Top ten ways podcasting can benefit L2 learners

1. Interactive
• Students can become involved in work/learning
2. Motivational
• Flexibility leads to individualized lessons that motivate students
3. Cheap
• Time and cost (easy set up and free internet tools)
4. Creative
• Allows for students to put their personal touch on what is create
5. Increased talk time
• Talking in target language improves learning
6. Increased feedback
• Students work can receive private classroom feedback and open internet feedback
7. Personalized feedback
• Teachers can give individualized feedback on each lesson
8. Self assessment programs
• Students can use programs to critique themselves (i.e. Speech Recognition)
9. Reflective learning
• Record and listen to what and how they said it then compare it to a prerecorded native speaker
10. Peer learning & Peer feedback
• Interaction in corrective learning