LANGUAGE TEACHING/LEARNING VIA RADIO: ENGLISH : Ian Catford (British Council)
Ian Catford
(British Council)
It took on a different level when PBS teamed up with the British Institute's Ian Catford, at the end of 1944.
Radio Lessons in English
Palestine Post, January 7, 1945
A series of broadcast lessons in English to be given over the PBS on Thursdays from 9:00 to 9:15 pm started last week [Thursday, December 28, 1944].
These broadcasts are designed not as substitutes for organized classes or for local teachers, but to help groups, especially in rural areas, where English-born teachers are not available. They will therefore be devoted primarily to spoken English and English idioms.
The British Council will provide written material for use of teachers and classes and will assist with suggestions for the use of coming broadcasts. Teachers and others interested in making use of these broadcasts should apply to Mr. J. C. Catford, British Institute, Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv.
This was followed up by a second series of 15-minute weekly series entitled "Double Your Vocabulary" (in Hebrew: Anglit Miduberet אנגלית מדוברת). The first lesson was Monday December 17, 1945. After three weeks the producers realized that the listening public still needed to physically see the vocabulary list in front of them while listening to the broadcast, much like the outlines of "Let's Speak English". So starting on January 28, 1946, Lesson #7, the short outline was published in Hagalgal a week or two before broadcast. The difference was they were aiming at a non-English speaking audience, so the vocabulary list included Hebrew translations. In some cases quite archaic terms. For example the word "bank was translated as safsal (ספסל) while a clerk was translated as Lavler (לבלר). The last lesson published was Lesson no 25 (May 27, 1946) but there were two more lessons scheduled. The last lesson broadcast on June 17, without any published list. Ian Catford returned to Britain. Catford would later become an internationally renown phonetics expert and teacher.
Radio Lessons in English
Palestine Post, January 7, 1945
A series of broadcast lessons in English to be given over the PBS on Thursdays from 9:00 to 9:15 pm started last week [Thursday, December 28, 1944].
These broadcasts are designed not as substitutes for organized classes or for local teachers, but to help groups, especially in rural areas, where English-born teachers are not available. They will therefore be devoted primarily to spoken English and English idioms.
The British Council will provide written material for use of teachers and classes and will assist with suggestions for the use of coming broadcasts. Teachers and others interested in making use of these broadcasts should apply to Mr. J. C. Catford, British Institute, Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv.
English by Radio אנגלית על ידי רדיו
Thursday, December 28, 1944
9.00 pm: English by Radio Lessons in spoken English, by Ian Catford of the British Council. Lesson 1.
Thursday, January 4, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English, by Ian Catford of the British Council. Lesson 2.
Thursday, January 11, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 3.
Thursday, January 18, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 4.
Thursday, January 25, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 5.
Thursday,February 1, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 6.
Thursday, February 8, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 7.
Thursday, February 15, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 8.
Thursday, February 22, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 9.
Thursday, February 29, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 10.
Thursday, March 8, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 11.
Thursday, March 15, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 12.
Thursday, March 22, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 13.
Thursday, March 29, 1945
9.00 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 14.
Thursday, April 5, 1945
9.15 pm - 9.40 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 15.
Thursday, April 12, 1945
9.15 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 16.
Thursday, April 19, 1945
9.15 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 17.
Thursday, May 3, 1945
9.15 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 18.
Thursday, May 10, 1945
9.15 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 19.
Thursday, May 17, 1945
Shavuot Holiday
Thursday, May 24, 1945
9.15 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 20.
Thursday, May 31, 1945
9.15 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 21.
Thursday, June 7 , 1945
9.15 pm:
Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 22.
Thursday, June 14, 1945
9.15 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 23.
Thursday, June 21, 1945
9.15 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 24.
Thursday, June 28, 1945
9.15 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 25.
Thursday, July 5, 1945
9.15 pm:
English by Radio Lessons in spoken English. Lesson 26.
New Series: Double Your Vocabulary
אנגלית מדוברת
Lesson #1: Here We Go
Tuesday, December 17, 1945
Lesson#7: Word Lists
Tuesday, January 28, 1946
Lesson#8: Afternoon Tea
Tuesday, February 4, 1946
Lesson#9: Shopping
Tuesday, February 11, 1946
Lesson#10: A cheerful Partner
Tuesday, February 18, 1946
Lesson#11: The Quiet Life
Tuesday, February 25, 1946
Lesson#12: Electricity and Us
Tuesday, March 4, 1946
Lesson#14: Hard Times
Tuesday, March 18, 1946
Lesson#15: The Englishman Abroad
Tuesday, March 25, 1946
Lesson#16: Important Jobs
Tuesday, April 8, 1946
Lesson#20: No News is Good News
Tuesday, April 22, 1946
Lesson#21: Education
Tuesday, April 29, 1946
Lesson#22: If Music Be the Food of Love
Tuesday, May 6, 1946
Lesson#23: A Day in the Country
Tuesday, May 13, 1946
Lesson#24: In a Royal Garden
Tuesday, May 20, 1946
Lesson#25: One Thousand Words
Tuesday, May 27, 1946
The English classes broadcast on Radio Jerusalem every Monday evening by Ian Catford will stop on the 17 June [1946] on the occasion of Mr. Catford's travels to England.
We hope to resume the series soon.
השעורים לאנגלית המשודרים ברדיו ירושלים בכל יום שני בערב על ידי איאן קטפורד ייפסקו ביום, 17
ביוני [1946] לרגל נסיעות של מר קטפורד לאנגליה.
