Peter Smith schreibt in Academic Commons über ein interessantes Literaturprojekt. Im Rahmen seines Kurses zeitgenössische Literatur 1945 – Gegenwart am Swarthmore College gibt er einen detaillierten bericht über ein Podcasting Projekt das er mit einer größeren Gruppe an StudentInnen durchgeführt hat. Ziel der Aufgabe, war es zwei kürzere Podcasting Episoden aufzunehmen, eine die eine Passage aus dem Originaltexten vorlesen und eine zweite in der die StudentInnen das Werk diskutieren. Interessant auch die Abschnitte Lessons Learned und Measured Results; in letzterem beschreibt Smith, wie Podcasts in die Leistungsbeurteilung des regulären Unterrichts integriert werden können.
Die vorgelesenen Episoden sind tw. recht nett gelesen und können auch im regulären Englischunterricht verwendet werden. Um Lesekompetenz zu fördern, können SchülerInnen auch selbst einige Podcast Episoden lesen. Dies führt nach kurzer Zeit zu gesteigerter Lesekompetenz. Durch die zuvor angehörten Episoden der StudentInnen, kommt es auch zu verbesserter Intonation.
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The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 115 million people.
Their Special English series features boasts an enormous archive of easy English at a slower than usual speech rate. The archive has a search function and the topics are varied. Broadcasts come with transcripts and the audio files come in different formats. You can also have the stories sent to you by e-mail.
I use their stories frequently in my classrooms; sometimes I add listening comprehension questions; When the recordings are very long, I edit the podcasts with audacity.
Waxxi is a presenter and producer of live and archived interactive podcasts. Created out of a need in the read/write/web environment, in podcasts, which are linear in nature. Typically, there are one or a few people interviewing one or a few, and us listening. Why not invite people to participate in the podcast, to ask the questions and interact with the guests…and each other?
So was born Waxxi’s Interactive Podcasts. The invitation is open to anyone who wants to be a part of the experience, and have the chance to ask our guests a question, or comment on something relative to the topic.
On Thursday, April 5, 2007 Waxxi hosted a global conversation with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. People from the US, Europe and Canada joined in for a talk about Wikia, free and transparent search, Wikipedia, Google, and much more.Before and after the event, some of the participants blogged about it
How it worked: Waxxi’s interactive ‘casts allow you to be a part of the conversation and podcast experience as it happens, rather than just listen after the recording. That means you’ll be able to talk to our guests, ask a question or comment on the conversation either by phone (toll free within the US, direct dial outside the US) or simultaneous chat/IM. Waxxi also offers live audio streaming, so you don’t have to call in to participate.
However you choose, you are an important part of the experience: that’s the whole idea. Enjoy!
JobDig is a great site for job seekers and econ teachers; they feature career advice in text audio and video form; JobDig offers podcasts for career advice, resume tips, and ways to improve your job-hunting abilities.
The articles feature industry experts and will help you improve your skills and abilities! The podcasts they feature are fairly short and can well be used in economy clases; e.g. there is one about interviewing questions, in which Heather Eagar talks about interview questions. Knowing the types of questions will help you know what the interviewer wants to know, how to answer, and what questions are illegal.
Reel Reviews is hosted and produced by Michael W. Geoghegan. It’s a guy who selects films he personally recommends. Standard reviews run about 15 minutes in length. The longer “Cinephile” series takes a more in-depth look at classic and/or cult movies, with a run time of 30 minutes or more per episode.
Superfly e.g. is one of the first blaxploitation films; he starts out about characters, themes,….background information. Interesting film speak, definitely something for geeks! But can also be used in ESL classes.
Check out the excellent podcatsing solutions book M. Geoghegan wrote!
The podcast features two series offering advice on finding a job, career advancement and personal development. There is a new episode each week and they are highly professional. I use their podcasts when teaching my students about job applications and interviewing in English. Students listen to an episode in groups of two or three and then present the information in a presentation ot compile a list on career advice. There is lots of other interesting material on the site. I find this an interesting example of integrating a professional podcast into the classroom.
Breaking News in English has been around for a couple of years and features excellent podcasts from Sean Banville for learners of English as a second language; the news reports are free and there are several new lessons a week; each comes with a resource pack full of exercises and tasks. All lessons are based on stories currently in the news – as the world’s news breaks. The lessons can be downloaded in various formats are graded according to levels.
A few podcasts tell stories: one such site is Story Nory, a podcast that features stories from Bertie the frog; among the stories told you can find fairy tales, fables and many more. You can download the story via iTunes or listen to it online. The site features among my favorites “Alice in Wonderland” in installments with a wonderful voice to read it. Cinderella is the all time favorite according to their blog. There are quite a few other story podcasts available; Sometimes I read stories with my students and then have them listen to them or listen to parts of the stories with them.
It's been around for so long that they have begun charging for their additional services; While the excellent audio material is still available for free, they now charge for their learning guide. Great dialogs followed by an explanation ping pong, which is sometimes quite long, almost too long. Great source of vocabulary. In episode 259 Randy reserves a table at a restaurant. The episode is about 20 minutes long.
Their website is at eslpod.com
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A good place to find ESL related podcasts. Both for students and educators.
Englishcaster is for both students and educators: EFL, ESL, TESOL, TEFL. You can listen to, rate, review and submit podcasts, as well as other English study resources.