20 Ideas on Using Podcasting for English
Nov 01, 2014
20 Ideas on Using Podcasting for English
After some early support they will love podcasting!
• Podcasting can be very simple!• All ideas use just the computer and a
microphone• A portable recorder could be a good
investment
Motivation!
• It is amazing how much students will love to see their voices as a wave. Maybe compare English to Cantonese??
Chanting Verbs or Drilling Vocabulary
Rehearsing Dialogues
Recording the conversation with a foreign language assistant
Practicing clear pronunciation
Explaining Grammatical
Rules
Recording the Singing of Songs in English
Reciting Model Answers for Examinations
Do a weekly weather forecast
in English
Have students create an audio tour in English of
their school/a place they know well/a gallery/a
museum
Have students record a recent film review in English
Students can produce a radio show or news
report in weekly updates
Students can make some recordings in English that may be of use to a partner school
Can record a weekly
learning log in English
Getting a student to do an audio summary of a unit of work can be quite effective
and can be shared easily
Challenge students to read poetry in English
Try book reviews in audio instead of text
We all know that the best way to
learn something is to….
Someone will be the first
weekly podcast on
learning English for Hong Kong students!
Try to keep it fun for the students.