The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast

TBRCP065 - GO4 students talk about food and drink

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:41:07 GMT

Presenters: Hani and Mingke Topic: Food and drink In this show, adult English language students in GO4 class talk about food and drink. (GO4 is a pre-intermediate level general English course, at St Clare's, Oxford, UK.) Mingke and Hani separately chose various topics and prepared several sets of interview questions. On the day, the class chose the topic of food and drink. Hani and Mingke introduced the show, interviewed their classmates, and chose the linking jingle from Garageband. We hear interviews with: Vicki (Spain) Sebastian (Columbia) Raed (Saudi Arabia) Interview questions: (If you are listening in class, you could ask a partner the interview questions, then choose one or more of the speakers and note their answers.) What food do you like or dislike? What kind of food and dishes do people eat in your hometown? What do you think about English food? Have you ever eaten or drunk something unusual? What? Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was recorded in class, on group teacher, Geoff's, Apple MacBook Pro computer with the program Garageband. The Garageband jingle used is "Gleaming Short". After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). The photo was edited in Adobe Fireworks. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.

TBRCP064 - GO4 students talk about their countries

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:29:49 GMT

Presenters: Sebastian and Raed Topic: Our countries In this show, adult English language students in GO4 class talk about their countries. (GO4 is a pre-intermediate level general English course, at St Clare's, Oxford, UK.) Sebastian chose the topic and - with the class teacher's help on grammatical accuracy - prepared interview questions. On the day, Sebastian and Raed introduced the show, interviewed their classmates, and chose the linking jingle from Garageband. Abdullah recorded a terriffic solo vocal performance of Arabic song, but decided not to let it be published on the Internet. We hear interviews with: Mingke (China) Abdullah (Saudi Arabia) Fahad (Saudi Arabia) Vicki (Spain) Hani (Saudi Arabia) Interview questions: (If you are listening in class, you could ask a partner the interview questions, then choose one or more of the speakers and note their answers.) What is the worst problem in your country? Why you think that? If you could, what things would you change about your country, and why? Do you like the political leader (president) of your country? Why / why not? What do you miss most about your country? What is better in your country than England? Is anything better in England than in your country? What? Why? In the future, do you want to live in England? Why / why not? Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. The show was recorded in class, on group teacher, Geoff's, Apple MacBook Pro computer with the program Garageband. The Garageband jingle used is "East Ender Short". After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). The photo was edited in Adobe Fireworks. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.

TBRCP063 - GO4 students talk about their future plans

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:46:11 GMT

Presenters: Abdullah and Vicki Topic: Future plans In this show, adult English language students in their second week of GO4 talk about their future plans. (GO4 is a pre-intermediate level general English course, at St Clare's, Oxford, UK.) Abdullah and Vicki chose the topic, prepared interview questions, introduced the show, interviewed their classmates, and chose the linking jingle from Garageband. We hear interviews with: Mingke (China) Hani (Saudi Arabia) Sebastian (Columbia) Fahad (Saudi Arabia) Raed (Saudi Arabia) Interview questions included: (If you are listening in class, you could ask a partner the interview questions, then choose one or more of the speakers and note their answers.) What are your plans for the future? Which university will you go to after this course? How would you feel if you won one million pounds? Where do you think you will go on your next holiday? What are you going to do when you arrive back in your country? How many children do you want to have? Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. The show was recorded in class, on group teacher, Geoff's, Apple MacBook Pro computer with the program Garageband. The Garageband jingle used is "Daydream". After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). The photo was edited in Adobe Fireworks. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.

TBRCP062 - GO4 students talk about their last holidays

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:05:40 GMT

Presenters: Lucia and Vicki Topic: Last holida (vacation) In this show, adult English language students in their second week of GO4 talk about their last holidays. (GO4 is a pre-intermediate level general English course.) Lucia and Vicki, best friends from Argentina, chose the topic, prepared interview questions, introduced the show, interviewed their classmates, and chose the linking jingle from Garageband. A big thank you to Lucia and Vicki for a great job hosting the show! And farewell and good luck back in Argentina (they were only in the UK for 3 weeks). We hear interviews with: Fahad (Saudi Arabia) Hani (Saudi Arabia) Raed (Saudi Arabia) Sebastian (Columbia) Vicki (Spain) Mingke (China) Abdullah (Saudi Arabia) Interview questions included: Where did you go on your last holiday/vacation? What did you do? Who did you go with? What was the weather like? Where did you stay? Did you like the food? Did you have any problems? If you are listening in class, you could ask a partner the interview questions, then choose one or two of the speakers and note their answers. The show was recorded in class, on group teacher, Geoff's, Apple MacBook Pro computer with the program Garageband. The Garageband jingle used is "Campfire". After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). The photo was edited in Adobe Fireworks. Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP061 - GO4 students introduce themselves

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:54:45 GMT

Presenters: Fahad and Hani Topic: Personal Introductions In this show, adult English language students in their second week of GO4 introduce themselves. GO4 a pre-intermediate level general English course. Fahad and Hani, both from Saudi Arabia, for this first podcast, bravely presented the show and did a very good job. We hear interviews with: Vicki (Argentina) Raed (Saudi Arabia) Sebastian (Columbia) Abdullah (Saudi Arabia) Vicki (Spain) Lucia (Argentina) Mingke (China) Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. Preparation for this introductory show was minimal. The group teacher, Geoff, gave each student a copy of a list of personal topics. Each student chose a few items for their interview. The students took turns interviewing each other, responding without a script - spontaneously. The show was recorded in class, on group teacher, Geoff's, Apple MacBook Pro computer with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). The photo was edited in Adobe Fireworks. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP060 - GO1 students interview GO2 students about smoking

Geoff Taylor — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:56:15 GMT

Presenter: Nina Topic: Smoking Produced at: St Clare's, Oxford, UK In this show, adult English language students in GO1 class (the highest general English class at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford) interview students in GO2 (the second highest level general English class). This was GO1's "revenge" podcast, where they had the opportunity to give GO2 students a taste of their own medicine, after the indignities they themselves suffered in podcast number 59 last week, when GO2 students asked them so many unexpected (and frankly often bizarre!) questions. ;-) But GO1 were mature about it all, and opted to keep to a single discussion topic: smoking. With the help of their class teacher, Mark Searle, the class brainstormed a set of interview questions before the recording session. THE INTERVIEWS Isabelle (the Netherlands) interviewed Bernard (the Netherlands) Jill (the Netherlands) interviewed Laura (the Netherlands) Antoine (Switzerland) interviewed Philippe (the Netherlands) Mauricio (Brazil) interviewed Gabriel (Venezuela) Nina (the Netherlands) interviewed Anne (the Netherlands) Damien (Switzerland) interviewed Federico (Italy) Jo (Norway) interviewed Philippe (bravely returning to the microphone for a second interview) Niklas (Sweden/France) interviewed Cherlyn (South Korea) Celine (the Netherlands) interviewed Gabriel (also bravely returning for a second interview) Finally, at the request of GO1 students, the two class teachers, Mark (GO1 second teacher) and Geoff (GO2 second teacher), also had a turn in front of the microphone! As usual, the show was recorded in class, on Geoff's Apple MacBook Pro, with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK. Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com.

TBRCP059 - GO2 students interview GO1 students

Geoff Taylor — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:40:10 GMT

Presenters: Rutger and Laura (both from the Netherlands) Topic: Various personal (sometimes highly personal!) topics In this show, adult English language students in GO2 (a high level general English class), interview students in GO1 class (the highest level general English class). Each GO1 student was interviewed separately by a student in GO2. GO2 class brainstormed a set of interview questions before the recording session, and Laura typed them up. Unfortunately, for technical reasons, they couldn't be printed out, and the students had to improvise interview questions at the time. Rutger introduced the show and Laura did the outro. We hear interviews with: - Robbert (Holland) - Isabelle (Holland) - Jill (Holland) - Jo (Joachim) (Norway) - Nina (Holland) - Celine (Holland) - Seda (Turkey) - Damien (Belgium) - Mauricio (Brazil) - Antoine (Switzerland) - Niklas (France/Sweden) Our thanks to them, and to their teacher, Mark Searle. As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, notebook computer (this time a new Apple MacBook Pro!) with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). Apologies for the poor audio quality at the beginning of the show, due to a technical oversight at the start of the recording. Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.

