There
are tons of podcasts on ESL Pods for English learners.
The podcasts are about
different topics such as travel, business, daily life, entertainment, etc. The
one I reviewed is called ESL Podcast 938 – Learning to Ride the Subway. This
podcast is organized by a brief introduction, a dialogue, an illustration for
information in the dialogue such as vocabulary and concepts. At last, the
podcast ends with the dialogue appears at the beginning in a normal speed. The
speakers talk slowly enough so that they can make sure ESL learners can listen
clearly and understand better. I could use this podcast for teaching vocabulary
in context. Because the dialogue includes target vocabulary for taking a ride
of the subway, such as transfer, line, local train, fare, etc. The speaker
usually introduces a new vocabulary by first repeating the sentence in which
the word occurs. After that he will spell it out slowly, then gives definition,
which is followed by more explanation related to speaker’s personal experience.
ESL learners will learn a word in a context, so they have a good grasp on its meaning.
By learning a word’s form, meaning and use, ESL learners can use the vocabulary
in a proper situation.
This type of podcast would certainly work well for your purpose of teaching vocabulary in context.
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