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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
Meeting point and Discussions

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.
News forum
Introducing Yourself Forum
Remarkable Animals Discussion Forum
Animals in our countries Discussion Forum
Saving our Wildlife Discussion Forum
What can we do to protect our animals Discussion Forum

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The Orangutan

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Skip Discovery News - Animal News

Mad Cow Disease Causes Cattle Eyes to Glow

Cattle infected with mad cow disease give off a tell-tale glow in their eyes, according to new research.
Human Body Parts Found in Tiger Shark's Stomach

The legs, arms and severed torso of a person were all found inside the stomach of a tiger shark caught by sport fishermen.
Millions of Migrating Birds Heading to Oil

Birds from Canada are ready to head south, and are in for a deadly shock when they reach still fouled Gulf Coast.
Even Bugs Have Personality

Individual bugs behave consistently and in their own unique ways over time and across different contexts, research finds.
Tiger Shark Feeding Frenzy Captured on Video

More than 100 tiger sharks were filmed preying on a massive school of fish off the east coast of Noosa, Australia.

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TEACH

FAMILY WORDS: taught, teacher, teachers, teaches, teaching, teachings

Learning the Word

First, read the entry for TEACH 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 TEACH is used in sentences by clicking TEACH, taught, teacher, teachers, teaches, teaching, teachings,
(Advanced) Find words with similar meanings to TEACH by using the thesaurus.

Reviewing the Word

Now complete the following cloze activity related to TEACH.

Practising the Word

Watch this video of Crosby, Stills and Nash performing 'Teach Your Children Well'. Then take a look at the lyrics of the song.

In your BLOG, write an entry describing the best teacher you can remember.

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

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