Podcasts

In this section you can listen to radio programmes for teachers of English from the BBC World Service and audio and video podcasts from the British Council.

Knowledge on the Net 4  

Using the internet in class 1
In this programme senior teacher Rosie Gerard Wright discusses what's involved in the planning and implementation of an internet lesson.




13:47 minutes (6.31 MB)
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Knowledge on the Net 6  
Problems, solutions and top tips
A look at some of the problems of using the internet for teaching and ways of dealing with them. Plus, a round up of the top tips for teaching with the net.


13:47 minutes (6.31 MB)
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Knowledge on the Net 5  
Using the internet in class 2
Some more practical classroom activities employing the internet and information on using IRC - (Internet Relay Chat) with students.


13:53 minutes (6.36 MB)
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Knowledge on the Net 3  

Validating sites, discussion groups and message boards
Assessing whether you can trust the information on websites can be difficult as there are so many




13:31 minutes (6.19 MB)
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Knowledge on the Net 2  
Searching
There are billions of pages of content on the net and that number is growing all the time. Whatever you are looking for is probably out there,


13:33 minutes (6.21 MB)
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Knowledge on the Net 1  
Introduction
Programme one gives a brief history of the Internet and then establishes reasons why it is a useful tool for teachers.


13:39 minutes (6.25 MB)
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Innovations in teaching 6  

Reference revolution
How often do you use a dictionary? Probably lots. And how often do you think about what goes into it?




15:23 minutes (7.05 MB)
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Innovations in teaching 5  

Let's get talking
We look at both hi-tech and low-tech approaches to the challenge of spoken communication.




13:52 minutes (6.35 MB)
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Innovations in teaching 3  
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Content and Language Integrated Learning' (CLIL) - Part 1
Now we turn to Europe and focus on methodology, for an increasingly popular way of putting content and language learning together.




13:51 minutes (6.35 MB)
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Innovations in teaching 4  

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) - Part 2
Team teaching, talking about volcanoes, and making presentations on Geometry - all happening in Italy, and all showing new ways of teaching English.




14:12 minutes (6.5 MB)
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