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Grammar/Vocabulary Revision: Text-Stripping

By Simon Thomas • Oct 1st, 2008 • Category: Using Coursebooks Creatively

 Note: this idea comes from Humanising Your Coursebook, by Mario Rinvolucri. It is used here with permission.
Preparation:
Make copies of a reading passage from the last unit covered in your coursebook. I find it useful to enlarge the copies to about 110%.
 
Instructions:
Text-Stripping

Give each student a copy of the reading passage.
Ask them to delete all the adjectives;
Ask [...]