UW-Madison Podcasts in Languages and Linguistics
Click the links below to go to sites to listen or subscribe to podcasts in Dutch, English,
French, German and Spanish!
Many of the podcasts were produced with the assistance of staff from the College of Letters and Science Learning Support Services and with the Engage Program in the Division of Information Technology.
Dutch, Department of German
Neerlandia-journaal
Learn Dutch vocabulary, grammar, and culture through a monthly newscast about the Netherlands!
English and Linguistics
Linguistic Voices on Campus (Department of English)
A podcast first designed as instructional material for the course "The Structure of English", taught by Anja Wanner at UW-Madison. In this podcast series, she invites scholars from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to discuss common beliefs about language through the lens of their own research.
Wisconsin Englishes (Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures)
Podcasts produced as part of the Wisconsin Englishes Project to explore how Wisconsinites talk, how our regional English came to be so distinctive, and how it is changing dramatically today.
French, Department of French and Italian
Vocabulary for each chapter of French 203, Third Semester French.
German, Department of German
Perspektiven
Perspektiven with Minka and Markus is geared towards first semester college-level German learners looking for a fun and exciting way to practice their German.
Das treffende Wort
Join Käthe and Manfred for informal lessons on the German language and culture! This show is geared for intermediate learners of German.
Andere Länder — Anderes Deutsch
This podcast uses unique situations and dialogue to introduce advanced students of German to the Swiss and Austrian national varieties of the German language. Drop in and listen as Birgit from Hannover and Gregor from Graz encounter the distinct standard German varieties of Austria and Switzerland!
Spanish, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Escucha y Dibuja
Short podcasts that present students with a series of directions describing the spatial location of a series of objects. After listening to the directions, students place the objects according to the directions in a drawing provided by the professor.
Novedades Culturales
Short segments for intermediate learners of Spanish about current Spanish cultural news.
Personalidades de la Cultura Hispanica
Interviews with prominent voices from Hispanic cultures discussing topics from music and film, to politics and travel. These podcasts provide entertaining and knowledgeable insights into to the Latin American and Spanish world.
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