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ESL English Lesson: Ukraine - What next?
David Robinson
Today, let’s talk about the Ukrainian crisis. To briefly recap events: In November 2013, President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych rejected an EU pending association agreement, choosing instead to pursue a Russian loan bailout and have closer ties with Russia. This led to many protests in Kiev in Independence Square. These protests became known as ‘Euromaidan’ by the young pro-European Union Ukrainians. In January 2014, there were deadly clashes in Independence Square and across other parts of Ukraine. One month later Ukraine appeared to be on the brink of civil war.
Students should look through the article with the teacher: 1) What is the article about? 2) What do you think about the article? 3) Was this an easy or difficult article to understand? 4) Was this a boring or interesting article? interesting article? 5) Discuss the article. Etc.