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English outside the classroom The design and delivery of institution specific p odcasts

English outside the classroom The design and delivery of institution specific p odcasts. Sam Crofts Kwansei Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan. You thinking what I am thinking dear?. Podcasts?!?. NO!. -------Gap-------. When you watch films in English, do you use subtitles?

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English outside the classroom The design and delivery of institution specific p odcasts

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  1. English outside the classroom The design and delivery of institution specific podcasts Sam Crofts Kwansei Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan

  2. You thinking what I am thinking dear? Podcasts?!?

  3. NO!

  4. -------Gap-------

  5. When you watch films in English, do you use subtitles? (139 respondents)

  6. Recording

  7. Content • Style: Free conversation • Hosts: 3 (including native speaker of students L1) • Subject Matter: King Queen Boatman • Life in China, • Restaurants on campus, • Annoying things about university • Life in England • Love Life • Extras: Interview Students, Competition, Polls

  8. Delivery • Determined by Institutional online learning environment • Driving principle: As few a clicks as possible 

  9. How did it all go?

  10. Reactions: Download Stats • Over 23000 ‘clicks’ on ICE page • Over 6000 separate downloads over the 13 weeks • 76 emails sent voluntarily by students • Overall downward trend, but still worth it, I think…

  11. Reactions: Download Stats

  12. Reactions: Student magazine

  13. Reactions: Emails received From: ******** **********Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:48 PMTo: Samuel James CroftsSubject: Podcast!! Dear Sam, The PODCAST is great, and my roommates have asked me for the network address. Maybe next week you can talk about your fiancee~ Yours sincerely, From: ******** **********Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 6:09 PMTo: PodcastSubject: Dear Podcasters I think the podcast is very interesting and I suggest the topic "how to make boy/girlfriend in different countries" for next week. I really want to join in! PS: Could you speak Japanese? Best wishes! From: ******** ********** Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 6:05 PMTo: podcastSubject:hi sam,aneta,sarah, I'm hazel.I want to know the studying environment in liverpool university and I'm quite worried about the scoucer accent. if the accent will puzzle me?meanwhile, I really really want to know how to improve the spoken english. sarah,you are a chinese girl right but your english sounds pretty good, how can you do that? it's amazing. From: ******** **********Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:22 PMTo: Samuel James CroftsSubject: Hi this evening i listened to your podcast on ice, i thought it's really funny. I think sometimes the listening from ice are difficult to understand ,but through your short conversation, i learned more. I hope next time you can bring us some funny stories or some common knowledge in your countries. I want to learn more diffirent culture anyway. By the way, how can i get involved? Is there any conditions i need?

  14. Conclusion Go forth and podcast (sorry for using a noun as a verb)

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