Tuesday, 12 March 2013

SUMMARY OF AN ARTICLE ON PODCASTING

Pod casting  is a  kind of audio via net ,designed to be downloaded and listened to on a portable MP3 player of any type ,or on a personal computer . Podcast now has provided a radio type that can be listened to whenever, wherever and as many times as we want. In ELT, pod casting is not just only providing additional listening input for students,but that students themselves can become involved in recording and producing the pod casts.


TYPES OF PODCAST:

1:Authentic Podcast:   Podcast that are not aimed at ELT students can often be a rich source of  listening.Sushi Radio is a type of podcast which is developed by non native speakers of English and their length make the ideal for use with the classes.

2:Teacher Podcast : Generally, teachers develop pod casts  for their students.Teachers' aim for designing podcast is to help the students or make them learn by listening content.


3:Students Podcast:Generally, students produce the podcast with the help of teachers .Students by creating podcast can introduce their culture to other students or they can also become familiar with other culture.English Conversations, is a podcast largely made for students.

4:Educator podcast: Comprehensible Input and Bit by Bit are reflective podcast that cover methodological matters as well as pod casting for ELT teachers.

Podcast can be used for classroom purpose.They can be  transferred to a portable MP3  or recorded to CD-ROM for use in the classroom.Students can use these types of recorded podcast for their study purpose in the classroom. Students can download the podcast by clicking on the link.Students can produce their own podcast own their own and then they can their family and friends to listen to it.

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