , dengue feverAmsterdam (p. 40), rap music (p. 30)heat-, ., ,

• Divide the class into two teams (Xs and Os). The teams take it in turn to choose a square. If they can talk about the topic there for one minute, they win the square and can place
  Preparation: practiceLanguage work: NoneFluency •^ The winning team is the one that scores 3 Xs or Os in a row (diagonally, vertically or horitheir mark — a nought or a cross.zontally). -
  Materials: Time: 15 minutesVarious articles

Noughts and crossesI’m all earsFluency practiceBody idiomsVarious articlesSpoken English 15 E M A

Cast-offsText reconstruction, speaking, reading(p. 60)(p. 10)I Ask Myself 15 45–60MM

Iron manCome what Reading, listening, speakingAround Oz (p. 63) 45 A

may*exchangeHeadline Reading, discussioningReading, role play-(pp. 6–9)In the Spotlight (pp. 14–19)Environment^ 45, hw45–60ME^ A M A

Picture it!Vocabulary-buildingVarious articles 15 M A

EINFACH BESSER ENGLISCH9 / 2019

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(^9) TRAVEL New York City • INTERVIEW The grammar queen • ENVIRONMENT Is Tuvalu sinking?A Scot discovers —Are the islands of Tuvalu sinking? the queen of (^19) CultureChangeGermanyMEETClimate English grammarNewYork
document4544908899881135104.indd 1mit Musik, Kunst und WohlfühlfaktorInsider-Tour 24.06.19 13:
IN THE CLASSROOM
EASY MEDIUM ADVANCED
EINFACH BESSER ENGLISCH AUDIO
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LanguageThe queen of English grammarGrammar Tales“The three billy goats Gruff” English at WorkHow to say “no” effectively
NEW YORKTHE INSIDER TOUR
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Where to,
Tuvalu?
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The Pacific Ocean may soon swallow up some
of this archipelago’s islands. People there worry
about the future of their remote home, midway
between Hawaii and Australia.