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Teaching Resources at your Fingertips
www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishpodcasts
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
Learnenglish
website
www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
 Podcasts - audio for all levels
 Kids – interactive games, stories and
worksheets to print for elementary and junior
high students
 Central – games and articles for high school
students
Podcasts
What is a podcast?
A podcast is an audio file that you can:
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subscribe to, so that you don’t have to visit a website to listen to it - it
will be delivered to you automatically
listen to the audio files online
download so that you can listen on your computer
download and listen to on an MP3 player.
Since podcasts are portable, easily distributable and can be played on a
variety of devices, listening activities can provide self-study activities or be
set as homework.
Learnenglish
website
www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
 Podcasts
 Themes and activities for all levels
 New podcasts updated weekly
How to use podcasts
Podcasts can be used in different ways (and listened to on a variety of devices):
Extensive listening
Ask students to choose a podcast they wish to listen to on the British council podcast
page or another chosen website.
1.Prepare a universal worksheet, which sets tasks such as:
• Summarize the key points of the podcast.
• Note something which surprised you.
• List three new / useful terms in the podcast, and explain their meaning.
Or
2. Give the first worksheet from the student support pack
Students can listen to the podcast at home; listen more than once; listen to selected
parts of the podcast several times; or pause at will in order to take notes.
How to use podcasts
Intensive listening
Focus on one section of the podcast e.g. I’d like to meet and use it as a
topic for the class
Plan a PWP activities for the clip using the student support pack
How to play or download
podcasts
 DOWNLOADING PODCASTS
To download the files, right-click on the title, choose 'Save target as', and select where
you want to save the file.
 BURNING ONTO A CD
When the podcast is downloaded you can burn the podcast onto a CD and bring to
class with you
 PLAYING PODCASTS ON YOUR PC
If you want to listen on your PC, just left click and the file will play in your default
player.
 PLAYING OR READING DOWNLOADED PODCASTS ON YOUR PC
To play or read downloaded files, find the file you saved and double-click on it.
 SUBSCRIBING TO THE PODCASTS
New podcasts will automatically update on your google or yahoo
homepage or in iTunes if you subscribe
Learnenglish
website
www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
 Kids section
 interactive games, songs and stories
 worksheets to print
 suitable for elementary and junior high students
Learnenglish
website
www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish
 Central
 articles
 podcasts
 interactive games
 suitable for high school students
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
TeachingEnglish
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