Sunday, October 7, 2007

Podcasts



Have you heard of podcasts? Podcasts are online radio programmes for people to download. They are usually free. There is a wide variety of programmes for you to choose from. Today, I want to introduce to you some programmes to help you learn English.

1. Real English
This is a podcast offered by BBC to help Chinese people to learn authentic English. Each episode lasts several minutes. All key terms or phrases will be translated into Chinese (Mandarin). It is a quick way for you to learn English in a snap.

2. Talk about English
Another podcast offered by BBC to help students to improve their English vocabulary, grammar, and listening skills. Each episode lasts about 20 minutes. The programmes include features and interviews to help students practise and develop their English. They cover a range of topics using everyday informal English, highlighting useful words and expressions.

If you want further information about how to get podcasts, you can simply ask me during the English lessons.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

i also bought some BBC DVD to learn Enghish..After some time,, when i do listening in school,,i noticed that UE is not that difficult,,cheer up

Unknown said...

i forgot to type my name ,,,,Samuel chong..
haha

William Fu said...

Which BBC video? Can you bring it back to school to show us all?

Mr. Fu

Anonymous said...

please dont mind my english is not well
i also watch BBC news in my cable TV,but i do not know what are they talking about.
i just go to BBC to give chinese people to learn website,but i dont know what he talking -____-
i am 6ab130 boys monitor A__A

William Fu said...

BBC news is quite difficult as you need to have the general knowledge about the world. It is better for you to watch local news in English. You can try to listen to the podcasts first.