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Contents
Issue 2, 2019 16 Sprachseiten 40
6 In the Spotlight E M A
News and views from
47 English Explained M US
Chad Smith on tenses and
Grammar
around the world a famous marketing slogan
made
12 Peggy’s Place M
Visit Spotlight’s very own
48 Vocabulary M +
St Valentine, love and romance
simple
London pub
50 The Grammar Page M + M
13 Britain Today E Using “if”, “when” and “in case” English grammar is easier than you
Colin Beaven on animal magic may think. Here, you can test your
51 Language Cards E M A knowledge of essential structures
20 Arts M Pull out and practise and rules. Our grammar tips will
Films and a podcast help you feel more confident of your
53 Lost in Translation A language skills.
21 I Ask Myself A US A fun look at interesting
Amy Argetsinger on a pipe words
bomber in the US
54 Everyday English M +
22 Grammar Tales M Mental health
A fairy tale for learners
56 The Basics E
25 Press Gallery A Easy English
Comment from the
English-speaking world 58 Words that Go Together E +
Play and learn:
26 American Life M US + the collocation game
Ginger Kuenzel on a great
president 60 Spoken English M +
Talking about things
36 The US in Germany A US that don’t work
Pan Am flair from the 1960s at a
lounge in Berlin 61 English at Work M +
Ken Taylor answers
63 Around Oz A your questions
Peter Flynn on Australian politics
Fotos: REUTERS/Thomas Peters; Unsplash/Gerson Repreza; Illustration: Irmun/Shutterstock.com
62 Crossword E M A
64 A Day in My Life M + Find the words
An electrician and family man and win a prize
from Australia
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66 Artisans M
Meet cordwainer Jess Wootten A culture
70 Short Story M
“The nature of man”
in crisis
A
72 The Lighter Side E
Jokes and cartoons A minority living in Australia
exists under the constant threat
74 Feedback & Next Month E M A of persecution from China.
Your letters to Spotlight Kate Lyons reports on the plight
and upcoming topics of the Uighurs.
76 My Life in English M
Author Hera Lind
4 Spotlight 2/2019 CONTENTS
Improve your English
EINFACH BESSER ENGLISCH PLUS
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travel stories and try
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Los Angeles Grammar Tales English at Work
Discover the City A new version of How to talk about
the exercises on the
of Angels on foot Sleeping Beauty the future
LET’S TALK
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GRAMMAR monthly 60-minute
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INTERVIEWS ON THE
GOOD, BAD AND UGLY
OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR
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EINFACH BESSER ENGLISCH
IN THE CLASSROOM
EINFACH BESSER ENGLISCH
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No way home
A community
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in Australia
Teachers: this six-page
Contents
TITLE LANGUAGE WORK BASED ON TIME LEVEL Love is in the air
Dear Colleagues
Grammar Grammar betting Language Test 30, hw M
made fun game, reading (pp. 40–46) Writing this newsletter is nothing but a “labour of
love” for me. In this vein, we invite you to get your
A “sparky” Speculating, writing, A Day in My Life 15, hw M
students in the mood for love with the right words
supplement will
scanning (pp. 64–65)
(p. 2). We also include a grammar betting game
All lovey-dovey Love vocabulary, Vocabulary 45 MA (p. 1), a word game (p. 3) and more. In “Talking
reconstructing a (pp. 48–50) teaching”, we introduce Susan Field from Hertford-
dialogue shire, England. Susan has been teaching for about
50 years now, loves languages and is a member of
Helping hands Listening, speaking, Peggy’s Place 60 M
the Institute of Linguists in London.
acting out a dialogue (p. 12)
Hope for Word game, In the Spotlight 60
provide great ideas for
EM Cheryl Khan–Stock
Nigeria* “grammaring” (p. 9) teachers@spotlight–verlag.de
a text, speaking
Quote me on Fluency practice Various articles 15 A
that*
Herausgeber: Jan Henrik Groß Verlag und Redaktion:
Silent writing Writing, reading, In the Spotlight 15 M Chefredakteurin: Spotlight Verlag GmbH
Inez Sharp Kistlerhofstr. 172,
speaking (p. 8) Stellvertretende 81379 München
classroom activities
Chefredakteurin: Deutschland
Claudine Weber-Hof Tel. +49(0)89/95467707;
COPY FILE *Photocopiable material for the exercises “Hope for Nigeria” Chefin vom Dienst: Fax +49(0)89/95467708
Petra Daniell www.spotlight-online.de
and “Quote me on that”
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INTERVIEW Susan Field Julia Howard, Cheryl Khan- Druck GmbH,
REVIEWS Idioms and Phrasal Verbs, Telling Tales in English Stock, Michele Tilgner 93057 Regensburg
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Georg Lechner CCPAP-Nr. 0220 U 92620
based on the magazine.
Gesamt-Anzeigenleitung: © 2019 Spotlight Verlag, auch
SHORT WARM-UP Matthias Weidling für alle genannten Autoren,
A2 B1-B2 C1-C2 ACTIVITY (DIE ZEIT, V.i.s.d.P.) Fotografen und Mitarbeiter.
MEDIUM Grammar made fun
Language work: Grammar • Have students write the numbers 1 to 12 on • Go over the rules (see page 4 of this supple-
Free for all teachers who
betting game, reading the left-hand side of a blank sheet of paper. ment).
Preparation: None Then have them draw two columns with • Start the betting game, allowing groups to
Materials: “Grammar made the headings BET and RUNNING TOTAL write down how much they would like to bet
simple” (pages 40–46), small (€1,200). for each sentence.
Fast-forward
prize (packet of sweets) • Ask students to turn to page 41 in their mag- • Do a feedback slot (refer to the grammar
Time: 30 minutes, hw azines. rules on pages 42–46 if necessary).
• In small groups, students read through the • Ask students to read and study pages 42–46
subscribe to Spotlight.
sentences and then decide which are correct at home.
and circle them, i.e. either A or B. Allow 10 • The winning group gets a small prize.
minutes for this. • The game can be played again for review.
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Los Angeles is making a huge www.facebook.com/spotlightmagazine
leap forward by developing ways
of getting around without a car. ABOUT THE LANGUAGE LEVELS
Correspondent Talitha Linehan takes The levels of difficulty in Spotlight magazine
you on a tour of this West Coast city correspond roughly to The Common European
by e-bike, scooter, Metro and more. Framework of Reference for Languages:
EASY MEDIUM ADVANCED
A2 B1–B2 C1–C2
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