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Presenter: Jin

Topic: Food

In this show, adult English language students in GO3 class talk about food (GO3 is a general English course at St Clare's, Oxford, UK.)

Jin (South Korea) chose the topic, prepared the questions, introduced the show and interviewed his classmates.

We hear interviews with:

Mohammed (Saudi Arabia)
Hyo Kyung (South Korea)
Daniela (Belgium/Columbia)
Turki (Saudi Arabia)
Mohammed (Yemen)

Interview questions included:
(If you are listening in class, you could ask a partner the interview questions, then choose one or more of the speakers and note their answers.)

- If I go to your country, which dishes do you recommend for the first time?
- What about the typical taste? Is it salty? sweet? spicy?
- Do you miss your national food?
- Have you cooked your national food yourself?
If no, do you want to learn how to cook it?
If yes, does it help you to miss it less?
- What is the difference between your national food and English food?

Please listen to our discussion and add your comments on our blog page at bardwellroad.podomatic.com.

This show was recorded in class, on group teacher, Geoff's, Apple MacBook Pro computer with the program Garageband. The Garageband jingle used is "44th Street". After editing in Garageband and Audacity (for automatic silence deletion), the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and the file was converted to MP3 format using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com). The photo was edited in Adobe Fireworks. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.