Podcast

Depending on the LOs (Learning Objectives) of a particular class (in a usual classroom setting)  podcast can be a useful, supplemental source for learning L2. To expand on this, I would like to mention the following important points from my point of view. If the learning objective of a class is to develop note-taking strategies, short dialogues as podcast can be a nice authentic material. The same would apply for teaching vocabulary: students need to listen to the podcast and write down unfamiliar words, then based on the podcast they need to guess the meaning. This can be done in small groups of 2-3.
In case of grammar teaching podcast could be a supplementary material
 Students may be assigned to listen to a particular podcast to fully understand the grammatical part. This can be a helpful tool especially for Armenians who are learning English, since we are used to explicit instruction. We need the rule first.