The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast

Presenter: Turki
Topic: Holidays

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

Turki (Saudi Arabia) chose the topic, prepared the questions, introduced the show and interviewed his classmates.

We hear interviews with:
- Felix (Germany)
- Jin (South Korea)
- Daniela (Belgium)
- Hyo Kyung (South Korea)
- Mohammed (Yemen)
- Mohammed (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 often do you go on holiday?
- Where was your favourite holiday?
- Where would you like to spend your next holiday?
- Who do you prefer to spend your holidays with?
- Which country do you like to visit most?
- How do you prefer to travel? What's your favourite form of transport?
- If someone asked you to live in Oceania, what would be your answer?

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 "Three Pointer". After editing in Garageband and Audacity (for automatic silence deletion), the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and the file was converted to MP3 format 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.