Podcasts

Podcasts can be used in a variety of ways:  preparing listening activities, having students create their own presentations, explanations for grammar points, cultural snippets, etc.  There are a number of programs available for producing your own:

• Audacity
• Podomatic
• YouTube

Why Podcasts in Language Education?

• Current trends suggest that's how students consume information.
• Article: Podcasts in Language Learning. Research Review and Future Perspectives
• Article: The Potential Benefits of Podcasts for Language Learning
• Article: Investigating the Effect of Using Educational Podcasts on Listening Comprehension of Language Learners.
• Article: Here's a story: using podcasts to raise awareness of language learning strategies​

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Experience as a student

Experience as a teacher

• Can access at any time
• Help establish identity
• Esto nos ayuda a reforzar nuestra identidad, pero también nos proporciona una base sólida para comprende la diversidad del mundo
  

• Transmit culture
• Change from usual curriculum
• Accessibility
• Future use

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Herencia

• Learning from own culture and other Spanish-speaking cultures
• Creating own podcasts
• Linguistic development

L2

• Cultural awareness
• Learning from video/podcast
• Hear new varieties of Spanish
• Listening comprehension practice

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Overall benefits

• Preparing questions
• Personal research
• Share with entire class, but also beyond

• Satisfy own curiosity
• Conversation with a friend
• Easier to imagine being there

How to get started:

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Audio Podcasts

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Video Podcasts

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Samples of worksheets to use for podcasts

• Cultural Podcast Worksheet | English
• Cultural Podcast Worksheet | Spanish
• Podcast Content Gathering Worksheet | English

Samples of Podcasts | video | students

• ​​De la frontera a la Ciudad de México - con Denise y Stacey
• México | Chihuahua | Nuevo Casas Grandes - con Maida

Samples of Podcasts | video | teachers

• ​El rincón del Profe. Jeff ​

Samples of Podcasts | audio | stiudents

• SunCity Spirits | La Llorona | Edgar y Adela

Samples of Podcasts | audio | teachers

• Ordering food in Spanish - created by Chiara
• Basic Spanish Phrases, Listening Activity, Los días de la semana - created by Juliana
• Reading activity - created by Shelley
• Daily routine, How to Prepare a Spanish Tortilla - created by Julie
• Herencia culinaria - created by Tita
• Palabras por minuto - created by Deniss
• Ser y Estar - created by Martín
• Canal de español - created by Diana
• Venezuela - created by Megan
• Actividades con Podcasts - created by Nanette
• Las direcciones en la ciudad - created by Verónica