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      Some say it's the fifth skill - find out why in our articles below.

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      Sitcoms as a tool for ELT

      English teachers have been using videos in the classroom for decades and, more recently DVDs and online video clips from Youtube or Myspace. Sitcoms are an excellent classroom resource for a number of reasons.

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      Storytelling to celebrate cultural diversity

      Many of us work with groups of students from more than one cultural background while others teach largely monocultural groups of students. In both cases, there is opportunity to celebrate diversity through the telling of traditional tales, whatever the age group and profile of our students.

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      Teen angst

      Partly because I was always being asked whether my books Junk and Doing it were autobiographical, I started to write a memoir some years ago on my own teenage years, 14 - 19.

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      Building a lesson around a sitcom

      Like any piece of authentic material the possibilities for using a sitcom in the classroom are boundless.

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      Making culture happen in the English language classroom

      This is the second in a series of articles by our Guest Contributor Barry Tomalin.

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      Culture - the fifth language skill

      This is the first in a series of articles by our third Guest Contributor Barry Tomalin.

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      Building a lesson around a sitcom

      Like any piece of authentic material the possibilities for using a sitcom in the classroom are boundless.

      3.68041

      Culture - the fifth language skill

      This is the first in a series of articles by our third Guest Contributor Barry Tomalin.

      3.643565

      Making culture happen in the English language classroom

      This is the second in a series of articles by our Guest Contributor Barry Tomalin.

      3.77174

      Sitcoms as a tool for ELT

      English teachers have been using videos in the classroom for decades and, more recently DVDs and online video clips from Youtube or Myspace. Sitcoms are an excellent classroom resource for a number of reasons.

      4.581395

      Storytelling to celebrate cultural diversity

      Many of us work with groups of students from more than one cultural background while others teach largely monocultural groups of students. In both cases, there is opportunity to celebrate diversity through the telling of traditional tales, whatever the age group and profile of our students.

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      4.581395

      Storytelling to celebrate cultural diversity

      Many of us work with groups of students from more than one cultural background while others teach largely monocultural groups of students. In both cases, there is opportunity to celebrate diversity through the telling of traditional tales, whatever the age group and profile of our students.

      3.88

      Building a lesson around a sitcom

      Like any piece of authentic material the possibilities for using a sitcom in the classroom are boundless.

      3.77174

      Sitcoms as a tool for ELT

      English teachers have been using videos in the classroom for decades and, more recently DVDs and online video clips from Youtube or Myspace. Sitcoms are an excellent classroom resource for a number of reasons.

      3.73684

      Teen angst

      Partly because I was always being asked whether my books Junk and Doing it were autobiographical, I started to write a memoir some years ago on my own teenage years, 14 - 19.

      3.68041

      Culture - the fifth language skill

      This is the first in a series of articles by our third Guest Contributor Barry Tomalin.

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      barbara.phippen
      United Kingdom (Great Britain)

       Thank you for some very practical tips.  I like your suggestion that the tutor waits...
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      vijaya
      India

       Very good idea. I realised how many metaphors we use in everyday language without being...
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      Silvio Pilone
      Italy
      The article is really exhaustive and satisfactory as it refers to its content and explanations, but...
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