Transcript Developing Oral Language Skills Using Teen Interview Podcasts

Beginning to "enhanced"
podcasting for
Standards-based foreign
language learning
Margaret Gonglewski
Jill Robbins
Podcasting 101
True or false?
You have to have an iPod to listen to
podcasts.
A podcast is a single audio file posted to
the Web.
You can subscribe to podcasts.
You have to use iTunes to find podcasts.
Podcasting can be video as well as audio.
Most podcasts are free.
Podcasting: Crash Course
Characteristics of podcasts:
– Audio and/or video
– Multimedial
– Serial episodes
– Subscribable
– Free (usually)
Podcasting for
Foreign Language Learning
For developing listening skills
– Language learning (education) podcasts,
e.g., language lessons
– authentic language made accessible,
e.g., NCLRC “Hangout” podcasts
Podcasting for
Foreign Language Learning
For developing listening skills
– Podcasts for target language speakers,
e.g., news, kids’ shows, cooking shows
– Search tips
Podcasting for
Foreign Language Learning
For developing speaking skills
– "Hangout" interviews
Interview templates in various languages
Teachers' guide to lessons using hangout
interviews
– Gcast: Podcasting in the introductory
language course
Podcasting in the
intro language course
Gcast
Easy to do
No special equipment needed
Postable to Web
Free
Easy to do
http://www.gcast.com/u/supermensch/main