tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30114385.post3501463129310773125..comments2023-12-20T08:35:04.633+00:00Comments on Lingua Frankly: The problem with podcastsTitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03003350618976942468noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30114385.post-65132781701854492472011-05-18T19:56:14.371+01:002011-05-18T19:56:14.371+01:00Thanks for that.
I'd certainly agree that whe...Thanks for that.<br /><br />I'd certainly agree that when you're at a level to understand them, native podcasts are great -- it's basically radio on demand.<br /><br />To be fair to the podcasts, there's one thing they get right: transcripts.<br /><br />I wrote a post on <a href="http://linguafrankly.blogspot.com/2011/02/music-maestro-having-discussed-films.html" rel="nofollow">listening to songs</a> a few months ago, and in that I commented how looking up the lyrics to a song online not only helped me understand the song itself, but actually the entire album. A lot of the stuff we don't understand when listening is stuff we theoretically <i>should</i> understand, but simply fail to catch in practice. <br /><br />I find that transcripts help me tie an individual's pronunciation to my own model of the language.<br /><br />So it's a shame that more radio stations don't provide transcripts for some of their regular programmes to help foreign learners, and it's a shame that the material available with transcripts is overwhelmingly stuff that is written specifically <i>for</i> learners....Titchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003350618976942468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30114385.post-89831982056640078772011-05-17T10:14:13.232+01:002011-05-17T10:14:13.232+01:00I just stumbled on to your blog today. Great stuf...I just stumbled on to your blog today. Great stuff. In regards to podcast, I haven't really used any "language learner" specific podcasts to learn Turkish. What I do do, is find Turkish programs that are interesting and fun. Podcasts have this over radio - I can chose the topic. They also allow me to listen repeatedly. My favorite podcast in Turkish - the language I'm learning - is a 3-5 minute 'where are they now?' show. All in Turkish, but all about famous American celebs from the 80's. Very entertaining and their talking about my generation. (I now know that Webster has his own recording studio in Atlanta and has done very well for himself). I guess this is more authentic language as opposed to language podcasts created for language learners. It seems the same debate goes on in the text world too. Anyway. Good stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com