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2012: Charles Dickens On these pages we are celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens, one of the great writers of the English language. Below you can watch a recording of our Dickens event held in London, in February. You can also follow our blog and try free lesson plans! |
Dickens event online
Bent and broken into a better shape: the magical storytelling of Charles Dickens
With Jeremy Harmer and Steve Bingham
This is a recording of the event held in London on 9 February 2012. You can download a report of the event, by Scott Sherriff, here.
Lesson plans
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Little Dorrit: Circumlocution OfficeHas dealing with bureaucracy ever been a simple process? In this lesson students read Dickens' humorous account of officialdom then they prepare and perform mini-plays on the same topic.
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Little DorritThis lesson for high intermediate level students and above illustrates the relevance of Dickens in today's economic climate. It involves vocabulary input followed by reading for gist and reading for detail. Students then do an information gap speaking activity.
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A Christmas CarolIn this lesson students read an extract from 'A Christmas Carol' and examine the characters in the text. They then discuss the theme of festivals as preparation for a writing task on the same topic.
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David Copperfield and Miss BetseyThis lesson is for high intermediate level students and above. It involves reading an extract from Dickens' work for gist and then reading for detail. Students then focus on how adverbs are used in the text.
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Great Expectations: Pip and MagwitchIn this lesson students focus on reading and understanding dialogue in an extract from Great Expectations. |
Heroes and Villains
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ScroogeEbenezer Scrooge is the main character in A Christmas Carol, and perhaps Dickens' most famous creation. |
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Dickens and LondonThe latest in our Heroes and Villains series explores the relationship between the writer and the city he lived in. |
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Miss HavishamMiss Havisham was one of the main characters in Great Expectations, and is the first in our series of Heroes and Villains. Watch our video about Miss Havisham - and watch out for activities for you to use with it, coming soon! |
About Heroes and Villains
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Iconic in their stature, meaningful and entertaining in the ways they capture the spirit of the human condition, the heroes and villains that populate the novels of Charles Dickens are boundless in their appeal. 'Heroes and Villains’ is a forthcoming series of short films that provide the viewer with a series of portraits of several key figures in the novels of Charles Dickens. Each film will explore character traits, major incidents in their adventures and misadventures, and will also make connections between the fictional person and the real world issues of both the world that Dickens knew and their relevance and resonance to our twenty first century lives. In addition to the character-themed 'Heroes and Villains' documentary films that you'll be able to view at this page, you will also have the opportunity to watch a series of short films that explore the backdrop to the novels and characters that Dickens created. These short 'film extras' include a look at what London meant to Dickens, the language that Dickens used and there will also be a film that introduces you to the ambitions behind the 2012 celebrations. You can already see the first of these, 'The Brilliance of Dickens', and it will introduce you to some of the key themes and ideas that Charles Dickens explored throughout his life as a writer committed to both entertaining and educating his readers. Look out for further video here over the coming months. |
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