TBRCP058 - GO2 students talk about music

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:09:24 GMT

Presenters: Philippe and Federico Topic: Music In this show, adult English language students at upper-intermediate level, towards the end of GO2, a general English course, talk about music and their listening habits. Philippe (the Netherlands) chose the topic, prepared a set of interview questions, and distributed copies of the questions before the recording session. He and his co-presenter, Federico (Italy), interviewed their classmates, and introduced and ended the show. We hear interviews with: - Bernard (the Netherlands) - Gabriela (Brazil) - Geoffroy (Belgium) - Anne (the Netherlands) - Laura (the Netherlands) - Cherlyn (South Korea) - Gabriel (Venezuela) Before you listen to the show, why not try to decide how you would answer Philippe's questions? Here they are: ---------- MUSIC 1. What kind of music do you like? (Why?) 2. Do you have a favourite artist or DJ? (Who?) 3. Do you prefer to listen to music on your MP3 player or on the radio? (Why?) 4. When do you often listen to music? 5. What does music do to you? 6. How do you get your music? 7. Have you ever downloaded music? 8. What do you think about downloading music? 9. Can you make music with an instrument? - Yes? What kind of music? - No? Would you like to play an instrument? Which one? 10. What kind of music do they listen and play in your country? 11. Do you often go to the nightclub? 12. Are the nightclubs in your country different than in Oxford? 13. Do they play the same music? 14. At what time do the clubs close? ---------- As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). Using a digital keyboard, Philippe, a proficient piano player, recorded part of the song "Guantanamera". In Garageband, the track was duplicated a number of times, each time the type of digital instrument being changed, and used as a linking jingle. Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.

TBRCP057 - GO2 students talk about traditional festivals

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:23:30 GMT

Presenters: Gabriela and Bernard Topic: Traditional festivals In this show, adult English language students at upper-intermediate level, in their sixth week of GO2 (a general English course), talk about traditional festivals in their countries. Gabriela (Brazil) and Bernard (the Netherlands), this week's presenters, chose the topic, prepared a set of interview questions, distributed copies of the questions before the recording session, introduced and ended the show and chose the linking jingle. We hear interviews with: - Rutger (the Netherlands) - Cherlyn (South Korea) - Philippe (the Netherlands) - Sunny (South Korea) - Gabriel (Venezuela) - Emilie (France) - Anne (the Netherlands) Before you listen to the show, why not try to decide how you would answer Gabriela and Bernard's questions? Here they are: ---------- FESTIVALS 1 Which kind of festival is the most famous in your country? And when is it? 2 And do you like this festival? Why? Do you celebrate with your family and friends? 3 What is the historical origin of this festival? 4 Is it religious or has it got other significance? 5 In this festival, what kind of customs are there? 6 And what kind of decoration? 7 What kind of food do [people] eat? 8 What kind of presents do [people] give, if any? ---------- As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.

TBRCP056 - GO2 students talk about sport

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:17:26 GMT

Presenters: Geoffroy and Rutger Topic: Sport In this show, adult English language students at upper-intermediate level, in their sixth week of GO2 (a general English course), talk about sport. Rutger, from the Netherlands, and Geoffroy, from Belgium, this week's presenters, were kind enough to choose the topic, prepare a set of interview questions, distribute copies of the questions before the recording session, interview their classmates, introduce and end the show, and choose the linking jingle. They did a very good job! We hear interviews with: - Anne (the Netherlands) - Philippe (the Netherlands) - Cherlyn (South Korea) - Sunny (South Korea) - Gabriel (Venezuela) - Emilie (France) - Geoffrey (Belgium) Before you listen to the show, why not try to decide how you would answer Rutger and Geoffroy's questions? Here they are: ---------- SPORT 1 What kind of sport do you prefer and why? 2 What is your favourite sport? 3 Can you tell me something about your favourite sport? 4 What kind of sport do you hate? 5 What kind of sport do you like to watch on TV but don't want to play in real life? 6 Is there a national sport in your country? 7 What do you think of the football madness in England? 8 Do you know someone who is famous in sport? (A friend, relative or...?) 9 Who is your favourite sportsman and why? 10 What is the most frightening sport that you know? Would you like to try it one day? ---------- As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.

TBRCP055 - GO2 students talk about movies

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:53:50 GMT

Presenters: Cherlyn and Laura Topic: Movies In this show, adult English language students at upper-intermediate level, in their fifth week of GO2 (a general English course), talk about movies. Cherlyn (South Korea) and Laura (the Netherlands), this week's presenters, did a very good job. They chose and researched the topic; prepared a set of interview questions; distributed copies of the questions before the recording session; introduced and ended the show; and chose the linking jingle. We hear interviews with: - Gabriela (Brazil) - Anne (the Netherlands) - Philippe (the Netherlands) - Rutger (the Netherlands) - Gabriel (Venezuela) - Sunny (South Korea) - Emilie (France) - Geoffrey (Belgium) Before you listen to the show, why not try to decide how you would answer Cherlyn and Laura's questions? Here they are: ---------- MOVIES 1. What kind of movies do you prefer? Why? 2. What is your favourite movie? Why would you recommend this movie? 3. Who is your favourite actor or actress? Why? 4. Can you tell us something about your favourite scene of all? 5. What is your favourite line of all? 6. In which movie would you like to act? Which character would you like to play? 7. Which recent movie do you think deserves an Oscar? And which actor or actress? 8. What is your favourite soundtrack? 9. What do you think is the most famous movie from your country? 10. Is there a typical kind of movie that you only can find in your country? 11. Which place do you prefer to watch movies? ---------- The show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.

TBRCP054 - GO2 students talk about blood sports, including bullfighting

Geoff Taylor — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:09:37 GMT

Presenters: Borja (Spain) and Emilie (France) Topic: Blood sports In this show, adult English language students at upper-intermediate level, in their fourth week of GO2 (a general English course), talk about blood sports, and in particular, bullfighting. Borja (on his last day at St Clare's before returning to Spain) and Emilie, this week's presenters, followed the - now standard - process of creating the show, and did a very good job of it. They: - chose and researched the topic - prepared a set of interview questions (coming up with good "open-ended" questions, designed to stimulate discussion) - distributed copies of the questions (a day before the recording session - well done!) - introduced and ended the show - chose the linking jingle We hear interviews with: - Philippe (the Netherlands) - Geoffrey (Belgium) - Anne (the Netherlands) - Sunny (South Korea) - Cherlyn (South Korea) - Laura (the Netherlands) Before you listen to the show, why not try to decide how you would answer Borja and Emilie's questions? Here they are: ---------- What do you think about blood sports? What do you think about killing animals? Do you accept the argument when people say it is their culture? Can you tell us about a typical blood sport in your country? Do you agree with the blood sport of your country? What do you think about bullfighting? And why? ---------- The show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.

TBRCP053 - GO2 students talk about bad (and good!) experiences

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:27:45 GMT

Presenters: Anne (the Netherlands) and Gabriel (Venezuela) Topic: Bad experiences In this show, adult English language students at upper-intermediate level, in their third week of GO2 (a general English course), talk about their bad (and good!) experiences. Anne and Gabriel, this week's presenters, prepped really well for the show. They... - chose the topic - prepared a set of interview questions - distributed copies of the questions at the beginning of the recording session - introduced and ended the show - chose the linking jingle (something dramatic to match the topic!) We hear interviews with: - Sunny (South Korea) - Borja (Spain) - Gabriela (Brazil) - Philippe (the Netherlands) - Cherlyn (South Korea) - Laura (the Netherlands) - Emilie (France) Here are Anne and Gabriel's questions: ---------- Have you ever had a bad experience...? - with animals - with foreigners - with death - with public transport - while abroad (on holiday or something) - while doing shopping - at school What is the most horrible experience you have ever had? ---------- The show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.

