Podcasts
Podcasts are downloadable audio recordings. You can save them on your smart phone like a song, or you can stream them like radio. Podcasts are organized by genre, such as news, entertainment, music, movies, sports, comedy, tech and more. The word 'podcast' came from the Apple iPod.
The most popular podcasts are probably a little difficult for language learners, but if you find a topic you are interested in, and you are willing to listen to the podcast several times, you may find podcasts to be a good opportunity to listen to native English at native speed. There are also podcasts for English language learners. These are easier to understand, but it may be difficult to find one that's really interesting. However, if you are a serious English language learner, you may be disciplined enough to listen to the podcast regularly for English listening practice. Think of it as English training. For the Lifelong English Seminar, you need to take some time to find at least one podcast to listen to, and you must listen to it more than once. You don't have to listen to the whole podcast; some of them are pretty long. But you should listen to part of it and then listen again to the same part. Try to listen long enough to understand it, and listen as many times as possible. |
Stitcher
Stitcher is an app for both streaming radio and podcasts. It is the most popular podcast app after Apple's default podcast app. It offers many genres and all the most popular podcast shows. Add the ones you like to your 'Favorites.' Stitcher.com |
Podcast Addict
Podcast Addict is said to be popular on Android phones. It has a 4.6 rating on the Google Play website. Basically, it's just another podcast app. See which one works best for you. Podcast Addict |
Podcasts for ESL
Podcasts for Language Learners
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Podcasts for Native Speakers
Stuff You Should Know is an educational podcast that gives you interesting information about many kinds of topics. This podcast is ranked in the top 10 worldwide and is downloaded millions of times each week. website Skim This - 20 minute (mostly) American news daily - Apple Preview English News - NHK World Radio Japan website |