NEW!! Every few weeks we will be making a podcast conversation available on this page for learners of English of intermediate level and above.

Each podcast consists of a short talk or conversation for learners of English coupled with a downloadable worksheet so that you can test your listening and comprehension skills. Each conversation is between 2 and 5 minutes.

If you have never heard of podcasting or you are not sure how to proceed, click here for more information.

You can subscribe to this RSS feed by clicking on the XML icon below and copying the address in the browser address bar to the subscription window in your podcasting software.

Kent School of English Podcast Conversations

- or by copying and pasting the link into the subscription window in your podcast downloading software.

You can also hear past podcasts by right-clicking on the relevant link below and choosing 'Save Target As' or 'Save Link As' in order to download the mp3 file. (Remember where you save the podcast!) Files will play on Windows Media Player, Real Player, iTunes and many other media players.

	Business Conversations Conversation 1 Conversation 2 A slight change of tack for our podcasts. This time we have two versions of the same conversation between two businessmen meeting in a restaurant for a working lunch. What is the difference between the two conversations?
	You can find links to worksheets for each podcast below - just right-click on the link and choose 'Save Target As' or 'Save Link As'. The files will open in Adobe Acrobat.
	Conversation 1 transcript Conversation 2 transcript Notes
	Next-Door Neighbours Another song from Nigel - this time with participation. There are flashcards, the song lyrics and teachers' notes for using the song in the classroom. Oh - and the CD insert card, should you decide to burn the song to a CD
	You can find links to worksheets for each podcast below - just right-click on the link and choose 'Save Target As' or 'Save Link As'. The files will open in Adobe Acrobat.
	Song Lyrics Flashcards Teaching Notes CD insert
	Penzance Andy is a mine of information about Penzance and Kevin takes this opportunity to pick his brains about the town and surrounding attractions.
	Going to the KSE Nigel has written a song about going to the KSE and the activities there, which he performs here for your listening pleasure.
	You can find links to worksheets for each podcast below - just right-click on the link and choose 'Save Target As' or 'Save Link As'. The files will open in Adobe Acrobat.
	Worksheet
	Folk Week Nigel, our resident musical genius at KSE, tells us about Folk Week in Broadstairs, an annual event that takes place every August.
	You can find links to worksheets for each podcast below - just right-click on the link and choose 'Save Target As' or 'Save Link As'. The files will open in Adobe Acrobat.
	Worksheet 1
	Worksheet 2
	Worksheet 3
	Broadstairs Sue and Phil, two KSE teachers discuss Broadstairs and why they like living here. You can see more of Sue and Phil on our videos page
	You can find links to worksheets for each podcast below - just right-click on the link and choose 'Save Target As' or 'Save Link As'. The files will open in Adobe Acrobat.
	Worksheet 1
	Worksheet 2

Podcasts - A quick guide

The term 'podcast' is a hybrid of the words 'Ipod', Apple's portable music player, and 'broadcast'. It refers to the concept of producing a recording for people to download onto their computer and then upload onto their Ipod (or any other portable music device for playing MP3 music files).

After this innovation, there then appeared various programs that automatically downloaded the latest podcast from the Internet and uploaded it onto a MP3 player so it could be listened to it at the convenience of the owner.

We at Kent School think the idea of podcasts is also well-suited for practising listening and listening comprehension. We intend to make a short conversation or talk available each week for the benefit of our students. Both the latest podcast and previous podcasts will be available on this page for downloading directly or you can download the podcasts as they become available by subscribing to our RSS feed in your podcast software.

Podcast Software.

This is a program that automatically downloads the latest podcast. The program is usually free. Here are two that we like and which are simple to use:-

Juice

and iTunes (Versions 6 and above)

Brief Instructions for Juice

After you have installed the program, you should subscribe to our podcasts. In Juice you select the subscriptions tag , click the 'Add New Feed' button and paste or type the XML url into the box as shown below.

After you click 'Save', you will see the following:

As you can see, there is now a subscription for KSE Podcasts and the latest podcast 'Folk Week' is selected for downloading. If you wish to download earlier podcasts, just tick the box of the particular podcast. To download, click the button with the blue circle.

If there is a podcast marked as 'skipped' and you wish to download it, simply tick the box next to the title before downloading.

Once the files have downloaded, you can usually find them in 'My Documents \ My Received Podcast \ KSE Podcasts.

Brief Instruction for iTunes

Go to Podcasts and then select 'Advanced from the menubar. Click 'Subscribe to Podcast'

A window will open for you to type or paste the address:-

Once subscribed, iTunes will download the latest podcast. Click 'GET' to download an earlier one.

Your files will be available for listening to in iTunes and as files in My Documents \ My Music \ iTune

Please note: we cannot offer technical support forproblems with your podcast download software. Please check the help file for your program.

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