{"id":2430,"date":"2012-04-15T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eltweekly.com\/elt-newsletter\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2012-04-15T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T04:00:08","slug":"vol-4-issue-16-bbc-teachingenglish-article-using-dickens-in-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=2430","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 4 Issue 16 \u2013 BBC TeachingEnglish Article: Using Dickens in class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><strong><strong>ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#16 | April 16, 2012 |\u00a0<strong>ISSN 0975-3036<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The TE editor says, &#8220;Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and the British Council has been helping to celebrate his 200th birthday. One way that we have done this is by making teaching materials which can help teachers introduce Dickens into their lessons.\u00a0 If you go to<a title=\"http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/dickens\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/dickens\">http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/dickens<\/a>\u00a0you will find a lot of material.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!--more-->There is a performance of readings from Dickens with music.\u00a0 This is 1 hour 27 minutes, and you could use it all, or sections.\u00a0 There is a series of short (up to 5 minutes) videos about some of the characters from Dickens\u2019 novels, the \u2018Heroes and Villains\u2019, and there are 14 lesson plans with materials to use in your classes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some English teachers teach English language only, and some teach English literature only, but many (for example in secondary schools around the world) probably have to cover both.\u00a0 Why would these groups want to bring Dickens into their classrooms?\u00a0 Well that\u2019s obvious for literature teachers<span style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>To read the full article,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingenglish.org.uk\/articles\/using-dickens-class\">please\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and the British Council has been helping to celebrate his 200th birthday. 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