I have always been interested in podcasts. Podcasts provide an avenue for people to produce and host "radio" shows to a world-wide audience. The vastness of the subject matter (carefully lined up in categories and available to search) is truly outstanding. Out of three search engines for podcasts, my favourite was "Yahoo Podcasts" because it was easier to use and clearly designed. However, my concern with the podcasts is that were just too many of them!!! It takes a lot of time, I found, to find precisely what you're looking for. A lot of time is spent surfing through titles, whose content could be suspect in terms of accuracy, etc.
I did a few searches that came up empty. However, a search for English as a Second Language resulted in finding this web site,
http://www.eslpod.com/website/index.php. I added it to my bloglines and will keep checking in on new learning materials to be used with my ESL learners.
I also tried recording through OdeoStudio and found it easy to use and record, and if I look into it some more, I will upload a soundclip on my blog. At least I will try to do this.
I can't believe we're almost at the end of nine weeks of our new learning journey!
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