The unexplained

This week’s lesson looks at unexplained phenomena such as ghosts, UFOs and psychic powers.

Level

Pre-intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level A2-B1 and above)

Student's Worksheet PDF (76K) DOC (135K)
Teacher's Notes PDF (76K) DOC (18K)

Glossary based on the Macmillan English Dictionary and the Macmillan Essential Dictionary PDF (77K) DOC (28K)

Related Websites

Send your students to these websites, or just take a look yourself.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4710000/newsid_4718100/4718143.stm

A BBC Newsround forum with an invitation to ‘Tell us your spooky stories!’ Aimed primarily at children and younger teenagers. Accessible to pre-intermediate level.

http://www.theunexplained.org/

A website entitled The Unexplained, including material on ghosts, UFOs (with video footage!), monsters, etc. Challenging for pre-intermediate level.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5017910.stm

A BBC article (2006) on a survey which suggests that more than half of Britons believe in psychic powers such as mind-reading and premonitions. Intermediate level and above. .