TBRCP052 - GO2 students talk about their holidays

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:27:14 GMT

Presenters: Philippe (the Netherlands) and Sunny (South Korea) Topic: Holidays In this show, adult English language students in their first week of GO2 (an upper-intermediate level general English course) talk about their past and future holidays. Philippe and Sunny, this week's presenters, did a grand job of preparing the show. Before the recording, they chose the topic and prepared a set of interview questions, which they distributed at the beginning of the recording session, to help their classmates mentally prepare for the interviews. Jointly, Sunny and Philippe introduced and ended the show, and chose the linking jingles. Great work, guys! We hear interviews with: Gabriela (Brazil) Anne (the Netherlands) Gabriel (Venezuela) Borja (Spain) Emilie (France) Laura (the Netherlands) Here are Sunny and Philippe's questions: ======================================== Philippe & Sunny Questions for Podcast Topic : Holiday. LAST SUMMER HOLIDAY 1. Where have you been during the last summer ? 2. What is your happiest memory ? 3. A : How was the local food? B : Did you enjoy their culture? ST CLARE'S HALF TERM HOLIDAY 1. We have 1 week holiday in October, did you know that? 2. Do you already have a plan for that holiday? 3. Why do you want to go to this place? IDEAL HOLIDAY 1. What is your ideal holiday? 2. What was your best holiday in your life? 3. What was your worst holiday in your life? 4. Which country do you want to visit? ============================ The show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP051 - GO2 students introduce themselves

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:04:11 GMT

Presenter: Orlando (Germany) Topic: Personal Introductions In this show, adult English language students in their first week of GO2 (an upper-intermediate level general English course) introduce themselves. Orlando, in his first podcast and last day at St Clare's, bravely volunteered to introduce and end the show, and chose the linking jingle - thanks Orlando! We hear interviews with: Gabriela (Brazil) Cherlyn (South Korea) Laura (the Netherlands) Borja (Spain) Gabriel (Venezuela) Anne (the Netherlands) Philippe (the Netherlands) Emilie (France) Orlando (Germany) The show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP050 - St Clare's students talk about their best experiences in the UK

Geoff Taylor — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:01:55 GMT

Presenters: Sunny (Shaorong) and Shaorong (China) Topic: Best experiences while studying in the UK In this special one-off episode, adult English language students on a general English course in the UK talk about their best experiences during their time in Oxford. As part of a special afternoon class on practical computer skills, two students, Sunny from South Korea, and Shaorong, from China, created the materials for this podcast. They prepared by - listening to sample podcasts - choosing the topic for their own podcast episode - rehearsing interviews and - getting to know the software and hardware tools needed. They interviewed three students during their free time, and took photos of everyone involved, except Polina, unfortunately. We hear: Antoine (Switzerland) Polina (Russia) Sana (Libya) Then in class Sunny and Shaorong prepared the picture of the people involved, to accompany the podcast, and started checking and editing the audio clips. Afterwards, the teacher, Geoff, finished checking the audio clips, equalised levels, assembled the final podcast audio track, adding a punctuating jingle, and exported it as an MP3 file. This audio file and the picture the students had made were put up on the podcast feed. What about you? What have been your best experiences in Oxford and the UK? Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP049 - GO2 talk about their impressions of Britain

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:49:19 GMT

Presenter: Julio (Spain) Topic: impressions of Britain In this show, adult English language students in an upper-intermediate level general English course in the UK talk about their impressions of Britain, and what they miss about life in their home countries. Please listen to our discussion and leave a comment on our blog page. Julio, from Spain, is this week's presenter. He chose the topic, prepared interview questions (with the help of class teacher Geoff), introduced and closed the show, interviewed his classmates, and selected the jingle used to link the sections of the show. Julio's classmates, Joey, from China, and Shayma, from the UAE, then interviewed him! We also give a shoutout to our friends in Brooklyn, Richard Green's students. Hello! As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. After editing in Garageband, the file was converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). This show is produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP048 - Crime and Punishment

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:48:05 GMT

Presenter: Joey (China) Topic: crime and punishment, especially capital punishment In this show, adult English language students in an upper-intermediate level general English course in the UK talk about crime and punishment, and in particular, about whether they are for or against capital punishment (the death penalty). Please listen to our discussion and leave a comment on our blog page about what the situation is in your country, and what you think. Joey, from China, is this week's presenter. He chose the topic, prepared interview questions (with the help of class teacher Geoff), introduced and closed the show, interviewed his classmates, and selected the jingle used to link the sections of the show. As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. After editing in Garageband, the file was converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). This show is produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP047 - smoking and the new anti-smoking law to be introduced in England

Geoff Taylor — Thu, 24 May 2007 16:41:08 GMT

Presenter: Aziz (Saudi Arabia) Topic: Smoking and the new anti-smoking law to be introduced in England on July 1st, 2007 In this show, adult English language students in an upper-intermediate level general English course in the UK talk about smoking and discuss the new anti-smoking law to be introduced in England on July 1st of this year, 2007. Under this new law, smoking will not be permitted in public places. For more information, see this BBC News article, for example: England smoke ban to start 1 July http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6196910.stm A big hello to Ricardo Verde and his students "across the pond" (as we say) in New York City, USA! Please listen to our discussion and tell us how things are in NYC and the USA generally! How many of you smoke? Has anyone given up recently? Is smoking permitted inside public buildings in NYC? How strict are the smoking laws in the USA? Do smokers respect the laws or find ways around them? What's your forecast for the new law coming to England? Aziz, from Saudi Arabia, is this week's presenter. He chose the topic, prepared interview questions, introduced and closed the show, interviewed his classmates, selected the jingle used to link the sections of the show, and press-ganged his two group teachers, me (ex-smoker), Geoff Taylor, and Helen Brown (smoker), into service to get points of view from native Englanders! A big thanks to Azo (smoker) and to guests Shayma (non-smoker), from the United Arab Emirates, and Suliman (smoker), from Saudi Arabia. A special big thank you to group teacher, Helen Brown, for agreeing to be interviewed, and for her refreshingly sardonic contribution! As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. After editing in Garageband, the file was converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). This show is produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP046 - GO2 class talk about Oxford restaurants and food

Geoff Taylor — Tue, 15 May 2007 22:20:27 GMT

Presenter: Shayma (United Arab Emirates) Topic: Oxford restaurants and food In this show, adult English language students in an upper-intermediate level general English course in the UK talk about Oxford restaurants and food. Shayma, from the United Arab Emirates, is this week's presenter. She chose the topic, prepared interview questions, introduced and closed the show, interviewed her classmates, and selected the jingle used to link the sections of the show. A big thanks to her and to her guests, Aziz and Suliman, from Saudi Arabia, and Joey, from China. As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. After editing in Garageband, the file was converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). This show is produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP045 - GO2 class talk about holidays and travel

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 04 May 2007 18:52:36 GMT

Presenters: Natsupa and Tuptim (Thailand) Topic: Holidays and travel In this show, adult English language students in an upper-intermediate level general English course in the UK talk about holidays and travel. Natsupa and Tuptim, from Thailand, are this week's presenters. They chose the topic and with the help of their classmates, planned the show content, with each person volunteering a sub-topic to talk about. Natsupa and Tuptim introduced and closed the show, interviewed their classmates, and selected the jingle used to link the sections of the show. Shayma, from the United Arab Emirates, talks about the country she most wanted to visit in the future. Julio, from Spain, talks about a very scary incident that happened during one of his holidays. Aziz, from Saudi Arabia, talks about the best place he has ever visited on holiday. Suliman, from Saudi Arabia, talks about what holidays mean for him, and his worst ever holiday experience. As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). This show is produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP044 - GO2 class talk about cars and driving

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:29:14 GMT

Presenter: Deniz (from Italy) Topic: Cars and driving In this show, adult English language students in an upper-intermediate level general English course in the UK talk about cars and driving. Deniz, from Italy, is this week's presenter. He chose the topic and with the help of his classmates, planned the show content (which followed on nicely from class studies during the week), with each person volunteering a sub-topic to talk about. Dennis introduced and closed the show, interviewed his classmates, and selected the jingle used to link the sections of the show. Suliman, from Saudi Arabia, talks about differences between car use in his country and the UK Natsupa, from Thailand, and Shayma, from the United Arab Emirates, talk about getting a driving license in their countries Joey, from China, gives advice on the correct way to start off from a parked position Tuptim, from Thailand, talks about how her mother saved her from a near-death experience behind the wheel As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). This show is produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP043 - GO2 class introduce themselves

Geoff Taylor — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:33:52 GMT

Presenter: Suliman Topic: Personal Introductions CONTENT In this show, produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK, adult English language students in their first week of GO2 (an upper-intermediate level general English course) introduce themselves. PEOPLE Suliman, a new student, in his first podcast, bravely volunteered to introduce and end the show, and chose the linking jingle - thanks Suliman! We hear interviews with: Deniz (Italy) Julio (Spain) Natsupa (Thailand) Shayma (United Arab Emirates) Suliman (Saudi Arabia) Tuptim (Thailand) PRODUCTION As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com).

