Purpose, time, level, quality, and updatedness should be considered when developing audio material for language learning. Audio can be used to present, develop, or evaluate topics but must be appropriately timed to fit within a class period while maintaining student engagement. Tasks should be graduated in level to avoid frustration and accommodate different accents, using coherent, up-to-date content presented with clear sound and vocabulary.

1. What elements should be considered? Purpose… always purpose Time Level Quality: in the content, the English and the recording Updatedness Developing audio material

2. Purpose Audio material can be used: To present a topic (content, vocabulary, organizational patterns, motivation…) To develop a topic (task input, comprehension,production…) To evaluate a topic (identification, inference, transcription…)

3. Time An audio class can´t take a full period. Aspects to consider: Lenght Previous and posterior activities Participation and students´ engagement.

4. Level Avoid motivational problems and frustration Graduate the tasks, not the speaking Be aware of the different accents and their implications

5. Quality . It´s not only about the structure used. It´s about the sound. It´s about the accents and tones . It´s about the vocabulary used It´s about the coherence with the task.

6. Updatedness Why do you think students will love it or not? Avoid prejudice. Not because you like something, your students must like it. Why listening to an old referent? The world moves all the time!