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Teaching Advanced English to Foreign Students

  • 30-07-2006 10:07pm
    #1
    Trotter
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    Can anyone give me suggestions as to what would make an advanced English class interesting for advanced level foreign students? (17 years old ish..)

    Im sure using videos and DVDs, newspapers, application forms, etc is useful but I'd be interested in hearing anyone else's experience.


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  • #2
    spurious
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    I don't teach English, but I am a teacher.

    How about different accents? Geordie, Liverpool, Kerry, Donegal - now that would certainly test their 'advanced' skills. You could get bits from soaps or films and see can they work out what is being said.

    For a right laugh, use Brad Pitt from 'Snatch'.


  • #3
    JaneHudson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭JaneHudson


    spurious wrote:
    I don't teach English, but I am a teacher.

    How about different accents? Geordie, Liverpool, Kerry, Donegal - now that would certainly test their 'advanced' skills. You could get bits from soaps or films and see can they work out what is being said.

    For a right laugh, use Brad Pitt from 'Snatch'.

    Good idea. I heard that they use soap operas in India to train call-centre employees so they will understand their customers.


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