The two Podcasts I found to use for students are Culips and English Class 101. Both are excellent resources for ESL students to use when learning the English language.
With the Culips podcast, students are able to listen to conversations among people speaking English in a normal pace. This is a great tool to use in the classroom for a listening activity. Students could listen to the conversation and then answer questions about it or complete a graphic organizer mapping out what they listened to. The other feature I really liked about this podcast is where they talk about idioms, common slang, and unique vocabulary. This would be another great resource to use in the classroom or as an assignment. Students could listen to the podcast, and then create a visual depiction of the idiom, slang term or phrase, or the vocabulary word they learned about.
English Class 101 is another excellent podcast for students to use. The feature I liked best with this one was the layout of the podcasts. They are culturally appropriate and teach students not only the language, but how it is used in normal, every day speech. One idea that would be great for the classroom with this podcast would be to listen to one of the vocabulary lessons and then create a project that focuses on the words learned. This assignment could be modified to suit any grade level. There is a separate application for this podcast which makes accessing it very easy for students.
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