The Teacher has been at a party celebrating 70 years of English language teaching by the 成人快手. He discovers a film from 1943 presented by his own grandfather. In it, Grandad Teacher makes predictions about the future of English teaching. But which ones came true?
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True or false: the 成人快手 has used the following methods to teach English.
- English by pigeon
False. We found this picture and thought it was funny!
- English by radio
True. English by Radio started in 1943. This clip in the video is from 1945.
- English by television
True. English by Television started in 1961. This clip is from a programme called 'In Your Own Words'.
- English by injection
False. This is just a joke!
- English for driving
True. This clip is from a programme called 'L Driver English'.
- English by furry, green alien
True. The animated character Muzzy appeared in programmes from the 1980s.
- English for emergencies
True. This clip is from a programme called 'Speak for Yourself'.
- English by internet
True... of course! bbclearningenglish.com was launched in 1996.
