Podcasting

A podcast is a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of video, PDF and audio files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile devices. Podcasting has several advantages.

 It improves pronunciation, listening skills and also it improves writing skills, if one writes reflection after each episode he/she has listened to or watched. While reading two articles  I learned about podacasts more than knew about it before. Some students liked podcasting and said that it was useful, some of them said that it was waste of time and it took a lot of time from them.  Another advantage that podcasts have, is that students can listen to themselves after recording their podcasts. While listening to their recordings they can work on their pronunciations, their mistakes and drawbacks. Then they can also get feedback from their teachers, working on particular weaknesses that they may not notice themselves.

    As for me using podcasts is very helpful profitable and useful process for improving one's language skills. Besides it's very motivating that one can find materials from different domains,  not only connected with education. Students can listen to podcasts wherever they are, if they have mobile devices or iPods with them.  And if you have a lot of experience and can handle podcasts skillfully you can even record your own podcasts, share it with your friends, listen to your friends' podcats and discuss it together, so it means podcasts also enhance collaboration which improves your speaking skills as well. Besides if you do not understand any detail very well, you can listen to it again and again till you catch the meaning to the full.

 

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