The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast

Presenter: Mohammed

Topic: How to improve your English

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

Mohammed (Saudi Arabia) chose the topic, prepared the questions, introduced the show and interviewed his classmates. Great work, Mohammed!

We hear interviews with:

Daniela (Belgium/Columbia)
Hyo Kyung (South Korea)
Jin (South Korea)
Mohammed (Yemen)
Turki (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.)

- How can you improve your English?
- What is the best way to study?
- Do you think studying in school is enough or do you have to work at home by yourself too?
- How many hours do you spend studying at home?
- Do you have any special way or technique for studying?
- When you study, where do you study? In a comfortable place or where?
- Do you think there is any kind of food or drink helpful when you study, for example, coffee, tea or chewing gum?
- Which skills are most important for studying?
- If you can't understand, do you know which skills you need to improve, or which skills are weak?

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 "Ride". 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.