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Welcome to our December Newsletter and the final edition of the year! We’re ending with a bang, launching a complete Terracotta Army lesson series that includes a reading test, summary writing task, listening test, speaking test, and seminar discussion, allowing students to explore and analyse this iconic topic in depth.
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These lessons combine carefully graded, academic skills-focused tasks covering comprehension, key vocabulary, and critical thinking, making them ideal for EAP, foundation, and pre-sessional courses. Perfect for English for Art, History, and Cultural Studies, the series includes full teacher support and answer keys, helping students develop both subject knowledge and essential academic skills with confidence.
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FREE WORKSHEET: The Terracotta Army Speaking Test (link only valid for 2 weeks)
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Merry Christmas everyone!
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Thank you for your support throughout 2025.
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The AEUK Team
Newsletter #175
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The Terracotta Army
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The Terracotta Army is a vast funerary complex built for China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BCE), after his unification of China in 221 BCE. Buried beside his mausoleum and discovered by accident in 1974 by farmers digging a well, the army symbolises imperial power and protection in the afterlife. Comprising over 7,000 individually crafted warriors made using advanced production techniques, the site demonstrates the Qin state’s technological and administrative capacity, while conservation remains a major challenge due to damage caused by excavation.
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Downloads
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The Terracotta Army Lesson PDF Book
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Video Lecture
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A short 11:25 minute PPT lecture on ‘The conservation of the Terracotta Army’.
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If you can’t access YouTube in your country, go here
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Listening Test: The Conservation of the Terracotta Army
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This listening test examines the scientific, ethical, and practical challenges of conserving the Terracotta Army. Question types include gap-fills, definition writing, true/false questions, open-ended responses, and multiple-choice. It also includes teacher’s notes, pre-listening vocabulary task, note-taking pages, answer key and full transcript with highlighted answers.. EXAMPLE Level *****[B1/B2/C1] VIDEO [11.25] / MP3 / PPT in DOWNLOAD / TEACHER MEMBERSHIP / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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Reading Test: The Terracotta Army
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This reading test explores the discovery, construction, purpose, and conservation of the Terracotta Army, one of the most extraordinary archaeological finds of the twentieth century. The reading test includes: matching headings to paragraphs; true / false; reference words; citations; and a vocabulary task. EXAMPLE Level ***** [B1/B2/C1] TEACHER MEMBERSHIP /INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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Writing Summary: The Terracotta Army
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This summary writing explores the discovery, construction, purpose, and conservation of the Terracotta Army, one of the most extraordinary archaeological finds of the twentieth century The summary task includes: note-taking worksheet with key, summary writing exercise with one sample summary, and a critical thinking worksheet with suggested answer. EXAMPLE. Level ***** [B1/B2/C1] TEACHER MEMBERSHIP / INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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FREE LESSON
The Terracotta Army Speaking Test
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This academic speaking test is similar to the Cambridge B2 First (FCE) speaking exam. It provides valuable speaking practice around the topic of the Terracotta Army. The test is divided into four parts; general topics, photograph comparison, a task and opinion based questions. Level ** [B1/B2/C1]
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