BBC's Newspod

Students who bump into me in the morning will always see me listening to my iPod. They might think that I'm addicted to music and I have to "plug in" all the time. In fact, I spend most of my time listening to Podcasts. Every morning on my way to school, I prefer to listen to some world news. One of my favourite is BBC's Newspod. This audio programme is a 30-minute News programme featuring news from around the world. This is good way for you to know more about the world on the go. Most importantly, it costs you nothing. All you have to do is to go to the following website, and use iTunes (the most efficient way) to download the podcasts automatically.

If you're interested in these podcasts, I'll introduce to you more. But there is a catch, you need to reply to this post by telling me your preference. If there's no reply, I would assume that no one is interested in it, and I'll just forget it.

Here's the link to Newspod.

After saying "hello", do you know how to make conversation to another person?

I think most of you have difficulty in spoken English. Apart from saying "Hello" or "Good morning", you have no idea on how to carry on with the conversation. Today, I'll introduce you a BBC podcast telling you all sorts of "How to...". The aim of this podcast is to help you learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations. I hope you enjoy the podcast.

Link to the site.

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.