Most people, who visit the theatre to see a play, hope that they will learn something from it. The actors too, hope that their audiences（观众）will learn from their performances. So, in a sense, the theatre is a form of t _______ .
However, it’s not often that teachers themselves decide to act. But this is exactly what the founders of the English Teaching Theatre did. The English Teaching Theatre, or ETT, aims to entertain and a _______ to help people to learn English. The i _______ of a teaching theatre started in 1969 at a large English Language school in London, International House. The Director of the school, John Haycraft, suggested that his teachers put on a show. The teachers did this, with the help of some of their students. The show was so popular t _______ very soon teachers and actors formed a full-time theatre group, the ETT.
The ETT does a summer season in England and performs a _______ for six or seven months, the rest of the year. I went to s _______ the show at International house and found it very exciting—a picture with movements, words, music, and laughter. Afterwards I spoke to Doug Case, a founder member of the theatre. He explained h_______ the actors teach English to the students in the shows.
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