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PLE Podcast Reviews

Podcast #1 - 5-Minute Spanish by David Nance https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/5-minute-spanish/id487338699?mt=10 - I found this podcast relatively engaging.  His use of the whiteboard to provide visual cues to go along with his oral explanation and pronunciations was useful and helpful.  I found his explanations easy to understand, even as one who has little experience (that I remember at this point) with the language.  The only real negative is that the first "episode" sort of jumps right into the topic without preamble, which makes it a bit tricky to catch on with what the focus is right away. Podcast #2 - ESL POD https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/english-as-second-language-esl-podcast-learn-english/id75908431?mt=2 This podcast is put out by eslpod.com and has hundreds of lessons available for free.  I found the content to be well organized and easily accessible.  The speaker was engaging and his pacing was appropriate for the audience.  I particularly enjoyed