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Facebook and social networking | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC

Facebook and social networking | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC:
"How many friends have you got on Facebook? What’s the friend limit on Facebook? This lesson takes a look at trends in online social networking. It gives students chance to create an imaginary online 'wall' where they can interact with each other."

Video for the English classroom | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC

Video for the English classroom | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC:

"Exactly five years ago this month, the video-sharing site YouTube was officially launched to the public. Since then, the site and others like it have been affecting the world in diverse and unpredictable ways.

For the language teacher, YouTube may be nothing less than one of the best sources of material the classroom has ever seen. In this article, I would like to share 12 clips that I have used in my own classroom. I hope that each clip will be representative of a type of video that may be of particular interest to language teachers."