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I'm an online English teacher who uses Skype to teach my students and I often make lessons for them connected to TV shows - I believe that watching TV shows regularly is the best method of learning English, especially if done in a structured way. My students retell me the episodes in class and we discuss some of the themes. This helps revise vocabulary and focus on various grammatical nuances. I hope...

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English lessons with Sherlock Holmes - The Blue Carbuncle: The second episode of Sherlock to be added to my English TV lessons collection. Holmes and Watson team up to trace the origins of a hat, a goose and a large...; Updated 25 days ago | English lessons with Sherlock Holmes › english lessons for tv shows
English lessons for Sherlock Holmes - The Copper Beeches: 'What is the meaning of it Watson? What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is r...; Updated 25 days ago | English lessons for Sherlock Holmes › english lessons for tv
English lesson for Jamie's school dinners (episode 2): Ideal for practising food vocabulary - NOT FOR CHILDREN as Jamie Oliver has an uncontrollably vulgar tongue. A lesson for adults and those above intermediat...; Updated 25 days ago | English lesson for Jamies school dinners › english lessons for tv
English Lessons for The Simpsons: This is a series of English lessons to accompany the hit US sitcom. They are designed so that you can learn English vocabulary and grammar but have fun at t...; Updated 25 days ago | Free English Video Lessons › english lessons with tv
English Lessons with Blackadder: One more TV show lesson, and this time for the Blackadder fans. This episode is from the third series of the hit UK sitcom 'Blackadder'. The sitcom has four...; Updated 25 days ago | english lessons for youtube › english lessons with blackadder
English lessons for The Office (BBC) 1: One more TV show for my collection. Lessons for all five of the other episodes of the first series of this great BBC comedy can be found on my website at Skype...; Updated 25 days ago | English lessons for professionals › business english in tv shows
English lessons with the IT Crowd: Never a dull moment in this IT department! Roy, Moss and Jen are the focus of this infamous sitcom which has proven very popular with my students. I have no...; Updated 25 days ago | English lessons with the IT Crowd › efl lessons for tv shows
English lesson for Jamie's school dinners (episode 3): This is the second English lesson I have created for the documentary 'Jamie Oliver's school dinners'. It is ideal for busy teachers who want to set some fun...; Updated 25 days ago | youtube english lessons › english lessons with jamie oliver
English Lessons for Henry VIII: This lesson is great for those upper intermediate students with an interest in English history. Lots of historical expressions are used, and the viewer gets...; Updated 25 days ago | learn english with tv › english exercises for tv shows
English lessons with Blackadder series 4: Another English lesson for the Blackadder fans. Recommended for Upper Intermediate as this is not an easy show in my opinion. In this series we find Blackad...; Updated 25 days ago | English lessons with tv › english lessons for tv
English lessons with Sherlock - The Dancing Men: The third lesson for Sherlock Holmes fans - the mystery of the dancing men. Holmes and Watson attempt to decipher the peculiar code of the dancing men in th...; Updated 102 days ago | English lessons for TV shows › english tv lessons
English lessons for The Office (BBC) 2: Another episode for fans of David Brent - these quick exercises will focus mainly on the rich vocabulary which can be found in the show. There is a wide ran...; Updated 64 days ago | free english tv lessons › english tv lessons

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bluefish1960 Apr 12, 2012 @ 3:32 am | delete

You have my all time favourite comedy shows in your lenses, Black Adder and the IT Crowd. What wonderful ideas to use them like that.

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frugalfurguy Feb 28, 2012 @ 10:01 pm | delete

Hi! You've got an inspiring business model there with using Skype to reach likely remote students. I wish you the best there and thanks for visiting and liking my lens "Your Money or Your Life: Saving Money, Maybe Your Life."

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English lessons for Sherlock Holmes - The Copper Beeches: 'What is the meaning of it Watson? What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is r...
English lesson for Jamie's school dinners (episode 2): Ideal for practising food vocabulary - NOT FOR CHILDREN as Jamie Oliver has an uncontrollably vulgar tongue. A lesson for adults and those above intermediat...
English Lessons for The Simpsons: This is a series of English lessons to accompany the hit US sitcom. They are designed so that you can learn English vocabulary and grammar but have fun at t...
English lessons for The Office (BBC) 1: One more TV show for my collection. Lessons for all five of the other episodes of the first series of this great BBC comedy can be found on my website at Skype...
English lessons with the IT Crowd: Never a dull moment in this IT department! Roy, Moss and Jen are the focus of this infamous sitcom which has proven very popular with my students. I have no...

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