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Posted: Tue Jun 4, 2019 1:05pm
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Tomito

Posts: 5

Location: Cartagena

Joined: 2 Jun 2019

Hello, my name is Tom Fellows, I'm an English teacher living and working in Cartagena, Murcia with my Spanish wife and baby. I am in the early stages of producing a language learning podcast and I need native English speakers to come onto my podcast as guests to talk about their lives and careers and things like that. 

The podcast is designed specifically to help students practice listening to real, everyday English conversations and interactions. As a guest you would answer questions about your life and career and hopefully we would have an interesting and engaging conversation. I would send you the questions in advance so you could select the ones you’d like to discuss and I could either come to your house or you could come to mine, whichever suits you. If you had anything you wanted to promote on the podcast that would be fine too. I imagine we would be recording for about an hour and from that I hope to produce a 40 minute episode for my podcast.

My project is completely well-intentioned and respectable and I believe it will be a really useful learning tool for students of the English language.If you know of anyone else who might be interested in being a guest on the podcast please forward them this email or let me know their contact details. 

I’m also hoping this might be a different way for me to meet and socialise with expats out here in and around Cartagena as I don’t really know anyone apart from my wife’s friends and family.

Many thanks

Tom Fellows


Burnie

Posted: Wed Jun 5, 2019 11:56pm

Posts: 58

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Posted: Wed Jun 5, 2019 11:56pm

Hi Tom, 

I’m a primary school teacher in England, but will be at my Spanish house in Puerto de Mazarrón for the month of August. I’d be happy to participate in your podcasting quest if you still need people then. 

Regards,

Sarah Burnard

Tomito

Posted: Thu Jun 6, 2019 8:57am

Tomito

Original Poster

Posts: 5

Location: Cartagena

Joined: 2 Jun 2019

Posted: Thu Jun 6, 2019 8:57am

Hello Sarah

Thank you so much for responding, you would be perfect for the podcast! 

Firstly I'll send you the interview questions, so that you can choose the ones you'd be most interested in discussing, and then we can start discussing possible dates for the recording in August.

I would prefer to do the interview in person if possible but if that doesn't suit, you for whatever reason, we can organise a conversation via Skype or something like that. However, I'd like to stress that I am trying to ensure that the sound quality is as high is it can possibly be so we may have to do some practice runs to perfect the recording method. 

Here are the interview questions. Please choose at least 5 from the INTRODUCTORY list and at least 5 from the EXTRA list (but more if you can!):

Introductory Questions

  1. Can you tell us a little bit about you?
  2. Can you tell us a little about the place where are you from, did you grow up there? What are the best and worst aspects?
  3. What do you do for a living?
  4. What happens in a typical day for you?
  5. Who are the most important people in your life?
  6. Are you pursuing any dreams in your life at the moment?
  7. Can you talk about something you are passionate about?
  8. Can you tell me about what you enjoy doing most in your spare time?
  9. What do you do to have a good time?
  10. How would your friends describe you?
  11. How did you meet your best friend?
  12. What accomplishments are you most proud of?
  13. What are you good at?
  14. What’s your favourite time of day?
  15. How would you describe your family?
  16. Is there anything in particular you’d like to discuss?

