Do you know the New Internationalist Easier English wiki? https:// eewiki. newint. org / index. php / Main _ Page
Created by Linda Ruas, Joint Coordinator of the IATEFL Global Issues SIG
It has many simplified articles for learners to read( and Ready Lessons for teachers to use). One way of using it is for learners to choose an Easier English article to read, then click on the link to the original article at the end and read that. As if by magic, their English will improve by simple exposure to more difficult English that they will now understand. Try it with this interview.
Read this interview with Jane Goodall to find out what she hopes for:
One of my earliest memories is watching a hen laying an egg. I went into an empty hen house and waited for four hours – at age four! This shows how amazing my mother was. No-one knew where I was, but when everyone else was worried and looking for me, she was happy that I was excited. She didn’ t say‘ Why did you go off without telling us! You mustn’ t do that again!’ – that would have killed my excitement. She saw my shining eyes and sat down for me to tell her how a hen lays an egg …
All my childhood I was watching animals.
“ The strong human spirit is a great reason for hope.”
The Jane Goodall Institute.
I try not to interact with them. The goal is to watch them, to observe them, to be a part of the environment, not a part of their society. Of course, the young ones came to touch us. David Greybeard [ Goodall gave names to the chimpanzees she observed, not numbers like normal scientific practice ] did once when I held out fruit to him. He didn’ t want it. But finally, he took it; then he dropped it, and then he very gently held my hand. Then, in 1963, a chimpanzee, who had been so afraid of me, trusted me so much- that was amazing.
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