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CONTENTS 1/2020 Spotlight 5

Improve your English

DAS ÜBUNGSHEFT ZUM SPRACHMAGAZIN

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Land und leute

New

New York

(^) Moving houseEnglisch für den Alltag GrammatikTalking about the future WortschatzClocks, watches and time
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1/2020 Spotlight 1
ContentsTITLE LANGUAGE WORKBASED ONTIMELEVELGetting ready for 2020
A2 B1-B2 C1-C2 SHORT WARM-UPACTIVITY^
COPY FILE REVIEWS INTERVIEW * Photocopiable material for the exercise “Famous people”CompactCarlos García AlbarracínSupporting Learners with Dyslexia in the ELT Classroom (A2 — 2nd edition) ,
SERVICE 27th International IATEFL Slovenia Conference
Dear ColleaguesWe usher in 2020 with Carlos García Albarracín, who has been teaching in both primary and secondary schools for 28 years now. Go to page 5 to -
find out more about this dedicated teacher. Then get your classes in motion with some poetry writing (p. 1), a running dictation with a “twist”, a gap-filling listening exercise (p. 2) and activities
involving creating a TV commercial and “chunking” a text (p. 3). And we hope you have fun with the photocopiable board game on page 4!-
Cheryl [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.)
Verlag und Redaktion: Spotlight Verlag GmbHKistlerhofstr. 172 81379 MünchenDeutschland
Tel. +49(0)89/95467707Fax +49(0)89/95467708 http://www.spotlight-online.deDruck:MedienSchiff Bruno
22113 Hamburg CCPAP-Nr. 0220 U 92620 © 2020 Spotlight Verlag, auch für alle genannten Autoren, (^)
Fotografen und Mitarbeiter.
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EINFACH BESSER ENGLISCH
Budding poets• Tell your class that acrostic poems are one of the easiest ways to create poetry.

• They don’t have to worry about rhythm or rhyming.Model the activity with this example: Write SANTA vertically on the board. As a class,
  brainstorm words and phrases that represent Santa. For example: reindeerstormed words on the lines that begin with , trees, lights. Now, place the brainsleigh pulled by --

the same letters, and fill in the rest of the of waiting / lines to create a poem. E.g. reindeer / Arees and lights / Tnd loaded with toys / Sleigh pulled by Angels.Night full

• • Working in pairs, get students to write an acrostic poem for either BOXING DAYListen to the poems.. Allow five minutes.CHRISTMAS or


• The article on page 20 in the magazine can be read at home.

Language work: acrostic poemPreparation: Materials: Britain Today NoneWriting an

(page 20)Time: 15 minutes, hw

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1 / 2020CH sfr 13,90A·E ·I ·L ·SK: € 9,60 1 — (^20) SOCIETY Action groups • LANGUAGE Idioms with names • TRAVEL New York Deutschland € 8,50THE NEWEINFACH BESSER ENGLISCHDie ZeitYORKVokabeltrainer:NEWGRATISCalifornia’s NEW FOODhot vegan burgers CRIME STORYMs Winslow,British detective around the globeSOCIETY Action groups
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IN THE CLASSROOM
Budding poetsFour cornerspoemWriting an acrostic Fluency practiceVarious articles15Britain Today (p. 20) 15, hwMME A (^) A
Active learningLooking backFilling gaps, listening, speakingScanning a text, Just Judi (p. 47) 45–60M
Famous people* Speaking, board game, speakingreading Around Oz (p. 46)Various articles45^60 AE
Setting an Burger example phrasing a text, reading“Chunking” and para-Press Gallery (p. 22) 45 A
revolutionCreating a TV commer-cial, discussingPhotos (pp. 36 & 39)^15 M^ A
EASY MEDIUM ADVANCED
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LifestyleThe rise of themeatless burger Short StoryA Ms Winslow investigation English at WorkTricky questionsat presentations
THE NEW NEW YORK
A CITY TRANSFORMED
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New
New York
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A whole new NYC is taking shape before our
eyes: There’s the huge new Hudson Yards
neighborhood, ultra-slim skyscrapers going
up along Central Park and changing the
skyline, and the recently reopened Museum
of Modern Art. Join us to explore.
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Crime story:
Ms Winslow
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Join Spotlight’s very own detective,
Ms Dorothy Winslow, for an
exciting, three-part mystery filled
with international intrigue. Each
chapter includes two exercises, to
test your understanding of the text
as well as your vocabulary.