A Vox-Pop Podcast : Our Journey of Creating One

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 Hey everyone ^^

    Today I am here with an amazing work that I have created and enjoyed so much during the process. An English Podcast!

    For this project, we were asked to create an ELT podcast either alone or with a pair. My friend Baran and I have come up with a vox-pop podcast where we asked a bunch of students of Marmara University from different departments about a single question. Which fictional character would you want as a teacher? Their responses showed us that many students prefer clever, confident and slightly mysterious characters such as like Sherlock Holmes, Dr. House, and Harvey Specter. Besides, the female characters were lesser than male characters among all the answers. Personally, it was a really enjoyable experience to hear such different perspectives.

    During the process, I can say that I have enjoyed a lot! However at first we struggled to find an intriguing question so we had to think over it for a while. But once we started questioning people and writing the script it became much easier. Especially when we started recording, things became more fun because of the retakes and laughter.

    Now, would I use this task in my classroom? My answer is definitely yes. This task not only helps to speak a foreign language but it forces one to use English language in order to communicate effectively with other speakers along with integrating their interests and sharing them in a foreign language. It can even foster some technological skills that they might need in their future. So overall, I find this activity quite beneficial and effective.


You can listen our podcast from here: 



For this assignment, I collaborated with Baran – don’t forget to check out his blog as well ^^ 

Your bro is a podcaster anymore


 

 

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