What is a podcast?

• It is a digital voice recording that you can download and play as often as, and whenever you like.

When and where can I listen to a podcast?

• Anywhere that you can use a set of ear- or headphones. While on a train or in a bus. While doing chores, driving a car, or performing just about any routine task or exercise that allows you to focus on one thing while you perform another.
• You can also use speakers while driving on your way to and from work or school, or while sitting in a café and waiting for a friend. But please, be considerate of your neighbors.

Why would I want to listen to a podcast, when I can listen to music or watch a video?

• Listening to music is a great way to relax. Listening to a podcast is a great way to learn something new while you are doing something else.
• Watching a video requires both your eyes and ears, while listening to a podcast you can watch the world around you, and your hands are free to perform other tasks. It is a lot like listening to the radio, but you have better control of what you hear.

Why would I want to listen to a Grammar Captive podcast?

• Would you like to improve your English language listening and grammar skills?
• Are you looking for clear explanations about the rules of the English language?
• Are you confused about the vocabulary of grammar and looking for clarification?
• Are you unhappy with the way English is taught in public and private schools and would like to break out on your own and/or with others that feel the same?

Accordingly,

• Would you like a home on the internet where you can always obtain quick, reliable answers to your questions?
• Would you like to become a member of a community that is dedicated to learning English as a second language?
• Grammar Captive's weekly podcasts are just the beginning of your new adventure in learning.

disclaimer: Grammar Captive is not about magic and deception. Nor, is it about the mindless memorization of poorly understood patterns. Rather, it understands the importance of grammar in the acquisition of a second language and seeks to make the vocabulary of grammar more accessible and usable to advanced second language learners and aspiring teachers. Further, it believes that students are their own best teachers, and that they need only an appropriate understanding of language in general, the grammar of each language in specific, and the mastery of a few simple learning techniques to teach themselves. Accordingly, Grammar Captive is here to help you become just a little, and hopefully a whole lot, better at being both a teacher and student of yourself and others.