Week 1: Reading - Bilingualism Boosts Brainpower

The text for this week's reading activity is a transcript of a news report on an interesting research finding entitled "Bilingualism Boosts Brainpower".

As a follow-up to the listening and speaking activities last lesson/period, complete the exercises in the printed handout given to you.
1. True/False Statements
2. Synonym Match
3. Phrase Match
4. Cloze passage - Multiple Choice Questions (Time limit:  15mins)
For more practice on the new vocabulary learnt from this text, try the quizzes displayed on the top section of the website
 http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1205/120504-brain_power.html

Week 1: L&S - Bilingualism

This week's listening and speaking activity is based on the news report "Bilingualism Boosts Brain Power". 

To review the activities that we have done in class, click on this link:

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1205/120504-brain_power.html

Each student should post also one comment based on the pair chats and class discussions.  To carry out a forum discussion, sign up at

http://www.edmodo.com

to join the English group.   The group code is  wbe5r8.