Students on Air - Implementing Podcasts into ESP Courses

BILOVÁ, Štěpánka. Students on Air - Implementing Podcasts into ESP Courses. In INNOVATIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING ENVIRONMENTS, INCOLLAB International Conference Series 2021. 2021.

Basic information

• Original name: Students on Air - Implementing Podcasts into ESP Courses
• Authors: BILOVÁ, Štěpánka.
• Edition: INNOVATIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING ENVIRONMENTS, INCOLLAB International Conference Series 2021, 2021.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60202 Specific languages
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Language Centre
• Keywords in English: English for Specific Purposes; legal English; student-created podcasts

Abstract

With everyday use of technologies, the range of tasks or outputs which our students produce broadens every year. In the presentation I shared my experience with creating podcasts in courses of Legal English; however, the observations and tips might inspire any ESP course. I described two scenarios: podcasts which resulted from the co-operation of Czech and Hungarian law students and podcasts created within a legal English course for Erasmus students. In each case, I described the teaching situation, the range of support provided, the platform used and the lessons learnt. Even though I had used podcasts in teaching, in a certain way, for several years, this semester was the first one in which student produced podcasts constituted one of the main outputs. The task of publishing podcasts became, therefore, rather a complex one. Comparing the two scenarios enabled me to identify important elements which were required for completing the task and to analyse advantages and drawback of various approaches. In the presentation, I summarized the feedback and evaluation from students´ as well as teacher´s perspectives.