Extra Questions

  1. What’s the key to happiness in your opinion?
  2. Can you talk about something that irritates you?
  3. What have been the most defining moments of your life?
  4. On a scale of one to 10, how weird are you?
  5. Tell us about something or someone that is underrated.
  6. Who is the most famous person you’ve ever met?
  7. What is your favourite saying/idiom?
  8. What book has had the most profound impact on your life?
  9. What is the longest drive you have ever done?
  10. What’s the last film that made you cry?
  11. Whats the worst thing you’ve witnessed?
  12. Can you think of a smell that always reminds you of something special?
  13. Tell us about your your best friend at school?
  14. What is the best meal you've ever had?
  15. What are you looking forward to?
  16. What has been your favourite holiday destination?
  17. Can you think of an interesting person you met briefly in your life who you would have liked to have stayed in touch with?
  18. What should everyone try once in their life?
  19. Can you talk about a goal you have?
  20. Can you talk about an accident you've seen?
  21. Can you talk about an accident you've had?
  22. Can you tell me about a favourite teacher you had?
  23. Can you talk about something you’re proud to have achieved?
  24. Can you tell me about someone you admire?
  25. Can you tell me about something you would love to do again?
  26. Can you tell me about the worst holiday you’ve had?
  27. Can you tell me about a prize you won?
  28. What is some advice you might give a younger you?
  29. Can you tell me about a hard decision you had to make?
  30. Can you tell me about an embarrassing moment you've had recently?
  31. Can you tell me about he first time you drank alcohol.
  32. What makes you angry?
  33. How would you improve your city?
  34. What is the worst thing you have ever witnessed?
  35. Have you ever experienced culture shock?
  36. Have you ever hitchhiked?
  37. Have you ever been on TV or radio or in the newspaper?
  38. Which person in your life has influenced you the most? 
  39. Have you ever been in a fist fight?
  40. Have you ever woken up and not known where you were?
  41. Have you ever dialled your country’s emergency number?
  42. Have you ever given a public speech?
  43. Can you talk about a disastrous trip or holiday.
  44. Describe an outdoor game you used to play.
  45. What are your favourite phone apps?
  46. What are your favourite websites?
  47. Have you ever broken a bone?
  48. What was the last picture you took with your phone, can you describe it?
  49. Do you have a morning ritual?
  50. Have you been pulled over by the police?
  51. Is there something that people always ask you for help with?
  52. When was the last time you said ‘YES’ when you really wanted to say ‘NO’?
  53. What is something you have tried, but will never do again?
  54. What makes you cringe?
  55. Do you normally follow your heart or your head? Example?
  56. Which would you prefer, shark diving or sky diving?
  57. Which would be harder for you to give up: coffee or alcohol?
  58. What is an evocative smell for you?
  59. What do you think makes a good restaurant?
  60. What's the hardest thing you've ever had to do?
  61. Who makes you laugh more than anyone?
  62. Do you think modern life is more or less challenging than it was for your parent’s generation?
  63. Should scientists bring animals back to life using genetic technologies (dinosaurs, Mammoths etc.)?
  64. Have you, or anyone you know, ever been the victim of crime?
  65. How have family roles changed from the past?
  66. Who is the most interesting person in your extended family?
  67. What risks do you come across in your work/life?
  68. Do you think space tourism will be popular in the future? Why or why not?
  69. What is the most interesting fact you know about space?

Frances999

Posted: Thu Jun 6, 2019 1:13pm

Posts: 26

Joined: 28 Apr 2017

Posted: Thu Jun 6, 2019 1:13pm

Hola Tom, I live in La Manga permanently, should you require me, I am happy to help you. Kind regards, Frances

Tomito

Posted: Thu Jun 6, 2019 2:28pm

Tomito

Original Poster

Posts: 5

Location: Cartagena

Joined: 2 Jun 2019

Posted: Thu Jun 6, 2019 2:28pm

Hello Frances

Thank you so much for responding, I would like it very much if you'd be a guest on the podcast! 

Firstly I'll send you the interview questions, so that you can choose the ones you'd be most interested in discussing, and then we can start discussing possible dates for the recording.

I would prefer to do the interview in person (I will be staying in La Manga during July and August) if possible but if that doesn't suit, you for whatever reason, we can organise a conversation via Skype or something like that. However, I'd like to stress that I am trying to ensure that the sound quality is as high is it can possibly be so we may have to do some practice runs to perfect the recording method. 

Here are the interview questions. Please choose at least 5 from the INTRODUCTORY list and at least 5 from the EXTRA list (but more if you can!):

Introductory Questions

  1. Can you tell us a little bit about you?
  2. Can you tell us a little about the place where are you from, did you grow up there? What are the best and worst aspects?
  3. What do you do for a living?
  4. What happens in a typical day for you?
  5. Who are the most important people in your life?
  6. Are you pursuing any dreams in your life at the moment?
  7. Can you tell me about what you enjoy doing most in your spare time?
  8. What do you do to have a good time?
  9. How would your friends describe you?
  10. What are you good at?
  11. What’s your favourite time of day?
  12. How would you describe your family?
  13. Is there anything in particular you’d like to discuss?

