ELI Student Workshops

April 1, 2008

10:30-11:20

Robinson A210

Sarah Steadman

 

Podcasts:  Use ESL podcasts to practice your listening and speaking skills for FREE!

 

Podcast workshop.doc

 

                                                                       

 

PODCAST: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word “podcast”. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, define this new word. DO NOT USE A DICTIONARY!

 

Your definition:

 

 

 

 

The actual definition:

 

 

 

 

 

Practice your 

speaking!

Make your own FREE Podcasts

 

on the Internet!

 

Record yourself, then listen and analyze your speaking.  Have others listen too… can they understand?

 

 

  • reading aloud

     

  • discussing favorite topics with others in conversation

     

  • impromptu speaking

     

  • quick talks (1-2 minutes)

     

  • interviewing others

     

  • practicing oral presentations

     

 

 

 
  5. www.opendiary.com

    Also, many podcasts feature listening about improving your SPEAKING!  For example:  http://www.splendid-speaking.com/blog/

     

     A student in the workshop asked about websites where you can write to an get relplies from people on the internet.  this is commonly called a "pen pal".  Try these sites:

     

    http://www.mediaworkshop.org/humanities/jones/eslpals.html

     

    http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/meeting/index.pl

     

    http://patsula.com/esltown/

     

    http://esl.visarus.co.uk/penpals.asp

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     

 

 

 

Practice your Listening! 

Try these great FREE

 

ESL podcast websites!

 

Listening for:

 

 

 

  • Main ideas

     

  • Supporting ideas (details)

     

  • New vocabulary

     

  • Idioms/Slang

     

  • Tone of voice

     

  • Pronunciation

     

  • Understanding American culture
  • Business English

 

 

 

 Beginner:

http://www.eslpod.com/website/      (we will listen to Daily Life #357)

 

http://www.eltpodcast.com/archive/bc 

 

http://dianewallis.podomatic.com/

 

http://esl.libsyn.com/

 

Intermediate:

http://a4esl.org/podcasts/    (we will listen to "Want to Be a Foreign Exchange Student? First Do Some Homework")

 

http://www.eltpodcast.com/archive/ic

 

http://www.china232.com/index.php 

 

http://esl.libsyn.com/

 

Advanced:

http://www.betteratenglish.com/

 

http://www.china232.com/index.php 

 

http://www.onthemedia.org/ 

 

http://www.esl-lab.com/

 

http://www.npr.org/ 

 		  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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