Podcasting as Language Learning Tool for Children

A report on Apple's website looks at the use of podcasting in language teaching at ACS Egham International School in London. It teaches English as a foreign language to seven and eight year-old children.

“Learning a new language can be very frightening for a young child”, says Wendy Brandse, 2nd Grade Class Teacher at ACS Egham. “Making a podcast is something they can be successful at straight away. They can record and listen to themselves, and delete and re-record if there is a mistake. The child has control, and doesn’t feel exposed to the whole class, while the teacher can monitor more effectively how each child is doing”

The school has found that using podcasts as part of the teaching process has significantly boosted learning on the part of the pupils.