After looking through the links a podcast I enjoyed was English cafe 500. I enjoyed the podcast
because it was humorous and the episode looked at a famous American Elizabeth
Blackwell. The podcast also provides a list of any potentially new or difficult
vocabulary words for the students to listen for. The podcast speaker
speaks slowly and clearly, he also gives a clear definition of any potentially
confusing phrases. Another thing I liked about the podcast was his
discussion of a confusing set of verbs in English, which was in response to listeners questions.
I could use this podcast or any podcast within his series. This could be done by having the
students look at the topics discussed in each podcast and have them pick out
one that interests them. The students then can respond to the podcast they choose to listen to and provide details from the podcast as well as discuss the famous
American spoken of in the podcast.
This series sounds as if it would serve well for learning culture too.
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