I found few podcasts very interesting and useful. One of them is http://englishconversations.org/which which has practical conversations for the language learners. I really like this podcasts and I think I am going to use it in my ESL class for the following reasons:
a) There are videos and audios for students to watch and listen to the dialogues and speeches on the variety of topics like people and places, countries, cultures etc. This is going to be helpful for my ESL students to not only learn English language but also will give better understanding of the cultures of other countries.
b) This site provides the written dialogues along with the audio transcripts which can help my ESL students to compare their understanding with the written dialogues and speeches.
c) It also gives a complete guide how to use this site, how to download the videos and audios.
d) It also has the English lesson plans for teachers to use in their classroom.
The other podcast I found useful are:
a. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/podcasting-elt
b. http://volkerh.public.iastate.edu/projects/podcasting/
c. http://tesl-ej.org/ej44/a4.html
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ReplyDeleteI remember writing a comment on your post previously, but I must not have waited to be sure it posted.
You hae suggested some very excellent ways to use the podcast sites you found. The fact that the first site gives lesson plans is certainly a plus.
Please check the link for the first site. You need to remove the word "which."
Dr. Burgos