World Suicide Prevention Day - September 10

While it can be a sensitive topic, World Suicide Prevention Day is still worth addressing with your ESL students. Here are some links to online material that you can use to help introduce and highlight key vocabulary and other discussion topics related to suicide awareness and prevention. Students will likely want to share their opinions and discuss any experiences they have had with this major public health issue.....

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RECOMMENDED LINKS FOR ESL STUDENTS ON THE TOPIC OF SUICIDE:

World Health Organization: A collection of materials and videos about suicide
IASP: Printable readings, fact sheets, and videos on Suicide Prevention Day 2014
ESL Holiday Lessons: Complete lesson plan on Suicide Prevention Day
ESL Discussions: Discussion questions about the topic of suicide
Listen A Minute: Reading and comprehension lesson on suicide
ISL Collective: An imaginative reading activity on a murder suicide
Breaking News English: Celebrity Deaths Increase in South Korea
Many Things: Read and listen to sentences with the word suicide
ESL Fast: A reading with follow up activities about a suicide
ESL Library: A lesson plan in honour of Robin Williams - paid membership