ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#16 | April 16, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036
The TE editor says, “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. If you go tohttp://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/dickens you will find a lot of material.
There is a performance of readings from Dickens with music. This is 1 hour 27 minutes, and you could use it all, or sections. There is a series of short (up to 5 minutes) videos about some of the characters from Dickens’ novels, the ‘Heroes and Villains’, and there are 14 lesson plans with materials to use in your classes.
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. Why would these groups want to bring Dickens into their classrooms? Well that’s obvious for literature teachers“.
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