Class theme/topics discussed: Podcasts and political strategies and campaigns.
Goals of the class: I showed them a fragment of a Spanish podcast hosted by two students who invited the President of Spain to their podcast two weeks before the national elections.
How did you structure the class?
- 10 min: Wordle and Connections in Spanish
- 10 min: I showed them a fragment of the podcast and asked them to try to understand what they were talking about. Afterwards, we discussed what they understood.
- 10 min: We listened to the fragment again but this time I gave them the printed transcript so they could follow the conversation easier because they talked really fast.
- 15 min: we discussed vocabulary that they didn’t know that appeared on the transcript.
- 15 min: Debate!! I showed some questions on TV regarding the conversation that they had just listened to, they discussed in small groups and then shared everything to the class.
What technology, media or props did you use? (Internet resources, handouts, etc.)
Spotify to show the episode, printed script and Canva presentation with the debate questions.
What worked well in this class? What did not work?
I think that this class worked super well because they were really engaged in the conversation. I can’t think of something that didn’t work. I’m also really happy that I decided to make the transcript of the podcast because it definitely helped them a lot.
How could this class be improved/ modified?
I think that for this kind of exercises is really important to provide the students with a transcript or subtitles and I also think that the students’ atmosphere is important. I’m really lucky because they get along really well, but I think that it’s something to take into account when doing a debate in class.
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