Transcript Ethnomathematics and TEFL: a nexus content, culture and

Podcasting
for Teaching English
as a Foreign Language
Rashid A. Moore
Nova Southeastern University
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
USA
www.nova.edu
Questions for the audience
How many of you like to speak
another language? Listen to another
langauge? Sing in another language?
 How many of you would like others to
hear you and your students?
 How many of you are media stars in
Ecuador? In the world?
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Would you like to
reach the world?
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You have in your hands today the
possibility of sharing your students’
and your creativity with the world, as
well as enjoying the creativity of the
world
Another question
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Do you have to be a powerful media
corporation president, or be on
Ecuadorian radio or television, to have
access to the world?
No!
All you need is to explore the world of
podcasting to have experiences that
even media superstars in Ecuador do
not have!
 Are you ready to explore?
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What is a podcast?
A
podcast is an audio or video
file, or a series of such files,
that is distributed over the
Internet using distribution or
syndication, for playback on
MP3 players and computers.
What is podcasting?
Podcasting is distributing, or
syndicating, the audio and video files
from a website
 Basically, that means you and your
students have the power to create and
broadcast worldwide when you have a
podcasting account
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Do I have to have a lot of
skills to podcast?
Not anymore. Many podcast websites
offer accounts that do much of the
work for you.
 As long as you have a computer, a
computer headset, and Internet
connection, and a podcasting
account, you can start right away!
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Do podcasting accounts cost
a lot of money?
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No! You can get a FREE podcasting
accounts at a number of places, like
Podomatic
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http://www.podomatic.com
Why podcasting and EFL?
It’s authentic listening
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Podcasts offer language teachers and
students a wide range of possibilities
for extra listening both inside and
outside of the classroom, not just to
the teacher or each other.
Why podcasting and EFL?
Different discussions, voices and themes
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They can provoke interesting discussions
They can bring a range of different voices
and varieties of English into the classroom
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The Bob and Rob Show offers "weekly
English lessons from a Yankee and a Brit."
They can be selected because their of their
themes ties into the curriculum.
• Stanley, G. (2006). Podcasting: Audio on the
Internet comes of age. http://wwwwriting.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej36/int.html.
Finding podcasts by theme
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Use one of the many podcast directories,
such as these popular ones:
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Podcast Alley
• http://www.podcastalley.com/
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Podcast Pickle
• http://www.podcastpickle.com/
• Stanley, G. (2006). Podcasting: Audio on the
Internet comes of age. http://wwwwriting.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej36/int.html
Why podcasting and EFL?
Script and audio connection
Many podcasts come with a transcript
of what is said during them
 EFL students can make greater
connections between spoken English
and written English
 EFL students can generate their own
scripts if one is not available
 EFL students can create their own
scripts for their own podcasts
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Podcasts for lower
proficiency levels
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Voice of America
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Englishcaster
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http://www.voanews.com/english/podcasts.cfm
http://www.englishcaster.com/
Internet TESL Journal
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http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/
Popular EFL Podcasts
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Jeff McQuillan's ESL Podcast
http://www.eslpod.com/ is one of the most
popular podcasts of any genre, having a
very large audience
Another popular podcast for EFL is Robert
Diem's English Idioms and Slang podcast
http://www.englishcaster.com/idioms/ .
• Stanley, G. (2006). Podcasting: Audio on the
Internet comes of age. http://wwwwriting.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej36/int.html
Popular EFL Podcasts
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The Bob and Rob Show
http://englishcaster.com/bobrob/ is also well
produced and entertaining as well as being
educational, and features "weekly English
lessons from a Yankee and a Brit".
Charles Kelly's Learn a Song
http://www.manythings.org/songs/ is a
podcast appropriate for low level learners
• Stanley, G. (2006). Podcasting: Audio on the
Internet comes of age. http://wwwwriting.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej36/int.html
PodCards?
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PodCards are audio postcards that you can
download to your iPod, your mp3 player or
to your computer. You can also burn the
files to CD to use in class, at home, in the
car - wherever you want.
They contain information about a particular
town or city from different countries around
the world or biographies of famous people,
inventions, films or events that make these
places famous.
• http://www.eslpodcards.com
Can I make a podcast?
All you need is:
a
computer
 a computer headset
 an Internet connection
 a free podcasting account
 free Audacity software
(recommended)
A sample podcast site
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A sample homemade podcast site
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www.rushmoore.podomatic.com
Once you have learned the
basics, it is time for Audacity
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In order to have even better quality
podcasts, it is a good idea to use a
free computer program called
Audacity
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http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Some of Audacity's
features
Importing and exporting WAV and
MP3 (via the LAME MP3 Encoder),
and other file formats
 Recording and playing sounds
 Editing via Cut, Copy, Paste (with
unlimited Undo)
 Eliminate noise
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity#Features
Posibilidades de uso
Grabar sonido en directo.
 Convertir casettes y grabaciones
analógicas en grabaciones digitales.
 Editar archivos de audio tipo MP3 & WAV
(con el codificador LAME MP3).
 Permite, mediante su interfaz gráfica cortar,
copiar, pegar y mezclar sonidos. Puede
trabajar con múltiples pistas.
 Eliminar ruidos
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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity
From simple to multiple track
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Vision Andina
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The Living Statue of the Alameda
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made with Podomatic recorder (last one)
Ni Una Sola Palabra, Pero Muchas
Liricas Cantadas
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made with Podomatic recorder (1st)
Made with Audacity and music mp3
Say It Dad!
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Made with Audacity and music mp3
Let’s make a podcast
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obtain free podcast account at
www.podomatic.com
find and use a computer headset
with microphone
search for a text to record, or create
your own text to record
record your podcast
post your podcast for the world!
Let’s create a podcast today!
In a small group, create a text or script
that would take between 1-2 minutes
to read. (If possible, find a text on the
Internet)
 Take turns recording your podcast.
 Convert your podcast into an mp3 file
 Send to podomatic account
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Thank you for your attention!
This presentation can be obtained from:
www.nova.edu/~mrashid
Click on the poster for the
Guayaquil conference