Nov. 19, 2009
Presenters: Olivia and Khalid Topic: What do you do at the weekend? In this show, adult English language students in GO2 class talk about their weekends. Olivia, from Belgium, and Khalid, from Saudi Arabia chose the topic, prepared the questions, introduced the show and interviewed their classmates. We hear interviews with: Al-Jazi (Qatar) Ekaterina (Russia) Aicha (Tunisia) Cho (South Korea) Dohwan (South Korea) Tai-Chang (Taiwan) Columbine (Coco) (France) Yao (China) 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.) General 1. What do you generally do at the weekend? - What did you do last weekend? - What's your plan for next weekend? Morning 2. Do you wake up early or late at the weekend? (Why?) Evening 3. What do you do in the evening at the weekend? - Which pub or dance club can you recommend to have a good time? Work 4. Do you work more at the weekend or during the week? Activities 4. Do you have a special activity for the weekend? Cinema? Restaurants? Tourism? Shopping? - Do you go to the cinema at the weekend? Which movies have you seen recently? - Do you often go to restaurants at the weekends? - Have you ever visited anywhere in Oxford at the weekend? - Do you go shopping at the weekend? 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 "Buddy". 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 Adobe Fireworks. This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK