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Welcome to the Great Animals eReader!

Giant Panda This E-Reader introduces you to some of the most extraordinary animals on our planet. Unfortunately, like the Giant Panda, all of them are in danger. Let's learn more about these animals and what we can do to protect them.

Before we start though, take some time to introduce yourself to some of the other members of the Great Animals E-Reader community.

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The Cheetah

Acinonyx_jubatus

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The Dugong

Dugong

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The Asian Elephant

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The Tiger

Bengal Tiger (P. tigris tigris)

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The Orangutan

Orangutan

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Writing Projects

In this section you are given a selection of writing assignments about animals at different levels. Try them out and check them with your teacher, your friends, or if you wish, submit them to us for evaluation. Alternatively, simply share your work with the rest of us through your BLOG. The choices are all yours.

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Speaking Projects

In this section, you are invited to practise speaking about animals. In order to make the best use of this practice, do not read out written answers. Research, practise and rehearse if you like, but when you record, just make a natural attempt to communicate your ideas, using notes as little as possible.

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And Finally...

This brings us to the end of the Great Animals E-Reader. Please feel free to fill in the end of course questionnaire, and join in the last discussion. Looking forward to seeing you again in the next E-Reader!

Meanwhile, all the texts you have read in this eReader were taken from WIKIPEDIA and simplified and adapted for you to read and work from. So, why not finish off by going to WIKIPEDIA and reading the original texts about our five animals and seeing how much you now understand? 

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Promoting the learning, teaching and research of vocabulary

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Cambridge Dictionaries Online
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SPECIES

FAMILY WORDS:

Learning the Word

  1. First, read the entry for SPECIES in the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Do this very carefully, and try and understand as much as you can from the entry.
  2. Look at the way SPECIES is used in sentences by clicking SPECIES,
  3. (Advanced) Find words with similar meanings to SPECIES by using the thesaurus.

Reviewing the Word

Now complete the following crossword activity related to SPECIES.

Practising the Word

Watch this video showing some of the world's endangered species. Then make an entry in your BLOG, making some suggestions about how we can help protect these endangered species.

Don't forget, there's more help with SPECIES at the Great Animals Vocabulary WIKI.


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