Category Archives: Podcasts

The “Lyrics” tab on iPods

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Josh

Geoff has a great post on making use of the Lyrics information, which iTunes lets you attach to any audio file in your library. Once you sync your iPod with your iTunes library, whatever you put in the Lyrics information … Continue reading →

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Slow German podcast from Annik Rubens

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Josh

I blogged earlier this month about listening to Schlaflos in München to work on your German listening skills. In my previous post, I neglected to mention that Annik also offers a special version of Schlaflos for learners of German, Slow … Continue reading →

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Looking for a good Russian news podcast? Here’s one.

Posted on June 2, 2007 by Josh

The Slavic department of the George Washington University offers a bi-weekly podcast (or webcast, as they call it). The webcast, entitled News of the week in simplified Russian, offers, as the title of the webcast indicates, summaries of the news … Continue reading →

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More Russian cursive writing videos

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Josh

I posted back at the end of March that Natalia of A Spoonful of Russian was making videos of how to write Russian cursive letters. In the videos, she also sounds out the letters. I hadn’t checked A Spoonful of … Continue reading →

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Podcasting – 24/7 foreign language learning

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Josh

MIT has an article about using podcasts for what is essentially 24/7 foreign language learning. Of course, a student can’t really listen to their foreign language material 24/7, but with portable devices like iPods, the potential is there: MIT’s Foreign … Continue reading →

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