{"id":282,"date":"2009-06-06T12:35:47","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T09:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/more\/?p=282"},"modified":"2009-06-06T12:35:47","modified_gmt":"2009-06-06T09:35:47","slug":"eltweekly-issue20-article-an-i-on-podcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"ELTWeekly Issue#20, Article: An i on podcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An i on podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By<strong> Karenne Sylvester<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on Kalinago English (<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/how2learnenglish.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/how2learnenglish.blogspot.com\/<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A great way to learn English is by listening to English.<\/p>\n<p>There are many podcasts (short files of audio regularly delivered to your computer) available on i-tunes.<\/p>\n<p>i-tunes is free of charge, you can download it from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/download\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have an i-tunes account, you can go over to the directory, type in\u00a0<span>Learn English<\/span> and you will find many options to stick on your mp3 player.<\/p>\n<p><span>Here&#8217;s a list of some of my favorite podcasts for learning English:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>English Pod<\/span>= business topics and more &#8211; divided into levels<\/li>\n<li><span>Business English pod<\/span>= only business &#8211; focus on vocabulary, very good<\/li>\n<li><span>Business Spotligh<\/span>t= only business &#8211; various skills based recordings. Excellent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Grammar challenge<\/span>= by the BBC, focus on grammar issues<\/li>\n<li><span>6 minute English<\/span>= authentic vocab, casual recordings, also by the BBC. Lively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span>English through stories<\/span>= by ESL pod, learning by listening to dramatic stories\u00a0with video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span>EF podEnglish<\/span>= 5 minute situational videos<\/li>\n<li><span>CNN student news<\/span>= designed for teens in America, see my posting on this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/how2learnenglish.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/watching-news-in-english.html\">here<\/a> to find these within i-tunes:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span>go to ~<span>podcast directory<\/span>, bottom right-hand side of the page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>type &#8220;<span>name<\/span>&#8221; of one of the above in the search bar, top right-hand side of the page.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left; \" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_c6nQj8ioCKo\/Seibi0dI2kI\/AAAAAAAABB0\/UWYc4FikkQI\/s320\/014KarenneSylvester.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Karenne Sylvester <\/strong>is\u00a0a\u00a0<span>certified TESOL traine<\/span>r, working as a freelancer in Stuttgart, Germany and she specialize in teaching adult learners in the financial\/ banking, energy, engineering and IT sectors.<\/p>\n<p>She has lived and worked all over the world: from the Caribbean to the US, UK, Australia, Hong Kong and Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>She is the sole proprietor and\u00a0<span>webmaster<\/span> of Kalinago English and author of\u00a0<span>Simply<\/span>ConversationsTM, a pedagogically sound speaking skills system, designed to activate language learners\u2019 fluency.<\/p>\n<p>**Reprinted with kind permission,\u00a0<strong>Karenne Sylvester<\/strong> of\u00a0Kalinago English (<a href=\"http:\/\/kalinago.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/kalinago.blogspot.com\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>***\u00a0<strong>ELTWeekly<\/strong> would like to thank\u00a0<strong>Karenne Sylvester<\/strong> for contributing this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An i on podcasts By Karenne Sylvester This article first appeared on Kalinago English (http:\/\/how2learnenglish.blogspot.com\/) A great way to learn English is by listening to English. There are many podcasts (short files of audio regularly delivered to your computer) available on i-tunes. i-tunes is free of charge, you can download it from\u00a0here. 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