TBRCP042 - GO5 class special photo video: Oxford, England - City of Students

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:31:40 GMT

Producers: Sofia (Portugal) and Thomas (Venezuela) In this show, through a video photo slide show and voice-over, Sofia and Thomas present an overview of Oxford, the city of students. The show includes introductions to: - the origin of the city - the universities - interesting tourist sites HOW THE SHOW WAS MADE... Sofia and Thomas scripted the show with a sequence of photographs, mainly taken by Sofia (plus a few from Geoff, class teacher). They spent a lot of time trying to identify the different buildings in the pictures, working closely with a map of Oxford city centre. They also used other text resources for background information. This show was made during class time, using photos and recorded voices, all edited in the program Windows Movie Maker on the students' own laptops, and exported as a .wmv (Windows Media) file at 320x280 pixels. PUBLISHER'S NOTE Unfortunately, none of the students' video shows, all in .wmv format, seem to download on the podcast subscribers' RSS feed, but they seem to play correctly in a web browser like Internet Explorer or Safari, on both Mac and Windows PCs. Please be patient, as "buffering" seems to take a little while! If your are using a Mac, and .wmv video files won't play at all, an excellent solution is to install the FREE Flip4Mac Windows Media Components for QuickTime software. You can download it from Microsoft at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx

TBRCP040 - GO5 class special photo video: Typical Day in Oxford.

Geoff Taylor — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:03:04 GMT

In this show, we speak about a typical students' day in Oxford. In this show we speak about: * St Clare's accommdation. * St Clare's school * The weather * St Clare's activities * Adriana's work * Night life in Oxford HOW THE SHOW WAS MADE... This show was made in Geoff's class. We used photos and recorded our voices. First Cesar speaks and after Adriana. We used Movie Maker Program to do this show. Geoff teaches us every Thursday in computer class how can we use this.

TBRCP041 - GO5 class special photo video: Life in Oxford

Geoff Taylor — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:54:07 GMT

Presenters: Eloisa (Spain), Nicolas (Belgium) Topic: GO5 class tell about the life at school and after school. In this show, we are going to speak about the life at school and the life after school. - St Clare's,Oxford (GO5). -In class, the hard working hours!!! -Happy moments during the class. -Parties after school. HOW THE SHOW WAS MADE... Photos and voice in Movie Maker. Thanks to Geoff Taylor.

TBRCP039 - GO5 class play a general knowledge trivia quiz

Geoff Taylor — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:42:56 GMT

Quiz master: Nicolas (Belgium) Topic: GO5 class play a general knowledge trivia quiz In this show, adult English language students in GO5, a low intermediate level, mixed nationality, general English course at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, play a general knowledge trivia quiz, in multiple-choice format, in the style of a radio or TV quiz show, with a presenter, and two teams of contestants. We didn't have traditional "buzzers" for contestants to sound, to indicate readiness to answer, so instead we used the classroom hole-punch machine. The strange sound you often hear after the question is read is contestants banging and whacking and sometimes fighting over this small metal device! You can read the questions and choices below, but to find out the correct answers, you will have to listen to the show! THANKS... Huge thanks to Nicolas for volunteering to host this week's show. He adopted the style of quiz master, and did it brilliantly, delaying giving the correct answers to build tension exactly like a professional broadcast quiz master. His warm, humorous style added greatly to the fun atmosphere of the show. Massive thanks as well to Bridget Doyle, GO5 class second teacher, for preparing the students with language before the show, and especially for designing the format (quiz show) of this week's show, and choosing the content. It was a really good departure from the normal show format, and the participants had a lot of fun. HOW THE SHOW WAS MADE... As usual, the show was recorded during Bridget's "3rd hour" class on Geoff's Apple PowerBook computer with the iLife 06 program Garageband 3 (http://www.apple.com/uk/ilife/garageband/). After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). In this show, two little audio "stingers" from Garageband are used to signify correct or incorrect answers. For correct answers, there is a triumphant drum roll (Comedy Drum Roll). For incorrect answers, a regretful whistle (Comedy Whistle). The jingle, again from Garageband, is Roadtrip. THE QUIZ: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / TRIVIA QUESTIONS 1. King Louis XIV was the first person to wear: a) a wig b) high-heels c) false teeth d) a false nose 2. Where does Indian Ink come from? a) India b) Pakistan c) Japan d) China 3. What is it impossible to do when you sneeze? a) jump b) hear c) smell d) keep your eyes open 4. In which country do people bump foreheads when they shake hands? a) Tibet b) Ireland c) Afghanistan d) Thailand 5. What couldn’t King George I do when he became king of England? a) he couldn’t speak French b) he couldn’t speak English c) he couldn’t read d) he couldn’t write 6. Which sport did the Chinese invent nearly 2,000 years ago? a) a kind of golf b) basket ball c) fishing d) swimming 7. What were the Oscars made of during the Second World War? a) silver b) paper c) wood d) plastic 8. Why was the corkscrew invented? a) to open bottles b) to pull out teeth c) to clean your ears d) to open doors 9. Where were croissants invented? a) France b) Scotland c) Austria d) Germany 10. What was Winston Churchill before he became Prime Minister of England? a) a milkman b) a teacher c) a dentist d) a Shakespearean actor 11. What was the yo-yo originally used for? a) as a weapon in the jungle b) as a game c) as a measuring tool d) to get honey 12. If someone “passes away” they: a) leave b) die c) faint d) fall over 13. If someone is “feeling blue” they are: a) unhappy b) painting the house c) happy d) angry 14. When you say that you are “broke” you are: a) crying b) you don’t have any money c) disappointed d) happy 15. When you are “over the moon” you are: a) crazy b) far away c) on an aeroplane d) very happy

TBRCP038 - GO5 class tell true personal stories about themselves

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:47:56 GMT

Presenter: Gabriela (Brazil) Topic: GO5 class tell true stories of their own bad personal experiences In this show, adult English language students in GO5, a pre-intermediate level, mixed nationality, general English course at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, told true stories of bad personal experiences that had happened to them. THE STORIES - Nicolas tells how he and his cousin got into trouble when he was eleven - Eloisa tells about a bad experience with a motorbike when she was fifteen - Cesar tells about a bad experience with a microwave when he was ten - Steven tells about a dangerous experience with his bicycle about ten years ago - Sofia tells about a very distressing experience (especially for her parents!) when she was nine - Gabriela tells about a frightening experience in a lake when she was fifteen - Thomas tells about a disturbing experience outside his apartment THANKS... Thanks to Gabriela for opening and closing this week's show and for choosing the jingle for the show. Thanks as ever to Bridget Doyle, GO5 class second teacher, for helping the students prepare the content for the show. HOW THE SHOW WAS MADE... As usual, the show was recorded during Bridget's "3rd hour" class on Geoff's Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com).

TBRCP037 - GO5 class talk about their favourite things

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:55:23 GMT

Presenters: Thomas (Venezuela) and Eloisa (Spain) Topic: GO5 class talk about their favourite things In this show, Thomas and Eloisa, adult English language students in GO5, a pre-intermediate level, mixed nationality, general English course at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, interviewed their classmates about their favourite things. We hear interviews with: Steven (China) Adriana (Brazil) Cesar (Spain) Sofia (Portugal) Gabriela (Brazil) THANKS... Great big thanks to Thomas and Eloisa for their brilliant hosting of this week's show! Thanks too to Gabriela, on this, her first podcast, for choosing the jingle for the show. Lastly, thanks as ever to Bridget Doyle, GO5 class second teacher, for helping the students prepare the content for the show. As usual, the show was recorded during Bridget's "3rd hour" class on Geoff's Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com).

TBRCP036 - Special magazine program where students in GO5 class interview students in GO4 class

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:43:00 GMT

Guest presenter: Andres from Spain Topic: Special magazine program where students in GO5 class interview students in GO4 class Short description: In this show, adult English language students in GO5, a pre-intermediate level mixed nationality general English course at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, interviewed students in GO4, the next level up (intermediate). Menu of interviews: - Adriana interviewed Andres (Spain) about Spanish bullfighting and nightlife - Thomas interviewed Goran (Montenegro) about why he is in Oxford, his opinion of the teachers in St Clare's, the politics of Montenegro - Adriana interviewed Yu (Taiwan) about differences between UK and Taiwan, especially food - Nicolas interviewed Joseph (Venezuela) about differences between life in the UK and Venezuela - Sofia interviewed Iva (Bulgaria) about advice for tourists to Bulgaria (where to go and what to see, what to eat) - Eloisa interviewed Alexis (Belgium) about differences in life between life in the UK and Belgium, and his personal life - Sofia interviewed Renate (Brazil) about how she chose what to study at university, and her plans after she graduates - Eloisa interviewed Naho (Japan) about differences between the UK and Japan, and her personal ambitions - Cesar interviewed Minki (S. Korea) about the most famous and popular sport in his country (the martial art, taikwondo) Our thanks: - to the students of GO5 for agreeing to the interviews! - to Bridget Doyle, GO5 class second teacher, helped the students prepare the content for the show, and to Mark Jennings, GO4 class teacher, who helped manage the event. - to Andres in GO4, who introduced and ended the show and chose the linking music. How the show was made: The show was recorded during Bridget and Mark's "3rd hour" classes on Geoff's Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3, and on Geoff's 4th generation iPod with a microphone attachment. After editing in Garageband, the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com).

