The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast

Presenters: Ana and Antonella

Topic: Love and relationships

In this show, adult English language students in GO3 class talk about relationships. (GO3 is a general English course at St Clare's, Oxford, UK.)

Ana (Spain) and Antonella (Italy) chose the topic, prepared questions, introduced the show, and interviewed their classmates.

We hear interviews with:

Kamia (Angola)
Zafer (Saudi Arabia)
Khalil (Tunisia)
Abdulla (Dubai)
Talal (Dubai)
Nasser (U.A.E.)
Mehdi (Tunisia)

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.)

1. Have you ever been in love? / fallen in love with someone?
2. What does love mean to you?
3. Can you fall in love with a person who has a very different culture?
4. When you are looking for a girlfriend/boyfriend, what are you looking for?
5. Do you believe in eternal, ever-lasting love? Or love at first sight?
6. At what age do people in your country get married?
7. Do you think you can bear a long distance relationship?
8. Have you ever done anything really crazy for a girl/boy (who you loved)?

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 jingles used is "Sea to Sky". After editing in Garageband, the audio was 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.