A walkthrough of how I use the free audio editor Audacity to do initial processing on podcast audio files — including creating a podcast template to save editing time and setting up a macro chain for quick audio cleanup.
Riding the podcast wave, using podcasts for learning Chinese offers tremendous benefits for TCSL. This post is based on a paper presented at the 2020 Taiwan TCSL Conference — 'More Than Just Learners: The Diverse Applications of the New Generation of Podcasts for Chinese Learners and Teachers' — and covers why Teaching Chinese as a Second Language teachers should pay attention to podcasts.
Riding the podcast wave, using podcasts for learning Chinese offers tremendous benefits for TCSL. This post is based on a paper presented at the 2020 Taiwan TCSL Conference and introduces ten Chinese-language learning podcasts, including their formats, structures, and languages used.
Riding the Podcast wave, Learning Chinese with Podcasts explores how podcasts can enrich TCSL. Based on a paper presented at the 2020 Taiwan TCSL Conference, this post recommends 7 thematic categories of Mandarin-language podcasts for advanced learners.
Riding the Podcast wave, Learning Chinese with Podcasts explores how podcasts can enrich TCSL. Based on a paper presented at the 2020 Taiwan TCSL Conference, this post recommends 7 teaching-related podcasts for TCSL teachers.
I host a linguistics podcast called Language Is Fun (語言好好玩) under Mirror Fiction's audio platform Mirror Voice. The show covers linguistics, language education, and indigenous/heritage languages — using everyday examples to explore the fascinating stories hidden in language.
This post walks through how I prepare solo episodes of Language Is Fun (語言好好玩) — from collecting and organizing research in Notion, to shaping that material into something listeners actually want to hear, to structuring the flow and writing the title. The same process applies to preparing a presentation or report.