TBRCP035 - GO5 class talk about their future dream homes

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:27:48 GMT

Guest presenters: Nicolas (Belgium) and Adriana (Brazil) Topic: Ideal or Dream homes In this show, adult English language students in GO5, a pre-intermediate level general English course at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, talk about their future dream homes. Nicolas and Adriana introduce and end the show, interview their classmates, and chose the linking music. Bridget, second teacher, helped the students prepare the content for the show. The show was recorded in Bridget's class on Geoff's Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. Audio was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). As for the photo on this page, well, the students decided, for a change, that a picture of their teachers should be posted here, rather than one of themselves. So be it... Next week we plan to interview students in GO4 class, which should be fun! We are also planning a special class video podcast, and hoping to produce personal video projects, in connection with the EVO Video 2007: ESL/EFL Student Video Production online workshop sponsored by the TESOL Video and Digital Media and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) ISs. (http://evovideo07.wikispaces.com/)

TBRCP034 - GO5 class compare life in different countries

Geoff Taylor — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:04:45 GMT

Guest presenters: Steven (China) and Nicolas (Belgium) Topic: Comparisons between life in different countries In this show, adult English language students in GO5, a pre-intermediate level general English course at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, make comparisons between life in different countries. Steven and Nicolas introduce and end the show, interview their classmates, and chose the linking music. Bridget, second teacher, helped the students prepare the content for the show. The show was recorded in Bridget's class on Geoff's Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. Audio was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com).

TBRCP033 - GO5 class talk about traditional food and drink in their countries

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:43:00 GMT

Guest presenters: Nicolas (Belgium) and Sofia (Portugal) Topic: Traditional food and drink in different countries In this show, adult English language students in GO5, a pre-intermediate level general English course at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, talk about traditional food and drink in their countries. Nicolas and Sofia introduce and end the show, interview their classmates, and chose the linking music. Thomas talks about Venezuela Antonio, Cesar and Eloisa talk about Spain Adriana talks about Brazil Steven talks about China Sofia talks about Portugal Nicolas talks about Belgium Bridget, second teacher, helped the students prepare the content for the show. The show was recorded in Bridget's class on Geoff's Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. Bye Antonio!

TBRCP032 - GO5 class talk about their future plans and predictions

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:35:33 GMT

Guest presenters: Antonio (Spain) and Adriana (Brazil) Topic: Future plans and predictions In this show, adult English language students in GO5, a pre-intermediate level general English course at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, talk about their future plans and predictions. Antonio and Adriana introduce and end the show, interview their classmates, and chose the linking music. - Nicolas talks about his personal plans after St Clare's, and about the future of Belgium's economy - Sofia talks about the future economy of Portugal - Thomas talks about the political and economic future of Venezuela - Cesar (Spain) talks about the future climate and weather of the world - Adriana talks about the problem of violence and drugs in Brazil in the future - Antonio (Spain) talks about his personal plans after St Clare's. As well as helping the students prepare the content for the show, the class's second teacher, Bridget, is shouldering a lot of the thinking about format and content. Thanks, Bridget! The show was recorded in Bridget's class on Geoff's Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. Apologies: The sound quality of this podcast is well below our normal high standard. I'm really sorry about this, because the content of the podcast is very interesting. Unfortunately, there was a low level "hiss" in the original speech recordings that I couldn't get rid of in post-production. (I think for some reason the external microphone didn't work, and we actually recorded on the PowerBook's internal microphone, which doesn't produce brilliant results.)

TBRCP031 - GO5 class talk about their first impressions of Oxford and St Clare's

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:58:03 GMT

Guest presenters: Thomas and Eloisa Topic: First impressions of Oxford and St Clare's In this show, adult English language students in GO5, a pre-intermediate level general English course at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, talk about their first impressions of Oxford and St Clare's. Thomas and Eloisa introduced and ended the show, interviewed their classmates, and chose the linking music - thanks guys. You did a brilliant job. We hear from: - Adriana (Brazil) - Antonio (Spain) - Eloisa (Spain) - Nicolas (Belgium) - Sofia (Portugal) - Steven (China) - Thomas (Venezuela) The class's second teacher, Bridget, helped prepare the students to talk about the content of the show - thanks Bridget. In fact the students were so well prepared on this occasion, and relatively so fluent and articulate, that the show took about half the normal time to record! And there were many fewer hesitations and long pauses, and people spoke up really well, so I had much less post production work to do. Thanks guys. The show was recorded in Bridget's class on Geoff's Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. Most post-production work was done at the weekend. Note: This time, in post-production, I had a new piece of free software called Levelator from Gigavox Media. It is for automatically normalising differences in volume of speech. This is going to save me so much time, literally hours every weekend! If any Mac-based podcasters are reading, go to their website and try it out. GigaVox Media, Inc. The Levelator http://www.gigavox.com/levelator

TBRCP030 - GO5 class introduce themselves - 1 year anniversary show

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:42:33 GMT

Guest presenters: Cesar Topic: Personal Introductions In this show, produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, adult English language students in their first week of GO5 (a pre-intermediate level general English course) introduce themselves to the listeners. Cesar, a new student, in his first podcast, bravely introduced and ended the show, and chose the linking music - thanks Cesar! We hear from some other students, new to the class and to podcasting: - Adriana (Brazil) - Nicolas (Belgium) - Sofia (Portugal) - Thomas (Venezuela) We also hear from three experienced podcasters: - Antonio (Spain) - Eloisa (Spain) - Stephen (China) The class's second teacher, Bridget, helped prepare the students to talk about the content of the show - thanks Bridget! The show was recorded in Bridget's class on Geoff's Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. Most post-production work was done at the weekend. On a different tack, this 30th show marks the Bardwell Road Centre Podcast's 1 year anniversary, as episode 1, an introduction to podcasting, was posted 366 days ago, on January 11, 2006. Happy birthday, Bardwell Road Centre Podcast!

TBRCP029 - GO5 class interview GO4 class about student life in Oxford

Geoff Taylor — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:31:31 GMT

Guest presenters: Eloisa and Antonio Topic: Student life in Oxford In this show, adult students in GO5, a lower intermediate level general English class, interviewed students in GO4, an intermediate level general English class about student life in Oxford, and their own personal impressions and experiences in particular: Katell interviews Murat Eloisa interviews Shayma Sang-Wook interviews Jun Camille interviews Mohamed Stephen interviews Cengis Alexia interviews Amin Victor interviews Willem Goran interviews Sergey Antonio interviews Julie Dyson (the second teacher) Classmates and guest presenters, Eloisa and Antonio, introduce and end the show. Thanks to them for their good work! Unusually, the show was recorded in the Dining Rooms at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, while other people were having dinner. This turned out to be a good strategy (tip of the hat to Julie Dyson, whose idea it was), as it got people involved, and was a lot of fun! (We apologise for the sometimes obtrusive amount of background noise during the interviews.) Most interviews were recorded, as usual, on GO5's group teacher, Geoff Taylor's Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3, but some were recorded on Geoff's 4th generation iPod, with a Griffin iTalk microphone attachment, permitting interviewers to conduct the interviews where they wanted. As usual, post-production work was done in GarageBand 3.

TBRCP028 - GO5 class talk about traditional festivals in their countries (part 2)

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:01:32 GMT

Guest presenter: Katell Pensivy Topic: Traditional festivals (part 2) In this show, adult students in our low intermediate GO5 class talk about traditional festivals in their countries. The topic links to class studies about the festivals of Halloween (October 31) and Fireworks Night (November 5) in the UK. Classmate and guest presenter, Katell, introduced and ended the show, conducted the interviews, and chose the jingle. The show was recorded in class, with all the students present, plus the group teacher, Geoff Taylor, who did the post-production work in GarageBand 3, on his Apple PowerBook laptop computer.

