The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast

Presenter: Sheila
Topic: Students' countries

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

Sheila (Brazil) chose the topic, prepared the questions, introduced the show and interviewed her classmates.

We hear interviews with:
- Jin (South Korea)
- Daniela (Columbia)
- Kate (Russia)
- Rodrigo (Brazil)
- Turki (Saudi Arabia)
- Hyo Kyung (South Korea)
- Aaron (China)
- Mohammed (Saudi Arabia)
- Ivy (China)
- Mohammed (Yemen)

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.)

- Where do you come from? Where were you born?
- What traditions do you have in your country? What do you like best?
- What is your favourite place in your country?
- What do you normally do at weekends?
- What do you do in your place? Can you tell me about your job and/or hobbies?
- Do you have any pets at home?
- Is this the first time you have left your country? How do you feel (homesick, excited)? Why?

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 chosen by the presenter is "Havana". After editing in Garageband and Audacity (for noise removal and deletion of unnecessary silence), 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.