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

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

NO!

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

Recording

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

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

How did it all go?

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…

Reactions: Download Stats

Reactions: Student magazine

Reactions: Emails received From: ******** ********** Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:48 PM To: Samuel James Crofts Subject: 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 PM To: Podcast Subject:   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 PM To: podcast Subject: 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 PM To: Samuel James Crofts Subject:   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?

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