This is Ivan Da Silva. I interviewed him today on why he would like to have an advanced pronunciation and speaking course at MCTC. Go to the interview.
If you can't listen to the above interview click here to download the audio.
I think I would use podcasts in my listening and speaking course. It would be a good way for students to listen and take notes. I probably would interview one of the classmates too! I wouldn't expect studednts to do their own because quite honestly I think the technology has too many glitches and requirements that as Alyssa said it would take away from the language learning. I like the idea of using technology but I know from the past that my students have alot of difficulty with it. Many of my students are refugees and don't have a lot of money. This might be something I could have them do in the lab with a technician. That is something to think about. I will use podcasts and I like the idea of using the BBC English Language lessons. I just discovered that.
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sorry - i can't go to the interview. i think the link is missing. but i sure am curious!!
Yes, I am having troubles attaching my interview so I am hoping I will figure this out today. Stay tuned.
I'm also having problems with plug-ins and so forth. Ugh.
You appear to have added another link, and I was able to "download" the interview to my iTunes. Very clear sound, and a good interview!
How was the interview done? In person? Over Skype? Over Gizmo? I found the recording with Skype very difficult--Gizmo seems to be better as it can record conversations.
I went into work today and finally got the audio podcast to post. I got some help so I can't take credit for doing this on my own. What he did was go to the link in Media Mill and copied the HTML link and pasted into the blog area and then posted it. The blog would play anytime you opened so we changed the auto play in the code to say "false" so it wouldn't play everytime you opened my blog. Give this a try.
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