Podcasting
MFLE podcast
Our latest podcast - LTS Spanish Languages - is a series of 17 movies on what it means to be Latino in modern America. The topics include Immigration, Aspirations, Family, Identity and Freetime.
You can check out the archive of the successful MFLE podcast and listen to seminars, interviews and news from the languages community in Scotland. .
French podcasts
East Ayrshire Higher French revision
A series of Higher French revision podcasts. There will be five 15-minute episodes covering main aspects of the exam including tips on listening and translation, useful content for Directed Writing, and some listening practice too.
Podcast Academie Rouen
The Academie Rouen podcasts are a collection produced by primary students in France and North America. They cover themes such as the environment, racism, literature, cinema, science and sport.
VerbCast
VerbCast from Partners in Excellence (PiE) covers all regular and 20 common irregular verbs in the present, perfect, imperfect and future tenses, and uses innovative relaxation and visualisation techniques. It's ideal for students to listen to before their exams. All 20 programmes are now available on the iTunes Music Store.
FrenchPodClass
Let Sébastien take you through more learning at home, in school or on the street in a simple franglais style – there’s a good balance of French and English. From Episode 10 there are on-screen prompts that match the listening. Listen on the FrenchPodClass website or via iTunes.
'French for beginners' from French École
French lessons for beginners in fun and convenient chunks, provided by French École, which teaches French and Spanish to children from three to 11 years old. Find out more by visiting the French École podcast site, or via iTunes.
Chinese podcasts
ChinesePod
Free audio to download via iTunes or on the Chinese Pod website to learn Mandarin in an accessible, fun way.
Spanish podcasts
Coffee Break Spanish
Radio Lingua's flagship podcast, Coffee Break Spanish, will help you learn Spanish in a relaxing and encouraging way. Your host Mark Pentleton is an experienced teacher of Spanish and you can join his co-host Kara who is learning alongside the listeners.
InstaSpanish
Through the website you can get help on the InstaSpanish discussion forums and even ask Stacey to cover certain points in her next podcast. There’s plenty of listening comprehension in there for more advanced classes and some beginners' grammar and vocabulary. Listen via the InstaSpanish website or find it in iTunes.
Italian podcasts
LearnItalianPod
Lots of help and the option to contact the maker of the podcast via the Learn Italian Pod website. This is a very popular learning resource, graded at times for intermediate levels but highly accessible if used progressively from Show 1.
Italian/German podcasts
My Daily Phrase
From Mark Pentleton's Radio Lingua, creators of the world's most popular education podcast Coffee Break Spanish, come two new podcasts for learners looking for a quick daily fix of language.
These 2- or 3-minute podcasts can be an interesting and fun way for kids to learn the basics of a language over three months in addition to work in class. You could use them in class or let the students know they exist for their own use at home.
German podcasts
GerGerman
The GerGerman podcast is suitable for Higher and Advanced Higher, covering such subjects as the relative pronoun, possession and linking verbs.
Schlaflos in Muenchen
Probably the most well-known German language podcast and not specifically for learners. Annik talks though some of the fun things in her life in a very clear podcast, ideal for Advanced Higher listening material – or for teachers wanting to listen to authentic German. Check out her Schlaflos in Muenchen website.
MyGermanClass
This video podcast carries subtitles in German to accompany the slowly spoken German. Subjects vary for each episode, but this makes for some entertaining listening for pleasure. The video podcast is free; supplementary help on the MyGermanClass website comes at a cost.
Let’s speak German
A daily dose of German tongue twisters or language oddities. Entertaining, and it takes up 15 seconds of your day. Accessible through iTunes or the Learn in German website, which also contains the written text of what was said.