TBRCP027 - GO5 class talk about traditional festivals in their countries

Geoff Taylor — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 08:39:34 GMT

Guest presenter: Hyun-Jung (Maggie) Kim Topic: Traditional festivals In this show, adult students in our low intermediate GO5 class talk about traditional festivals in their countries. The topic links to class studies about the festivals of Halloween (October 31) and Fireworks Night (November 5) in the UK. Classmate and guest presenter, Maggie, negotiated the topic, prepared the interview questions, introduced and ended the show, conducted the interviews, and chose the jingle. The show was recorded in class, with all the students present, plus the class teacher, Julie Dyson, and the group teacher, Geoff Taylor, who did the post-production work in GarageBand 3, on his Apple PowerBook laptop computer. This is the first of a two-part show on traditional festivals - the class is now too large to easily fit into a single show.

TBRCP026 - GO5 class talk about traditional food and drink in their countries

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:15:12 GMT

Guest presenter: Sang-Wook Chung Topic: Traditional food and drink in the students' countries In this show, adult students in our pre-intermediate GO5 class talk about traditional food and drink in their countries. Classmate and guest presenter, Sang-Wook, chose the topic, prepared the interview questions, introduced and ended the show, conducted the interviews, and chose the jingle. The show was recorded in class, with all the students present, plus the group teacher, Geoff Taylor, who did the post-production work in GarageBand 3, on his Apple PowerBook laptop computer.

TBRCP025 - GO5 class talk about their birthdays

Geoff Taylor — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:14:07 GMT

Guest presenter: Yu-Tsung Chuang Topic: Birthdays In this show, adult students in our pre-intermediate GO5 class talk about their birthdays. Classmate and guest presenter, Yu, chose the topic, prepared the interview questions, introduced and ended the show, conducted the interviews, and chose the jingle. As usual, the show was recorded in class, with all the students present, plus the class teacher, Julie Dyson, and the group teacher, Geoff Taylor, who took the class photo and did the post-production work in GarageBand 3, on his Apple PowerBook laptop computer.

TBRCP024 - GO5 class talk about their spare time interests

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:07:25 GMT

Guest presenter: Victor Grégoire Topic: Spare Time Interests In this show, adult students in our pre-intermediate GO5 class talk about how they spend their spare time interests. Classmate and guest presenter, Victor, chose the topic, prepared the interview questions, introduced and ended the show, conducted the interviews, and chose the jingle. The show was recorded in class, with all the students present and the group teacher, Geoff Taylor, who took the class photo and did the post-production work in GarageBand 3, on his Apple PowerBook laptop computer. Here are the questions Victor prepared, from which his classmates chose the ones they wanted to answer: - How do you spend your free time? - Do you play any sports? - What are you hobbies? - What's your favourite band? - Do you play an instrument? - What is your favourite movie and why? - How much TV do you watch per week? - Do you prefer a particular TV show? - What do you think about the wonderful tool which is the Internet? - How often do you use it? - Is nightlife important for you?

TBRCP0023 - GO5 class talk about their memories

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:40:04 GMT

Guest presenter: Camille Renaud Topic: Personal memories In this show, adult students in our pre-intermediate GO5 class talk about their personal memories. Classmate and guest presenter, Camille, chose the topic, prepared the interview questions, introduced and ended the show, conducted the interviews, and chose the jingle. The show was recorded in class, with all the students present, along with their class teacher, Julie Dyson. The other teacher, Geoff Taylor, took the class photo and did the post-production work in GarageBand 3, on his Apple PowerBook laptop computer. Here are the questions Camille prepared, from which her classmates chose the ones they wanted to answer: - What's your best memory of holiday? And the worst? - What is the most beautiful place you've visited? And the worst? - Who is the most interesting or famous person you've met? - What is the most expensive thing you've bought? - What is the most expensive present you've received? - What is your best memory of childhood? And the worst? - What was the happiest day in your life?

Episode 22, September 22, 2006

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:39:28 GMT

Guest presenter: Alexia Topic: Personal hopes, plans and ambitions for the future [Note for Windows users: The audio should play OK in Windows now. I'm really sorry if you had problems before.] In this show, adult students in our pre-intermediate GO5 class talk about their hopes, plans and ambitions for the future. Classmate and guest presenter, Alexia, chose the topic, prepared the interview questions, introduced and ended the show, conducted the interviews, and chose the jingle. The show was recorded in class, with all the students present, along with their class teacher, Julie Dyson. The other teacher, Geoff Taylor, took the class photo and did the post-production work in GarageBand 3, on his Apple PowerBook laptop computer.

Episode 21, September 15, 2006

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:45:41 GMT

Hello again from St Clare's, Oxford, England, after our long summer break! This term, we hope once again to provide a regular weekly show of student recordings. In this show, adult students in pre-intermediate GO5 class talk about their impressions of Britain. For most of them, this is only their second week in England, so these really are just first impressions... The show was recorded in class, with all the students present, along with their teacher, Julie Dyson. Julie had prepared the interview questions. As in previous shows, the students were allowed to choose half a dozen or so questions from all the questions on offer. The students took turns to interview each other, the order of speaking set by a draw of playing cards, and their other teacher, Geoff Taylor, took the class photo and did the post-production work in GarageBand 3, on his Apple PowerBook laptop computer. Here are the interview questions prepared by Julie: What do you think of...? - Oxford - British food - the weather in Britain - public transport in Britain - night clubs in Oxford - shops in London - shops in Oxford - prices in British shops - the buildings in Oxford - restaurants you have been to in England - nightlife in general in the UK - Oxford city centre - driving on the left - British pubs

Summer holiday break, August 2006

Geoff Taylor — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:39:41 GMT

Hi everyone Just to let you know that we'll be taking a break for the month of August, as the show's producer, Geoff Taylor (me), will be on holiday then for 3 weeks. We aim to be back in production at the beginning of September - so please hang on! Take care! Geoff Taylor Teacher, St Clare's, Oxford, UK

TBRCP0020 - Tatyana Draijer: songs and interview

Geoff Taylor — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:35:08 GMT

Episode 20, July 14, 2006 In this show, we have something a bit different: live music by Tatyana Draijer, a Dutch student on the General English course at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford. She sings three songs, two in English and one in Dutch, her mother tongue, that she wrote, accompanying herself on her guitar. She also talks about herself and her music in an interview section. The playlist: 1. You're My Star (in English) 2. I Will Wait For You (in English) 3. Untitled (in Dutch) These songs are copyright 2006 Tatyana Draijer, all rights reserved. Thank you so much to Tatyana for agreeing to let us include her songs in the show, and for the interview. The show is brilliantly presented by Woun, a general English student from South Korea, and a regular contributor to this podcast. A million thanks to him! The audience was Julia, a student from Russia - a big thanks to her - and Geoff (teacher), also at the controls of GarageBand recording software on his Apple PowerBook laptop. We welcome contributions from other students in any area that can be pictured, filmed, recorded or described in words. Next!!! Woun chose from the following interview questions: What kind of music do you like to play? How long have you been playing? How did you learn to play? Do you play in a group or just alone? Have you played in public or recorded before? How many songs have you written? What are your songs about? How easy is it to write in English - a foreign language? Do you only sing your own material or others too? Who are you musical heroes/heroines? Do you have ambitions to have a musical career or is it just a hobby? Have you ever tried busking? Do you have any advice or suggestions for listeners who might want to start playing music/writing their own songs?

