Friends and Learning English

Friends and Learning English

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

How Pandemics End, Earth’s Pulse, Black Smoke

Episode: How Pandemics End, Earth’s Pulse, Black Smoke

  • Jul 20, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 20:57 mins

People all over the world watch American sitcoms to learn English. The 90s hit “Friends” is especially popular with students and English instructors like Elif Konus, who teaches at the California College of Communications. She actually created a handbook for using the pilot episode of Friends as an English lesson plan. (Segment produced by Olivia Young) (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)