I TunesHow to access foreign language podcasts

How to access podcasts on iTunes

iTunes

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

The software

• Once the software is installed on your computer, open the iTunes store.

Country setting

• Your automatic default will be the New Zealand iTunes store.

• To change this setting, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Change county

• Choose a country from the pop up menu.

iTunes Deutschland

• It takes a minute to change country.

• iTunes is now in German.

• Scroll back to the top.

Go to Podcasts

• Take your cursor to the top left window and click on Podcasts.

German Podcasts

• Podcasts are grouped in different categories, e.g. education, children, music art, sports. Other windows show new and recommended podcasts or the top 10.

Listen to Podcasts

• To listen to a podcast, click on the icon. This will lead you to a new page with information on the podcasts, website, customer reviews etc. Click on get episode to listen without subscribing.

Subscribing to Podcasts

• To subscribe to a podcast, click on the subscribe button (abonnieren in German).

Subscribe

• You will be asked to confirm your subscription.

Podcast Library

• The podcast will start downloading to your library.

• If you subscribe to the podcast new episodes will be automatically downloaded to your library.

The icon

• Some podcasts provide information under the icon. This ranges from titles to summaries to whole transcripts of the podcast.

Playing podcast

• Podcasts can be played on the computer.

• Or they can be uploaded to an iPod (mp3 player).

Quicktime

• Quicktime offers a number of valuable features for the use of podcasts.

• Playing an audio or video in Quicktime allows you to vary the speed.

Changing the speed

Changing the speed

• The speed can be changed with the cursor on Playback Speed.

Editing Podcasts

• With Quicktime Pro (US$30) you can save podcasts in different formats and edit the files.

• http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/• With this software you can edit and

paste audio and video files just like a word document.

Questions, comments?

• Share your experiences of podcasts with other language teachers on our wiki:

• http://languagelearning2.wetpaint.com/