PODCAST SCRIPT:

Good morning class!!

As we have seen in the previous days, we are learning important facts about Europe. Today we are going to talk about the capital cities.

In this podcast you are going to discover amazing information so get ready!

In Northern Europe, there are four main countries:

• Norway, which capital city is Oslo
• Sweden, which capital city is Stockholm
• In Finland the capital is Helsinki
• And finally in Iceland, it is very difficult to say and write, the capital city is Reykjavik

Did you know that Vikings come from these countries? (vikings music)

In the east of Europe there are three main countries:

• Russia, its capital is Moscow
• Belarus, Minsk
• Ukraine, Kiev.

Russia is the biggest country in the world and it is transcontinental, because it belongs to Europe and Asia. (russian music)

In the west of Europe,there are three main countries:

• France, its capital city is Paris.
• Spain, we live in it it is Madrid.
• Portugal, our neighbours, its capital city is Lisbon.

Have you ever heard French music? (french music)

In the south of Europe, we find the sunniest and hottest countries of the continent:

• Malta, it is a tiny island but it is incredible, its capital city is La Valeta
• Italy, its capital is Rome and it is full of art is many forms.
• Greece, its capital is Athens, its is the most famous city in the south of Europe because of the Olympic games.    (olympic games music)

And this is the end of this podcast I hope you have enjoyed it!!

 OBJECTIVES:

- To know the capital cities of some countries.

-To locate the countries and capital cities.

- To identify each piece of music with certain cities.

- To develop listening skills.

COMPETENCES:

• Students will develop the linguistic competence by talking in English to their classmates about the podcast.
• Digital competence will be developed by using ICT to listen to the podcast.
• Social and civic competences will be improved by sharing information and collaborating with their classmates.
• Cultural awareness and expression will be improved because students will have to be aware of everything around them in order to locate other countries.
• Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship will be developed because each student will have to share their ideas and transform them in order to create useful material.
• Learning to learn competence will be developed as students evaluate the content of the podcast.

TOOLS:

This podcast was recorded and edited using Audacity, it is a tool used for many purposes most of them for radio and television media. It is useful to edit, cut,paste, transform and create new sounds. It doesn't have much difficulty,but it necessary to do some research and watch tutorials on platforms like Youtube.

ACTIVITIES:

Once the student have listened to the podcast,they will have to arrange themselves in groups, they will have to choose one of the cities mentioned, and do some research about it. We will give them a worksheet they will be used as a checklist with the elements they will have to include in a presentation that they will have to do once they have all the necessary information.

They will have to find out some data about the capital city they chose and about the country t belongs to, for instance: traditions, typical food, what currency they use, traditional music, if there’s any celebrity from that country and why is he/she famous, etc.

This activity will be assessed by the teacher as well as the rest of the class. The students will be given a rubric and they have to check if their classmates have done what their classmates were told to. This way we can take in count the students’ attention to the presentation, group work and how they get along with other classmates.