[ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 1 | February 18, 2019 | ISSN 0975-3036]
The BusyTeacher team has published an article on ‘7 Pop Culture Elements You Can Use to Engage Your Students’.
Claudia Pesce says, “Viral videos, snarky memes, and a cat that is so grumpy it puts all other crabby felines to shame, these are but a few of the pop culture elements that make millions drop what they’re doing to check out the latest craze. Why are these things so addictive? What makes them so irresistible?
Why Use Pop Culture in the ESL Classroom?
Content that is called “viral” spreads faster than the flu. It has a great deal of appeal – it’s funny, even downright hilarious sometimes. But its main feature is shareability. With just a click of a mouse you can share an image or video with all of your contacts. They, in turn, share it with theirs and so the content spreads. Your ESL students are most likely already contributing to the spread of viral content. Why not use it for educational purposes?”.
Read the full article by visiting following link.