The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast

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).