Kick-off-Meeting Podcasting course in the lecture-free period: Learn English - Produce Media - Share Knowledge

Podcasting is gaining significant popularity, both as a source of entertainment and as a flexible learning format that supports mobility and self-paced knowledge acquisition. This course builds on these developments by combining language learning with project-based media production.

Participants strengthen their English skills across grammar, academic communication, teamwork, and structured project execution. No specialised equipment or prior technical expertise is required, as the course provides guided instruction at every production stage.

Students collaborate in pairs and develop a podcast episode based on a topic or academic text that holds relevance to their field of study. Each team produces a 10-minute audio episode, forming part of a shared, multi-episode student podcast.

Course components include:

• podcast architecture and narrative structure

• pre-production planning, scriptwriting, and conceptual design

• audio recording tools, platforms, and software selection

• post-production editing, cutting, and sound optimisation

• spoken academic communication, pronunciation, and delivery strategies

The final student podcast is published on widely used podcast platforms at the end of the semester, offering participants a tangible outcome that showcases academic content communication in English.

Requirements before joining the course

Students bring a topic from their degree programme to class that they are passionate about. If you are really interested in taking part but lack ideas, contact Bernadette Lieder. 

• students must be at ease with hearing the sound of their own voice on a recording
• English level: at least B2+
• a smartphone and/or laptop, a headset

For further information and to see what others have come up with, search for the podcast talking texts in your podcast app.