Reflection 2: Podcasting my way to mastery of English

I have always liked videos about animals and nature; and I have watched NatGeo channel many times. I would use these videos to improve my listening and speaking comprehension. They are a great tool to learn about topics that are really interesting for me. I will be motivated to watch them because I am a visual learner. Watching interesting images about different cultures and people; about nature; recycling; animals; global warming; history; environment will make me think and research about what is happening around the world. I will be able to compare Chile with other parts of the world, other cultures and believes.

I will also use them with my future students to practice listening and in a fun way by watching videos. They could practice writing; they could work in groups or in pairs and promote social interaction. By working in groups they can practice speaking; they can acquire new language; give personal opinions.

NatGeo is an easy tool to look for videos. I just go online to the website and search on the many topics they have. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

On the same website there is an Education link where I can find educational videos and sites. This link will be useful for my future classes. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/

There is also a website for kids that I would use to teach elementary students. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

I would use this website and watch NatGeo videos every weekend. I just have to go online, choose a topic, and it will only take me about five to ten minutes to watch the video I selected. These videos are a great tool for me to improve my second language. They do not take too much time to watch, and I really enjoy watching them. They also give me a future look to my teaching of English as a foreign language.