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1. Chapter 8: Raggedy Ann and the New Dolls

   In: Raggedy Ann Stories Format(s): Text

   Chapter 8 of the Raggedy Ann Stories.

2. Chapter 9: Raggedy Ann and the Cats

   In: Raggedy Ann Stories Format(s): Text

   Chapter 9 of the Raggedy Ann Stories.

3. Chapter 11: Raggedy Ann and the Chickens

   In: Raggedy Ann Stories Format(s): Text

   Chapter 11 of the Raggedy Ann Stories.

4. Chapter 12: Raggedy Ann and the Mouse

   In: Raggedy Ann Stories Format(s): Text

   Chapter 12 of the Raggedy Ann Stories.

5. Chapter 13: Raggedy Ann’s New Sisters

   In: Raggedy Ann Stories Format(s): Text

   Chapter 13 of the Raggedy Ann Stories.

6. VOA Podcast: People in America: Crazy Horse

   In: VOA Podcasts: Shows in Special English Format(s): MP3

   From Voice of America Podcasts in Special English. Learn about Crazy Horse, a legendary Native American in America. Download the MP3 or listen online.

7. The Rules of the Queue

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This lesson in Teaching Pragmatics aims to help students learn to make requests, extend invitations, and offer congratulations (or other speech acts) and to learn how to open and close telephone conversations when leaving a message.

8. American English Podcast Channels

   Format(s): Video, Website

   Provides instructions and links to connect to Voice of America Podcasts and Videocasts.

9. Lesson Plan: Exploring Michigan

   In: English Teaching Forum 2009, Volume 47, Number 4 Format(s): Text

   The lesson plan “Exploring Michigan” provides information on things to see and do in Michigan. It has three parts: a warm-up, the main activities that cover the four skills, and follow-up activities to further practice the content of main activities. The lesson aims to practice expressions of preference and persuasion. At the same time, the learners plan things to do on a trip to Michigan while creating and presenting an itinerary for a trip to Michigan, and then for a visit to their own country.

10. Polite Ways of Correcting or Contradicting our Conversation's Partner's Assumptions

    In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

    This lesson aims to raise learners' pragmatic awareness towards an important conversational function and to help them to be aware of the negative impression brought about by the non-use of actually (or other softeners of contradiction or correction) and for students to learn to produce corrections or contradictions prefaced by actually.

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