tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126906612012-01-14T11:48:07.424+01:00Podcasts for students studying for the Cambridge First Certificate in English examGraham Stanleynoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690661.post-1126746215053911762005-09-15T02:11:00.000+02:002005-09-16T01:27:54.266+02:00<a href="http://www.pod-efl.com/audio/fc-pod-02-09152005.mp3"><br /><img src="http://www.grahamstanley.com/images/podcasts/podcastlogo.gif" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">This podcast features the song </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Shine</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> by </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.kevinreeves.net/">Kevin Reeves</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> kindly available from </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://music.podshow.com/">the Podsafe Music Network</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> song lyrics (will be available shortly)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> the transcript (will be available shortly)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Shine</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> is also featured in </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15885924&postID=112522645458055013">the first 'English Pod Song' podcast</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">, a longer music podcast for English Language Learners.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Other featured music</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">: Excerpts from </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.garageband.com/song?%7Cpe1%7CS8LTM0LdsaSkYli_Z2E">Toffee by Frankie Ho</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12690661-112674621505391176?l=firstcertificate.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Graham Stanleynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690661.post-1121507438291699902005-07-16T11:33:00.000+02:002005-09-16T01:17:05.576+02:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">The first podcast is the first part a detective story:</span><br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The Amateur Detective<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Part 1: the Inheritance </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">(5.14MB, 5.37 minutes)</span></span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pod-efl.com/audio/fc-pod-01-09152005.mp3"><img src="http://www.grahamstanley.com/images/podcasts/podcastlogo.gif" /></a><br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> Gerry never thought he'd ever think about realising his dream to become a private<br /> detective. That was until his luck changed and he came into some money...</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Instructions:</span><br /><ul> <li style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">Listen to the podcast as many times you like and think about how the story continues.</li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">When you're ready, write the next part to the story.</li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">When you have finished writing, <a href="http://www.pod-efl.com/index.php?id=12#comments">record it as an mp3 file and upload your file here</a><br /></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">Listen to how other students continue the story.<br /></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">Which one do you like best? Write a comment to let us know</li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">The second part of the story will be available as a podcast soon</span><br /></li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12690661-112150743829169990?l=firstcertificate.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Graham Stanleynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690661.post-1115362771889695352005-05-06T08:59:00.000+02:002005-07-16T11:55:54.586+02:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">First Certificate Podcasts </span>is a site aimed at EFL students studying for <a href="http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/fce.htm">the Cambridge First Certificate in English exam</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is 'First Certificate Podcasts'?</span><br /><br />We aim to provide extra listening practice and exam tips & tricks through <span style="font-style: italic;">podcasts</span> (short mp3 audio programmes). Some of these <span style="font-style: italic;">programmes </span>will feature advice and help with taking the exam, while others will be aimed at giving you extra listening practice.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is a <span style="font-style: italic;">podcast</span>?</span><br /><br />A <span style="font-style: italic;">podcast</span> is an mp3 audio file available on the Web which you can listen to as often as you want. You can listen to these audio files in several different ways:<br /><br /><ul> <li>At this site, by pressing the podcast button <img src="http://www.grahamstanley.com/images/podcasts/podcastlogo.gif" /></li> <li>On CD (download the file and burn it onto a CD)<br /></li> <li>In your mp3 player by <span style="font-style: italic;">subscribing</span> to the <span style="font-style: italic;">podcast feed </span>(see following section)</li> </ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How do I subscribe to 'First Certificate Podcasts'?<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">(the best option if you want to listen to the podcasts in your mp3 player)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><ol> <li>Download free 'podcatching' software from <a href="http://www.ipodder.org/directory/4/ipodderSoftware">iPodder</a> or <a href="http://www.apple.com/podcasting/">iTunes</a> or a similar site.</li> <li>Click on the red xml button <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FirstCertificatePodcasts" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a> at the top of the page to get the feed</li> <li>Copy the URL (address) of the feed and add it as a subscription to your '<span style="font-style: italic;">podcatcher'</span></li> <li>The next time you run the podcatcher, the mp3 files from 'First Certificate Podcasts' will be downloaded automatically to your computer.</li> <li>Copy the mp3 files to your mp3 player<br /></li> </ol><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What about Copyright?</span><br /><br />All the recordings are made available to you via the Creative Commons licence 'Some rights reserved' :<br /><br />You can freely use, copy and distribute anything on this site provided credit is given and a link provided to this site.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12690661-111536277188969535?l=firstcertificate.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Graham Stanleynoreply@blogger.com0