TBRCP0019 - GO4 class introduce themselves

Geoff Taylor — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:35:59 GMT

Episode 19, 23 June, 2006 In this episode, Geoff's new GO4 class introduce themselves. We hear from: Jairo (Columbia) Goran (Montenegro) Hyung Koo (South Korea) Yong Bum (South Korea) Sun Hee (South Korea)

TBRCP0018 - GO3 class in a magazine-style show

Geoff Taylor — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:18:57 GMT

Episode 18, 8th June, 2006 MAGAZINE-STYLE SHOW We try a different show format this week: instead of all the speakers talking about a single subject or theme, different students talk about different things. MENU In this show, we hear from four students in general English class GO3, intermediate level: Cosi (Switzerland) talks about the last book she's read: Three Men in a Boat (To say nothing of the dog) by Jerome K Jerome, 1889 - You can read it online, for free, with pictures, here: Read online: http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/boat/boat.htm - Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Men_in_a_Boat) gives this summary: "Three Men in a Boat... is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over, to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages now seem like an unnecessary distraction to the essentially comic novel." Yong (S. Korea) talks about a Thai restaurant he's been to in Oxford, the Bangkok House. Check out this link: - Oxford Restaurant Guide: Bangkok House http://www.oxfordrestaurantguide.co.uk/bangkok_house/ Alexia (Spain) talks about her visits to London, including Camden Market. Check out these links: - The London Tourism Guide - a free tourist and visitor guidebook for England's capital city http://www.londontourist.org/ - Time Out London - what's on: including music, theatre, film, restaurants, art, night clubs and exhibitions,tickets, maps and hotels http://www.timeout.com/london/ - Camden Town, London "Famous market, lock and nightlife; the bohemian place to be and be seen" http://www.londonnet.co.uk/ln/guide/about/placescamden.html Woun (S. Korea) talks about the last film he's seen, Over the Hedge (2006) - You can find almost everything you want to know about this film via the Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327084/ - Check out the movie trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/overthehedge/ HOW THIS SHOW WAS MADE Unlike previous shows, the audio was all recorded on an iPod with the Griffin iTalk microphone attachment. The intention was to have a quick, portable recording device, which it was. Apologies for the sound quality! APOLOGIES/THANKS TO WOUN Woun's first 8-minute interview didn't record properly, but he kindly agreed to repeat the interview. Thanks, Woun!

TBRCP0017 - GO3 class talk about why they are learning English

Geoff Taylor — Tue, 30 May 2006 05:41:52 GMT

Episode 17, 29th May 2006 Our host this week is Min, from South Korea. He asks his classmates about why they are learning English, what changes they have seen in themselves, and what their plans after the course are. We hear from Won, Cosy, Yong and Woun, all from South Korea except Cosy, who is from Switzerland. How this show was made We missed our normal Friday slot, and instead the show was recorded on Monday morning. That's why it's a bit late getting out - sorry. Apart from that, the episode was produced pretty much as last week. Min chose a slow rock jingle to punctuate the show.

TBRCP0016 - GO3 class talk about their freetime activities

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 19 May 2006 19:45:26 GMT

Episode 16, 19th May 2006 Our hosts this week are, from left to right, Yong (S. Korea) and Fred (Germany), and their topic is freetime activities. They interview their GO3 classmates: Woun (S. Korea), Cosy (Switzerland), Sky (S. Korea), Tian (China), Won (S. Korea) and Alexia (Spain) How this show was made As before, the show was recorded on Friday, in the last 20 minutes or so of one of the morning lessons. The presenters had planned the topic and a set of interview questions, and students were chosen to come up to the front of the class, and be interviewed by the presenters. As before, the show was recorded and edited on the class teacher, Geoff's laptop computer, using Apple's Garageband 3 software program. After class, the presenters gathered with Geoff, and went through the recordings and made a rough cut of the show. When the students came to choose a jingle, Fred immediately suggested an audio clip from the film Star Wars III, which he had on his mobile phone, and that's what is used to punctuate the show. Geoff tidied up afterwards and posted the audio file, plus these show notes.

TBRCP0015 - GO3 class talk about what they miss most from their home countries

Geoff Taylor — Sun, 14 May 2006 09:20:58 GMT

Episode 15, 12th May 2006 Presenters: Alexia (Spain) and Won (South Korea) Topic: what their classmates in GO3 miss from their home countries Studying abroad, in a different country, has many advantages: you get to know a different culture, a different language, and make international friends. But there is a downside, too. At the beginning, especially, you can feel like a stranger in a strange land. People here in this new country do things in different ways, which you can't easily predict; they talk in different ways; eat different food; listen to different music; and, in the UK, maybe drive on the wrong side of the road! Sometimes, these differences are exciting. But sometimes, we can miss places, things or people that we are comfortable with in our home countries. Alexia and Won decided to find out what, if anything, their classmates in GO3 general English class miss from their home countries. They interviewed: - Min (S. Korea) - Woun (S. Korea) - Yong (S. Korea) - Tian (China) - Cosima (Switzerland) - Sky (S. Korea)

TBRCP0014 - GO3 class talk about Summertown, a nearby shopping area

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 05 May 2006 14:07:51 GMT

Episode 14, 5th May 2006 Our hosts this week are, from left to right, Cosi (Switzerland), Woun (S. Korea) and Sky (S. Korea), and their topic is Summertown, a nearby shopping area They interview their GO3 classmates: Yong (S. Korea), Fred (Germany), Won (S. Korea), Min (S.Korea), and Elex (El Nur) (Azerbeijan) Links Oxford City Guide - Map of Summertown http://www.oxfordcityguide.com/maps/MapSummertown.html The Oxford Guide - Summertown http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?action=index;index_type=locale;index_value=Summertown Oxford Restaurant Guide - Summertown http://www.oxfordrestaurantguide.co.uk/summertown/restaurants/ How this show was made As before, the show was recorded on Friday, in the last 30 minutes or so of one of the morning lessons. The students had just done a fun speaking activity, and so they were in a pretty good, happy, chatty mood. The presenters had planned the topic and a set of interview questions, and students were chosen to come up to the front of the class in a random sequence, and be interviewed by the presenters, who sat together in a group. Woun had just been to see the film Mission Impossible III, and he "sang" a little bit of the theme tune, as a joke, at the beginning of the recording session. When the students came to choose a jingle, Cosi immediately suggested using Woun's MI3 bit, and that's what is used to punctuate the show. As before, the show was recorded and edited on the class teacher, Geoff's laptop computer, using Apple's Garageband 3 software program. After class, the presenters gathered with Geoff, and went through the recordings and made a rough cut of the show. Geoff tidied up afterwards and posted it, plus these show notes.

TBRCP0013 - GO3 class introduce themselves

Geoff Taylor — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:35:55 GMT

Episode 13, 27 April 2006 It's a new term for EFL students at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre at St Clare's, Oxford, and a new group of students who will be producing the Bardwell Road Centre Podcast. This term, it is the turn of students in the GO3 general English class. They begin their podcast season, naturally enough, with brief personal introductions. We hear from Ivan (Russia), Woun (S. Korea), Fred (Germany), Yong (S. Korea), Gab (Thailand), Cosi (Switzerland), Sky (S. Korea), Alexia (Spain), Won (S. Korea), Min (S.Korea), El Nur (Azerbeijan) Please keep listening. In the coming weeks, we hope to have teams of students from this class planning and producing a variety of interesting shows. How this show was made The show was recorded in the last twenty minutes or so of two lessons last week. Geoff started off by introducing the show, then each student was supposed to briefly introduce themselves. But it turned out to be better to do it as two-person interviews. Geoff started off by interviewing Ivan. Ivan then interviewed Woun, and each student in turn interviewed another student From the hundreds of jingles available in the software used, we couldn't agree on one for punctuating this first show, so after class Geoff chose a jingle, edited and uploaded the show, and put in the show notes. The show was recorded and edited on the class teacher, Geoff's laptop computer, using Apple's Garageband 3 software program.

TBRCP0012 - GO5 class say goodbye

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:07:42 GMT

The students in GO5 class say goodbye! Many of us (including Geoff, the teacher) are on holiday now, until Wednesday 19 April. So there won't be a podcast from us for the next 2 or 3 weeks. Thanks for listening, and see you after Easter!

TBRCP0011 - Martha interviews her classmates about their countries

Geoff Taylor — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:23:01 GMT

Guest presenter: Martha from Venezuela Topic: Students talk about their own countries Martha interviews classmates on her pre-intermediate level course about their countries. We hear from: - Bo Yang (China) - Abdul (Saudi Arabia) - Angela (Spain) - Azo (Saudi Arabia) - Hy Emi (South Korea) - Mohammed (Saudi Arabia) - Juliane (Brazil) How the show was made Martha chose the topic, and prepared carefully for the show, typing out in full her introduction, and inventing and printing out copies of questions for her classmates to choose from before they were interviewed. She chose a piece of music from the jingles in Garageband 3, and then the class teacher, Geoff, tidied up the recording, inserting the jingle as punctuation between segments, and published it with these show notes.

