English Learners in NYC is a podcast that shares stories of international students in English schools in New York City. Its goal is to engage ESL students and teachers to reflect and discuss language learning and the challenges English learners experience in their routines as New York City dwellers. If you are an international student or educator in an English as a Second Language (ESL) program in NYC, share your story with us!
Topics of Discussion
Why coming to NYC learn English?
What are the challenges to live in NYC?
How is the English learning experience?
How to deal with cultural differences?
What are the advices for people that want to come to NYC as an English learner?
For ESL teachers
English Learners in NYC podcast can be used as an educational resource for ESL classes in three different ways:
Promote discussions with students about their challenges and needs while living in New York City as English Students.
Engage students to join our podcast and share their personal stories.
Use our Podcast Guide for Beginners to create podcasts with your students.
In addition to these possibilities, ESL educators can also use the podcast to better understand students’ needs and have inspiring ideas to innovate your teaching practices.
Learning philosophy
English Learners in NYC is inspired by the Educommunication principles. For those unfamiliar with this term, Educommunication is a field of study and practices founded by the Latin American theoretical currents of liberating pedagogy, popular communication, and cultural studies. Its goal is to encourage citizens to exercise their rights of free expression and access to information, promoting awareness about the power of community articulation in society. Read more about it in our Learning Philosophy.
Partnerships
English Learners in NYC podcast is supported by the the New Media Lab (NML), which works with CUNY Graduate Center students and faculty from a variety of academic disciplines to conceive and create groundbreaking multimedia projects based on student and faculty scholarly research.
This initiative is part of a capstone project developed by Raquel Neris, a Master’s student in Digital Humanities at CUNY Graduate Center.
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