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By Kenneth Beare, About.com Guide to ESL since 1997

Are you ready for the Summer Olympic Games?

Tuesday August 5, 2008
I am! Here is a reading comprehension with keyword section and follow-up quiz to get you up to speed on some of the most common vocabulary you'll be faced with while watching the Beijing Summer Olympic Games these next few weeks.

Comments

August 5, 2008 at 1:12 pm
(1) Alice Wujciak says:

Thanks. This is very timely and will certainly help the students enjoy watching the Olympics in English, with understanding.

August 5, 2008 at 2:52 pm
(2) Carolina Webb says:

I appreciate the tools you offer to help people learn or improve their english as a second language.I liked your article on the Summer Olympic Games, and I’m looking forward to watch them!..

August 6, 2008 at 1:47 pm
(3) Stephen says:

I was looking for Olympics material and was happy to see yours, thanks!
Please take a look at http://www.lessonwriter.com/Demo.aspx and see how teachers can take any article and turn it into a complete lesson plan with teaching materials in minutes.
Thanks
Stephen

August 12, 2008 at 10:54 am
(4) Cristina Fonseca says:

Excellent idea! As a busy ESL teacher I am always looking for materials to help my students and I found yours to be great to talk about the Olimpic Games in class both as a warm up activity and vocabulary improvement. Congratulations!! …and thanks!!

August 12, 2008 at 12:56 pm
(5) abdulla says:

Thanks,my name is Abudlla. this web site is excellet and i need friends

August 13, 2008 at 1:35 am
(6) Meme says:

I’m very exited when i got this website.it helps me to inpruvev my vocabulary and speech.
But still i can’t avoid my spelling error.if you have anything which will be a solution for my problem, please….

best Regards
Meme

August 13, 2008 at 8:59 pm
(7) esl says:

Hi,

This article should help with spelling:

Spelling

August 22, 2008 at 11:59 am
(8) Nohemi says:

I enjoy watching the olimpic games and I’m really happy because i found this web site.

By the way, thank you Sthepen for your recomendation.

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