This week I'm going to explore another zone of the Web: the world of podcasts! I already knew this tool and sometimes I download the podcasts of a RaiRadio2 broadcast when I'm not able to follow it in real time. But I never though that I could download something in order to improve my English... In effect it could be an interesting and funny way of keeping my English in training. From the very beginning of my experience (or, I could better say, life) as English learning student, teachers have been telling me to try to translate English songs, to watch films in the original language or to read a lot (obviously in English!). I have to confess that I've never done anything of this, because it was time-demanding and also a bit boring. But, this time, I think I'm going to try this new tool: podcasts can be very useful to me, because I can download them into my mp3 player and listen to them in any moment, even in train, during my daily journey to Padua, or walking around this city.Searching through del.icio.us, I found some useful sites which provide podcasts.
- Better at English: here you I can find a wide range of podcasts to improve my skills in English. The site provides also online listenings and transcriptions, and all the material is divided into three levels (intermediate, upper intermedaite and advanced) and into different grammatical topics (phrasal verbs, business English, idioms and slangs, vocabulary, ect.).
- Libri Vox: a funny way to learn English could be listening to these free audio books (which means that they have no copyrights). You can choose among a huge number of title and genres and, if you just want to make yourself an idea, you can download only a chapter.
- EnglishPod | Learn Business English with Daily MP3 Podcasts:I think the title is clear enough. This website teaches you what business English is and how it has to be used in the different situations: relationships, presentation, inviting, being diplomatic and so on. In each "lesson" you are followed by Scott and Jessica, whose voices I found very friendly and relaxing. Very interesting!
