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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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Orientation to the E-Readers Resource
Key BNL2709 words Glossary
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As you work through the eReader, feel free to participate in any of the discussions below. These discussions will provide you with further practise and help you develop your English as well as giving you the opportunity to get in touch with other learners working in this eReader.
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The Asian Elephant

Research before you read
Word cloud about Asian elephants file
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Find the pieces to the puzzle file
Fill in the gaps of this C-test file
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TRADITION

FAMILY WORDS: traditional, traditionalist, traditionally, traditions

Learning the Word

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

Reviewing the Word

Now complete the following cloze activity related to TRADITION.

Practising the Word

Watch this classic performance of 'Tradition' from the musical 'Fiddler on the Roof'.

Then make an entry in your BLOG describing an important tradition of some kind in your country.

Don't forget, there's more practice with TRADITION in the Great Animals Vocabulary WIKI.

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