Extra Questions

  1. What accomplishments are you most proud of?
  2. How did you meet your best friend?
  3. Can you talk about something you are passionate about?
  4. Can you talk about something that irritates you?
  5. What’s the key to happiness in your opinion?
  6. What have been the most defining moments of your life?
  7. On a scale of one to 10, how weird are you?
  8. Tell us about something or someone that is underrated.
  9. Who is the most famous person you’ve ever met?
  10. What is your favourite saying/idiom?
  11. What book has had the most profound impact on your life?
  12. What is the longest drive you have ever done?
  13. What’s the last film that made you cry?
  14. Whats the worst thing you’ve witnessed?
  15. Can you think of a smell that always reminds you of something special?
  16. Tell us about your your best friend at school?
  17. What is the best meal you've ever had?
  18. What are you looking forward to?
  19. What has been your favourite holiday destination?
  20. Can you think of an interesting person you met briefly in your life who you would have liked to have stayed in touch with?
  21. What should everyone try once in their life?
  22. Can you talk about a goal you have?
  23. Can you talk about an accident you've seen?
  24. Can you talk about an accident you've had?
  25. Can you tell me about a favourite teacher you had?
  26. Can you talk about something you’re proud to have achieved?
  27. Can you tell me about someone you admire?
  28. Can you tell me about something you would love to do again?
  29. Can you tell me about the worst holiday you’ve had?
  30. Can you tell me about a prize you won?
  31. What is some advice you might give a younger you?
  32. Can you tell me about a hard decision you had to make?
  33. Can you tell me about an embarrassing moment you've had recently?
  34. Can you tell me about he first time you drank alcohol.
  35. What makes you angry?
  36. How would you improve your city?
  37. What is the worst thing you have ever witnessed?
  38. Have you ever experienced culture shock?
  39. Have you ever hitchhiked?
  40. Have you ever been on TV or radio or in the newspaper?
  41. Which person in your life has influenced you the most? 
  42. Have you ever been in a fist fight?
  43. Have you ever woken up and not known where you were?
  44. Have you ever dialled your country’s emergency number?
  45. Have you ever given a public speech?
  46. Can you talk about a disastrous trip or holiday.
  47. Describe an outdoor game you used to play.
  48. What are your favourite phone apps?
  49. What are your favourite websites?
  50. Have you ever broken a bone?
  51. What was the last picture you took with your phone, can you describe it?
  52. Do you have a morning ritual?
  53. Have you been pulled over by the police?
  54. Is there something that people always ask you for help with?
  55. When was the last time you said ‘YES’ when you really wanted to say ‘NO’?
  56. What is something you have tried, but will never do again?
  57. What makes you cringe?
  58. Do you normally follow your heart or your head? Example?
  59. Which would you prefer, shark diving or sky diving?
  60. Which would be harder for you to give up: coffee or alcohol?
  61. What is an evocative smell for you?
  62. What do you think makes a good restaurant?
  63. What's the hardest thing you've ever had to do?
  64. Who makes you laugh more than anyone?
  65. Do you think modern life is more or less challenging than it was for your parent’s generation?
  66. Should scientists bring animals back to life using genetic technologies (dinosaurs, Mammoths etc.)?
  67. Have you, or anyone you know, ever been the victim of crime?
  68. How have family roles changed from the past?
  69. Who is the most interesting person in your extended family?
  70. What risks do you come across in your work/life?
  71. Do you think space tourism will be popular in the future? Why or why not?
  72. What is the most interesting fact you know about space?

Many thanks

Tom Fellows

Calle Ronda 16, 7A

30201

Cartagena

Murcia


+34 717703787

[email protected]


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Tomito

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:22pm

Tomito

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Posts: 5

Location: Cartagena

Joined: 2 Jun 2019

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:22pm

Hello Sarah

Are you still interested to be a guest on my podcast? Have you looked through the questions?

You can contact me direct by email or WhatsApp:

[email protected]

+34 717 703 787

Burnie

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 5:07pm

Posts: 58

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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 5:07pm

I’ve whatsapped

crissywissy

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:17am

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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:17am

I’m happy to help ...I live in Torre Pacheco...15/20 mins from Cartagena. I’m retired now but was a teacher and headteacher....please pm me through the forum and we’ll take it from there.

Tomito

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:27am

Tomito

Original Poster

Posts: 5

Location: Cartagena

Joined: 2 Jun 2019

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 10:27am

Hello crissywissy

Thank you so much for responding, you would be perfect for the podcast! 

Firstly I'll send you the interview questions, so that you can choose the ones you'd be most interested in discussing, and then we can start discussing possible dates for the recording (for me this would probably be July/August).

I would prefer to do the interview in person if possible but if that doesn't suit, you for whatever reason, we can organise a conversation via Skype or something like that. However, I'd like to stress that I am trying to ensure the sound quality is as high is it can possibly be so we may have to do some practice runs to perfect the recording method. 

