Presenters: Al-Jazi and Aicha
Topic: Experiences in England
In this show, adult English language students in GO2 class talk about their experiences in England. Aicha, from Tunisia, and Al-Jazi, from Qatar, chose the topic, prepared the questions, introduce the show and interview their classmates. We hear interviews with:
Olivia (Belgium)
Cho (South Korea)
Coco (France)
Khalid (Saudi Arabia)
Yao (China)
Tai-Chang (Taiwan)
Dohwan (South Korea)
Interview questions
(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.)
1. How long have you been here in England?
2. What do you like to do in England?
3. What do you think about English people? (Are they selfish or kind? A lot of people say that English people are distant. What do you think?)
4. Do you like English food? (Is it tasty?)
5. What about the weather? Do you find it different from your country?
6. Did you find it difficult to get used to the culture here?
7. What is your favourite part of England?
8. What the most important thing in England?
9. Have you ever had any bad (or good, or embarrassing) experiences in England?
Please listen to our interviews 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 chosen by the presenters is "Acoustic Sunrise". After editing in Garageband and Audacity (for noise removal and deletion of unnecessary silence), the audio volume was leveled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and the file was converted to MP3 format using Switch Audio File Converter (http://www.nch.com.au/switch/index.html). The photo was edited in Apple iPhoto and Pixelmator.
This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK
