Video Podcast

Podcast Document

Video Podcast

Meeting friends from all over the world

“Getting to know you…”

Pilar Escalona Requena

1. - Description of intended students.

These series of video podcasts are for my future students. They are in Middle School. They are thirty students from ages between 12 and 13. They are native Spanish speakers and their level of English is basic. They were born in Chile and do not have a second language; in Chile they only need to speak Spanish. For them English is only a required subject to pass at school. They like to play video games, chat with their friends, listen to music and watch T.V. Considering that they are not really interested in learning English they need to know why is it important; how some people had to learn English in order to communicate with others; and how could they use it in their daily lives. They also need to advance from basic level into intermediate level.

2. - Description of language objectives and content objectives.

Series

Language objectives:

Getting to know you questions:

• What's your name?
• Where are you from?
• What's your favorite (country) food?
• What do you like to do? Do you have any hobbies?
• How long have you been studying English?
• Is it difficult to learn English? Why?
• How is your country like?
• What do you like about your country?
• What do you miss most about your country?
• Why are you living in USA?
• When did you came to USA?
• What countries have you visited?
• How many languages do you speak?
• What language do you speak in your country?
• What is your religion? Do you go to church?
• What kind of food do you like? Do you like American food?
• What do you like about American culture?
• Where do you live?
• Do you play any sports? Which sports do you like?
• Who do you live with?
• Where is your family?
• Do you any brothers or sisters?
• What are you going to do after high school?
• How is your country like?
• Are you going to go back to your country?
• What are the differences between USA and your country? Comparing and contrasting

Content objectives: Getting to know people from different parts of the world that are living in USA. Young students from different cultures, who have strong backgrounds and strong stories to tell. They will answer questions about themselves, about their culture and their country. They will tell us about their experience living in USA and learning English as a second language. Some of the students interviewed are from Africa, Russia, Japan, Korea, Egypt, Marshall Islands and Micronesia. Each podcast has two speakers from the same country. In the series they will be two podcasts from the same speakers, this is: Getting to know you 1 and Getting to know you 2. This continuation will permit the students to get to know more about the life of the students interviewed.

They will see that in USA there is a huge diversity of people. They will be able to hear a different accent and they will have the opportunity to meet students who live very far from Chile.

Individual podcast

Language objectives:

· Where are you from?

· What is your name?

· How old are you?

· How many languages do you speak?

· What do you want to do after high school?

· Why are you living in USA?

· Do you have any brothers or sisters?

Content objectives:

Getting to know you 1: In this first podcast the students will meet Raphael and Meshack. They are from Tanzania, Africa. They are between 15 and 16 years old, and they are studying in USA. The students will get to know the speakers while they answer the questions of the podcast. They will learn about their expectations for the future; some personal data; about their choice of coming to USA; about their families and hopes.

On the second podcast they will get to know Raphael and Meshack more deeply; about their country and culture; and their opinions about American culture.

Explanation of reasoning:

The series of podcasts Meeting friends from all over the world consist about getting to know people from different cultures. The people will answer basic questions about their lives.

The people that are interviewed in the podcasts are students from similar ages as my future students, they are teenagers. Therefore my future students will feel a connection with them. They will be able to see the struggle that some kids have in order to move to a country with more opportunities. They will see why some people leave their countries and move to a new one. They will be able to compare them with USA and Chile.

3. - Descriptions of the elements that make the podcast comprehensible

First, the students will be introduce with questions about getting to know people. What are the questions they will need to ask when you first meet someone; and what are the questions they need to ask in order to get more information about someone. They will learn English vocabulary and improve their conversation skills.

After, they will watch the video podcast and they will be able to see how these questions are answered with different people from different countries.

The first podcast has really basic questions such as, What is your name? How old are you? and Where are you from?. While watching the video they will listen and read the questions asked to the people. They can see who is answering them, and they will get to know each speaker every time they answer different questions. They will collect information about the people; their country and their culture. The podcast is welcoming, it has happy hip music, and young outgoing people which will keep the students motivated.

4. - Description of the strategies that we have covered that have informed the choices that you have made with the podcast and how you will use it with students

With these series of podcasts we can create multiple activities. The students will be motivated to watch them because it is quite different from the lecture kind of class that we have in Chile. They will be able to interact between each other and meet students from different parts of the world who are learning English as a second language. They will be able to compare and see the difference between ESL and EFL. They will be shown a different reality and a real use of the language. They can also relate to the people interviewed because they are students from similar ages.

Social interaction: The students will be asked to work in pairs while watching the video. Afterwards they will have to discuss what they saw and answer questions about the podcast: Where are Raphael and Meshack from?; How old is Meshack?; How many languages does Meshack speaks?; What does Meshack wants to do after high school?; Why is Meshack living in USA?; Do they have any brothers or sisters?. They will also have to work on a project about Africa, Tanzania.

Critical Thinking: After watching the video they will work on a project about the country the students interviewed came from. They must work on a paper and a presentation. They will work in pairs and research online or at the library. Some of the topics they will have to research about are: Official languages, culture, history, traditions, environment and geography.

High Expectation: These podcasts will give them new knowledge and new points of view about English and about people from different backgrounds and cultures. They will be able to give opinions and talk about the differences between one another. The students will be expected to be responsible and respectful with his or her partner. They will be expected to learn in a meaningful way and not memorize. In every occasion I will be there to correct some mistakes; to clear doubts; to help them with some problems; and to support my students whenever they need it.