Teachers

20 Ideas on Using Podcasting for English

After some early support they will love podcasting!

• Podcasting can be very simple!• All ideas use just the computer and a

microphone• A portable recorder could be a good

investment

Motivation!

• It is amazing how much students will love to see their voices as a wave. Maybe compare English to Cantonese??

Chanting Verbs or Drilling Vocabulary

Rehearsing Dialogues

Recording the conversation with a foreign language assistant

Practicing clear pronunciation

Explaining Grammatical

Rules

Recording the Singing of Songs in English

Reciting Model Answers for Examinations

Do a weekly weather forecast

in English

Have students create an audio tour in English of

their school/a place they know well/a gallery/a

museum

Have students record a recent film review in English

Students can produce a radio show or news

report in weekly updates

Students can make some recordings in English that may be of use to a partner school

Can record a weekly

learning log in English

Getting a student to do an audio summary of a unit of work can be quite effective

and can be shared easily

Challenge students to read poetry in English

Try book reviews in audio instead of text

We all know that the best way to

learn something is to….

Someone will be the first

weekly podcast on

learning English for Hong Kong students!

Try to keep it fun for the students.