English Is Fun

Listeners learn from native speakers of English with the help of the presenter, who explains the new language in each episode. Each programme goes out 4 times a week to give students a chance to listen again. It has been designed to complement the national curriculum used in grade 7 in Cambodia. A textbook and pack of teachers' notes have been produced to allow students and teachers to do follow-up learning activities in a classroom setting after listening to the radio broadcast. These will be distributed to pilot schools in Phnom Penh and the northern provinces of Stung Treng and Preah Vihear.

Explaining the approach adopted in the programme, the series producer Finn Aberdein said, in part: "English is Fun utilises the power of radio to give young Cambodian learners across the country the chance to hear English as it's actually spoken by native speakers....Instead of generic situations,...we learn how to talk about things like local food and festivals."

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