Here are the interview questions. Please choose at least 5 from the INTRODUCTORY list and at least 5 from the EXTRA list (but more if you can!):

Introductory Questions

  1. Can you tell us a little bit about you?
  2. Can you tell us a little about the place where are you from, did you grow up there? What are the best and worst aspects?
  3. What do you do for a living?
  4. What happens in a typical day for you?
  5. Who are the most important people in your life?
  6. Are you pursuing any dreams in your life at the moment?
  7. Can you talk about something you are passionate about?
  8. Can you tell me about what you enjoy doing most in your spare time?
  9. What do you do to have a good time?
  10. How would your friends describe you?
  11. How did you meet your best friend?
  12. What accomplishments are you most proud of?
  13. What are you good at?
  14. What’s your favourite time of day?
  15. How would you describe your family?
  16. Is there anything in particular you’d like to discuss?

Extra Questions

  1. What’s the key to happiness in your opinion?
  2. Can you talk about something that irritates you?
  3. What have been the most defining moments of your life?
  4. On a scale of one to 10, how weird are you?
  5. Tell us about something or someone that is underrated.
  6. Who is the most famous person you’ve ever met?
  7. What is your favourite saying/idiom?
  8. What book has had the most profound impact on your life?
  9. What is the longest drive you have ever done?
  10. What’s the last film that made you cry?
  11. Whats the worst thing you’ve witnessed?
  12. Can you think of a smell that always reminds you of something special?
  13. Tell us about your your best friend at school?
  14. What is the best meal you've ever had?
  15. What are you looking forward to?
  16. What has been your favourite holiday destination?
  17. Can you think of an interesting person you met briefly in your life who you would have liked to have stayed in touch with?
  18. What should everyone try once in their life?
  19. Can you talk about a goal you have?
  20. Can you talk about an accident you've seen?
  21. Can you talk about an accident you've had?
  22. Can you tell me about a favourite teacher you had?
  23. Can you talk about something you’re proud to have achieved?
  24. Can you tell me about someone you admire?
  25. Can you tell me about something you would love to do again?
  26. Can you tell me about the worst holiday you’ve had?
  27. Can you tell me about a prize you won?
  28. What is some advice you might give a younger you?
  29. Can you tell me about a hard decision you had to make?
  30. Can you tell me about an embarrassing moment you've had recently?
  31. Can you tell me about he first time you drank alcohol.
  32. What makes you angry?
  33. How would you improve your city?
  34. What is the worst thing you have ever witnessed?
  35. Have you ever experienced culture shock?
  36. Have you ever hitchhiked?
  37. Have you ever been on TV or radio or in the newspaper?
  38. Which person in your life has influenced you the most? 
  39. Have you ever been in a fist fight?
  40. Have you ever woken up and not known where you were?
  41. Have you ever dialled your country’s emergency number?
  42. Have you ever given a public speech?
  43. Can you talk about a disastrous trip or holiday.
  44. Describe an outdoor game you used to play.
  45. What are your favourite phone apps?
  46. What are your favourite websites?
  47. Have you ever broken a bone?
  48. What was the last picture you took with your phone, can you describe it?
  49. Do you have a morning ritual?
  50. Have you been pulled over by the police?
  51. Is there something that people always ask you for help with?
  52. When was the last time you said ‘YES’ when you really wanted to say ‘NO’?
  53. What is something you have tried, but will never do again?
  54. What makes you cringe?
  55. Do you normally follow your heart or your head? Example?
  56. Which would you prefer, shark diving or sky diving?
  57. Which would be harder for you to give up: coffee or alcohol?
  58. What is an evocative smell for you?
  59. What do you think makes a good restaurant?
  60. What's the hardest thing you've ever had to do?
  61. Who makes you laugh more than anyone?
  62. Do you think modern life is more or less challenging than it was for your parent’s generation?
  63. Should scientists bring animals back to life using genetic technologies (dinosaurs, Mammoths etc.)?
  64. Have you, or anyone you know, ever been the victim of crime?
  65. How have family roles changed from the past?
  66. Who is the most interesting person in your extended family?
  67. What risks do you come across in your work/life?
  68. Do you think space tourism will be popular in the future? Why or why not?
  69. What is the most interesting fact you know about space?

Many thanks

Tom Fellows

Calle Ronda 16, 7A

30201

Cartagena

Murcia

+34 717703787

[email protected]


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