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Dear ESL All subscribers
from all around the world,
We are happy to resume
publishing our monthly newsletter after months
of inactivity. As you are more than aware of, things
change very fast in the field of second language
learning on the Internet, especially when it comes
to listening comprehension practice material.
So, to help you keep up-to-date with some of the
best resources
devoted to English learning online,
we have, this month, decided
to re-visit the subjects of podcasting and vodcasting.
What
is podcasting?
Podcasting is a way of recording and publishing a non-music
audio broadcast (news, ESL lesson, discussion,
etc.) via the Internet mainly in the MP3 format
for playback in a digital music player). These
non-music audio broadcasts are called “podcasts”
and users can automatically download them (usually
mp3 files) onto their computers and transfer
these recordings automatically to portable music
players such as iPods or other portable MP3 players.
Users can also burn these files on blank CDs
and listen to them as they would with any other
audio files such as songs. Students of English
can then listen to these files anytime and anywhere
they choose. What makes podcasting so interesting
and so useful is that it combines the advantages
of variety, authenticity, and portability. Not
surprisingly, podcasting is getting increasingly
popular all around the world and the collections
of useful educational podcasts are growing at
a very fast pace.
Video podcasts (sometimes shortened to "vcast," "vodcast" and "videocast,")
is a recent add-on to podcasting. A video podcasts
is a video clip designed to be viewed in a portable
device. It is the video counterpart of a podcast
and uses the same RSS syndication method for
delivering material to users. To download or
watch a video podcast, one has to subscribe to
audio media files and download the material to
portable electronic media players, such as an
IPod. Video podcasting does not require special
server distribution software such as Internet
broadcasting does. There are no technical restrictions
on the types of encoding formats available for
video podcasting.
If you don’t have podcast software, you can try one
of these freewares:
1- BBC World Service - 6 Minute Podcast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/how2/
6 Minute Podcast:Learn and practise
useful
British English language for everyday situations
with the BBC. A
weekly instruction manual is published every
Wednesday. Each program
is six-minute long and contains examples and
explanation to help you improve your knowledge
of the English language across a wide range of topics.
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2- ESLpod.com
http://www.eslpod.com/
The English
Blog.com: An ESL Podcast
to help improve your English by listening
to native speakers talk and discuss topics
of interest to you. You'll learn new
idioms and expressions and learn to use
them the way native speakers do. Pronunciation
is very slow and clear, and a little
unnatural. Each ESL Podcast lasts 10-20
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3- EnglishLingq
http://www.englishlingq.com/
EnglishLingq: Learn
English from the EnglishLingQ podcast. Each
episode can be studied using the learning
tools available at LingQ.com. Trained tutors
present short natural language conversations
- and full text is always available. Their
podcasts may contain interviews, articles,
or audio book excerpts, but are most often
just general conversations in English.
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4- BetterAtEnglish.com
http://www.betteratenglish.com/
BetterAtEnglish.com: Free English lessons
to help you learn English
vocabulary, idioms, slang, grammar, and more.
Short and fun English
podcasts for busy people who don't have much
time to study or who
think that traditional English lessons are
not interesting. Requires only
a few minutes a day to have fun improving
conversational English.
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5- China 232.com
http://wherearethebeblogs.blogspot.com/
China 232: Learn English Anywhere:
Free ESL podcasts by two
brothers from Canada who grew up near Toronto
and are now living in
Shanghai. The podcasts cover a wide variety
of interesting topics. They
will teach intermediate to advanced level
English learners about slang
and everyday conversation English.
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6- The English Desk
http://englishdesk.blogspot.com/
The English Desk:Free
everyday English podcasts from Canada with
text for ESL listening and pronunciation
practice.
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7- ESLlearningpod.com
http://esllearningpod.com/
ESL Learning Pod: ESL Learning Pod
was put together to help you
learn English. Free podcasts and learning
materials which cover a
wide variety of subjects and topics for you
to practice and improve your
English language skills. Their podcasts are
fun, educational, and as interactive as possible.
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8- iteslj.org
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/
TESL Journal's
ESL Listening Podcasts: ESL
learners and teachers online blog. Ideas,
thoughts, uses of English and other language-learning
related issues. Features many discussion
categories, ESL archives and links to other
blogs. Very
useful material for language learners.
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9- a4esl.org
http://a4esl.org/podcasts/
English as a Second Language (ESL) Podcasts: Listen
to the 30 most
recent podcasts by ESL podcasters. You can
listen to these podcasts without
needing to subscribe to many RSS feeds. So
go back to this site on a regular basis to find new
podcasts.
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10- EnglishTeacherJohn.com
http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Weblogs/
English Teacher
John Show: An easy-to-understand
English learning podcast that features: grammar,
idioms, pronunciation, various topics and
more. Teacher John always speaks slowly and
clearly and he is easy to understand. He
offers useful English lessons for intermediate
level learners.
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