I subscribed to the podcast of This American Life. It is my first subscription to a podcast and I find it to be a dream come true. There were so many weekends when I was heard to utter, ” ugh, I missed it again!” and now I can listen when it works for me! If you haven’t had a chance to listen I encourage you to do so. It isn’t #1 on the iTunes playlist for no reason. Ira Glass has a fabulous radio voice and the stories are interesting, entertaining, sometimes disturbing slices of life in America.
Could this be used as a teaching tool? I certainly think so. Listening skills, main idea, sequence, descriptive language, voice are just a few skills that come to mind. I would be selective about what segments might be used based on the age of the students and the topic of the podcast.
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