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Re: Using TV shows to teach ESL

by "foad" <jdfh@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 22, 2008 at 12:53 PM

<FancyL.uke@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:5joa345nj4qi1f8lsd83fpan30pmq7irmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi all,
>
> I'm an English teacher in Japan, working at a small, private school.
> Part of the job is creating new possible cl***** that would be
> interesting and fun for students. I had the idea of building a class
> around American TV shows. I'm sure I could handle the logistics of it
> (planning and whatnot), but I'm unsure about the legal ramifications
> of it.
>
> If I purchase a DVD box set of 'Friends', am I able to show episodes
> in class on a regular basis. Since students are paying for this class,
> it seems iffy. Any ideas?

No US copyright holder is going to GAF what you do with a store bought CD
in 
your Japanese ESL class, if that's what you're asking. The problem I see
is 
that by showing your class Friends you're likely going to produce a class 
full of vapid thirty something yuppie **** for brains.
 




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Using TV shows to teach ESL
FancyL.uke@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-05-22 08:10:52 
Re: Using TV shows to teach ESL
"foad" <jdfh  2008-05-22 12:53:54 

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