One of Roger\'s book recommendations \"The Gardener and the Carpenter\" was picked up by Peter recently and so the two start thinking about a language teacher\'s gardening and woodworking - figuratively speaking.
And so Roger recounts some experiences with English teachers he visited at school and tells us what he thinks made a great language class.

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Folge vom 20.01.201796. Of teachers and coursebooks
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Folge vom 11.01.201795. Teaching tips and presidential presentationsRoger and Peter are glad to welcome you to a new year of RoPeCast and English learning opportunities. To start off with, they make another new year\'s resolution concerning tips for teachers. Peter then starts with a tip for people into training their own or their students\' presentation skills: When it comes to rhetoric, watch and learn from president Obama! Obama\'s farewell address A prime example of his brilliance as an orator. An annotated transcript of the speech If you want more detailed information.
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Folge vom 28.12.201694. What a year!Time for a very short summary of the past twelve months and some new year\'s resolutions. It\'s just a few days before New Year\'s Eve. Your RoPeCast team wishes you and your loved ones all the best for 2017. Stay tuned!
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Folge vom 18.12.201693. Not always comicalThis episode concludes our pre-Christmas series of book recommendations with comics respectively graphic novels. Peter has brought a selection of his favourites: Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons: Watchmen A group of somewhat different superheroes has to deal with a murder case at the brink of World War III. David Small: Stitches The son of an X-ray doctor looses a vocal chord and his voice to cancer. Allison Bechtel: Fun home An autobiographical story of a homosexual coming-out. Joyce Farmer: Special exits The last four years of an elderly couple and how their daughter copes with her aging parents\' peculiarities. Craig Thompson: Blankets The coming of age story of a boy, his first love and the ensuing problems with his devout Christian parents. G. B. Trudeau: The Doonesbury Chronicles The first collection of a famous American newspaper comic strip G. B. Trudeau: Planet Doonesbury An edition of later comics from the same series, with a very special advertisement on its front cover, that Peter reads out in the episode.