TBRCP0010 - Azo interviews St Clare's students about sport

Geoff Taylor — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:55:11 GMT

Guest presenter: Abdulaziz (Azo) from Saudi Arabia Topic: sport Azo interviews St Clare's students from a range of countries and class levels about their opinions and experiences of sport. We hear from: - wAzzy (a.k.a. Suliman, from Saudi Arabia) - Juliane (Brazil) - "G" (Holland) - Abdul (Saudi Arabia) - Alexia (Spain) - Diana (Venezuela) - Mohamed (Saudi Arabia) How the show was made: Azo, the guest presenter, chose the subject of the show, prepared the questions used, managed the interviews, and chose the music from the free selection in Apple's Garageband 3. The class teacher, Geoff, ran the technical side of things, recording, editing, uploading, and writing these show notes.

TBRCP0009 - GO5 class (and one guest speaker from GO3 class) talk about food

Geoff Taylor — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:49:46 GMT

Guest presenter: Juliane Felicio, from Brazil Topic: food and eating out Juliane - you know her from GO5 class - hosts a show about a topic of interest to many students at St Clare's: food, and eating out in Oxford! We hear from Azo (Saudi Arabia), wAzzy (a.k.a. Suliman, from Saudi Arabia), Zaur (Azerbeijan), Hyemi (South Korea), and Kyungwon (a GO3 student from South Korea - thanks for helping us out!) How the show was made: Juliane chose the subject of the show, prepared the questions used, managed the interviews, and chose the music from the free selection in Apple's Garageband 3. The class teacher, Geoff, ran the technical side of things, recording, editing, uploading, and writing these show notes. Azo chose these questions: - What is your favourite food? - How many meals do you usually have a day? wAzzy chose these questions: - What is your favourite food? - Which is your favourite restaurant in Oxford? - In your opinion, what is the most important thing when you have a meal in a restaurant? (the cost? service? quality? amount of food? kind of food?) Zaur chose these questions: - What is your national dish? - What's your favourite food? - Which is your favourite restaurant in Oxford? Hyemi chose these questions: - What's your favourite food? - Do you like fresh food, including fruit and vegetables? What kind? - Do you like desserts? What kind of desserts do you have in your country? Kyungwon chose these questions: - What do you think is healthier - eating at home or eating out? - Do you find any difference between your national cuisine and British food?

Sorry: No show this week from The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast

Geoff Taylor — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 22:18:51 GMT

We are very sorry, but because of illness of the technical support person (GO5's class teacher) there is no show this week from The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast. We hope to return to our normal weekly schedule next week.

TBRCP0008 - GO5 class talk about learning English

Geoff Taylor — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:05:14 GMT

Guest presenter: Bo Yang Zhu, from China Topic: learning English (as an adult speaker of another language) Bo Yang hosts a show that should be of interest to our local audience, in St Clare's, Oxford, and people in similar learning situations in other parts of the world, consisting of interviews with his classmates (pre-intermediate general English class). Bo Yang chose the subject of the show, prepared the questions used, managed the interviews, and chose the music from the free selection in Apple's Garageband 3 (part of iLife '06). The class teacher, Geoff, ran the technical side of things, recording, editing, uploading, and writing these show notes. (Apologies again for a technical hitch, an unexpected humming sound, during recording). We hear from Martha (Venezuela), Azo (Saudi Arabia), Yuliya (Russia), Suliman (a.k.a. wAzzy, from Saudi Arabia), Zaur (Azerbeijan), and Juliane (a new student from Brazil). Here are the questions Bo Yang's classmates chose to answer (from a selection of questions written by Bo Yang). How would you answer them? - Can you tell me some experience about you study English? - Grammar, speaking, vocabulary and listening. Which part do you think is easy for you? Why? - How long do you study English every day? - How do you feel about your English ability? - Do you think learning English is important? - Do you want to take some exam in the future? Which exam do you want to take? - Do you have some idea about how to learn your country's language?

TBRCP0007 - Geoff's General English class in Oxford, England, say hello to Richard's Basic Speech class in Brooklyn, NYC

Geoff Taylor — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:37:29 GMT

This podcast is a special hello from Geoff's General English class at St Clare's, Oxford, England, to all the students in Richard's Basic Speech class in Brooklyn, NYC.! We listened to your podcast, and watched the video you made. Thank you! This is our reply to you. (Geoff brought in his video camera to make a video message, but some of us were too shy to be on video, so we did it just as an audio message.) To see what we look like, please see the picture of us on the show notes for this podcast at http://bardwellroad.podomatic.com

TBRCP0006 - GO5 class talk about Valentine's Day, love, and marriage

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:49:07 GMT

Guest presenter: Angela Vilarino Topic: Valentine's Day, love and marriage. Angela hosts a very topical show, consisting of interviews with her classmates (pre-intermediate general English class), linked to the day of the year in many countries traditionally connected to love and romance, St Valentine's Day, February 14. Here are the questions that Angela's classmates chose to answer (from a large selection of questions written by Angela). How would you answer them? - How do you celebrate St Valentine's Day in your country? - What kind of presents do you get/give on St Valentine's Day? - Do you remember your first girl/boyfriend? - How old were you when you had your first girl/boyfriend? - Do you you remember your first kiss? - Do you have a girl/boyfriend? - Are you in love (now)? - Can you tell us about marriage in your country? We hear from Ahmed (Saudi Arabia), Suliman (Saudi Arabia), Hyemi (South Korea), Boyang (China), Martha (Venezuela), Azo (Saudi Arabia), Abdul (Saudi Arabia), and Yuliya (a new student from Russia).

TBRCP0005 - GO2 class talk about film and cinema

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:01:01 GMT

Guest presenter: Hyemi Kim (South Korea) in GO5 (pre-intermediate) Guest class: General English GO2 (upper intermediate/ advanced) Topic: Hyemi interviews students in GO2 class about films and cinema. Hyemi prepared for the show by choosing the topic, preparing a scripted "intro" and "outro", and writing a number of conversation-starting questions, from which they were to choose two or three questions that they were happy to talk about. We hear from: Miwako - Japan Marcello - Italy Manuela - Spain Cristina - Venezuela Matias - Argentina Javier - Spain Roger - Holland Kiyo - Japan Hyemi majored in acting and drama (she graduated last year), and has worked as an actress, and a TV reporter for Sky News! She supplied us with a photo from her portfolio, in which she looks very glamorous. We'll be able to say we knew her before she got really famous. Apologies from Geoff Taylor, publisher and technical assistant, about the poor sound quality on this episode. This is totally my fault. I forgot to check the audio settings, and discovered only after most of the interviews had been recorded that instead of recording via the external microphone, it was recording via my laptop's internal microphone. A lot of post-production work has salvaged most of the interviews, but the quality is poor. I'll remember next time!

TBRCP0004 - GO5 class talk about Oxford nightlife

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:46:13 GMT

Guest producer: Melanie Ruth Camsen Melanie gets students in GO5 class to comment on Oxford nightlife. We hear from: - Angela (Spain) - Hyemi (South Korea) - Abdulaziz (Saudi Arabia) - Zaur ( a new student from Azerbaijan) - Marta (a new student from Venezuela) - Boyang (China) Also, it was Melanie's birthday yesterday (Thursday). We went to a café to have a small class party, and some recorded comments on the teacher's iPod. We hear from: - Suliman (Saudi Arabia) - Geoff (the teacher, UK) - Hyemi (South Korea) - and Suliman once again Thanks and bye Melanie, come back soon!

What does Anne in Denmark miss most about British food? (A message from Anne Fox)

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:29:35 GMT

Can you guess what Anne Fox in Denmark misses most about British food? Listen and find out! (This audio message continues the theme of food that started in a previous episode of The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast.) [Anne Fox very kindly sent this as a voice mail message to The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast]

TBRCP0003 - GO5 class tell how they spent the weekend

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:19:46 GMT

Guest producer: José Noceda Sanchez José got his fellow classmates in GO5 class to talk about how they spent last weekend Melanie Aziz Angela Hyemi Boyang

TBRCP0002 - GO5 class introduce themselves

Geoff Taylor — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:26:17 GMT

General English class GO5 introduce themselves. We hear from: Angela Aziz Boyang Melanie Hyemi Abdul José

TBRCP0001 - Welcome!

Geoff Taylor — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:49:18 GMT

Welcome to the Bardwell Road Centre Podcast, the podcast for English language students at St Clare's, Oxford, by English language students at St Clare's, Oxford In first this show, Geoff Taylor, English language teacher at St Clare's, Oxford, introduces the idea of podcasting: •What is a podcast? •How can podcasting help my English? •How can I listen to a podcast? •How can I make a podcast?