Blog Post #4: Podcast Review
Blog Post #4: Podcast Review
- Listen to one or two of the podcasts.
BBC LEARNING ENGLISH - 6 Minutes English
- Provide a link to the podcast on your blog. Give general
information about the content and quality.
BBC news provides an excellent learning English website. Click here :
to listen to the podcast - 6 minutes English.
You can download the audio file, and also the transcript. You can learn and practice useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. It is published every Friday. Each programme is six minutes long and it contains examples and explanations to help you improve of the English language.It also provides the designated vocabulary besides the transcript.Many English Standardized English Test like TOEIC, TOEFL.. contains British accent listening questions, so it would be very useful to prepare that part.
- What do you think about the podcast? Which type of
learners could benefit from the podcast?
Podcast is totally innovative and creative technology.So, for the people who is not familiar with computer and new skills, it even sounds strange. I came to know the terminology 'podcast' through the famous Korean podcast "나는 꼼수다(I'm a Ggomsu.)" last year. Then I can expend my knowledge by visiting 'I-Tunes' more.And today, I finally broaden my knowledge up to ... There are countless podcasts are running today, and even my favourite 'TED' is one of them.
Simply, podcasting is a form of audio broadcasting on the Internet. The idea that I can make my own broadcasting is sensational and charming. Many people must dream their own radiostations, and now that dreams come true. Podcast is used many different ways. Some create it for speaking out their thoughts and opinions to the public, others make it to communicate each other... For the educational purposes, it well matched. You will be surprised by the number of educational podcasts available on the internet.
As we all know, learning a language isn't just about sitting in a classroom for 2 hours a week, hoping to absorb the information the teacher provides. It takes a bit more effort than that. But one of the main obstacles that we have is 'time' Listing to short podcast is very convenient, since we can use this learning tool at any time, for example on my way home, during coffee breaks, or taking a walk. There are now hundreds of short, interesting files that you can save to your MP3 player. In that way, learners who are struggle with time and learners who wants to get various informations in handy can get their needs by learning through podcast.
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