Godwin-Jones (2005) says podcasting has started to be utilized in language learning. It provides a new and different way of conducting familiar tasks and a “narrowcasting” version of broadcast media. As MP3 player have been popular among the students, they could get easy access to download podcasts in the target language for listening while walking. Students could also create their own podcasts and share with others on the web, which will arouse their interests in language learning.
Constantine (2007) says that for students to benefit from listening to a podcast, the content must be relevant to the learner. If students feel the content relevant, they are most likely to apply what is learned to other situations whether it is at school or out in the real world. Constantine states that students will gain the most from podcasts if they employ strategic listening techniques to strengthen their learning, such as listen for one essential detail, listen for the whole information, listen for the key points, listen for mood and atmosphere, listen for the main idea, listen to hypothesize and predict, listen to make inference.
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podcasting is like a hand-on to for boardcasting with and Ipod or PDA. Recently,
ReplyDeletemy school invited a represetative from a IT service company to introduce some new technology for teaching and learning. In the coming future, the HK government is going to implement the electronic book scheme in most school in HK. Students will be given a PDA with function like internet, networking to servers in the classroom. Students can make use of the PDA to publish, searching on Net, check on the dictionary and reading E-books.
Thus, we can see Podcasting will soon be a tool for teacher to provide materials online with videos and audio clips for students to learn in a multi-media way.