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Vicnet Internet training course Workbook 6 Radio on the Internet Easy English workbook March 2011
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Vicnet Internet training course
Workbook 6
Radio on the Internet
Easy English workbook
March 2011
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About Vicnet Internet training workbooks
This workbook is part of a series of
workbooks in Easy English. They provide
basic information on how to use the Internet.
You can see all the workbooks on the Vicnet
website: www.vicnet.net.au/publications
The workbooks were written by
Vicnet at the State Library of Victoria
The funding came from Department of
Planning and Community Development
When writing this workbook, Vicnet used
computers with
Microsoft Windows 7 operating system
Internet Explorer version 8
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How to use this workbook
This workbook should be used
with a trainer. The trainer could
be a friend or someone from your
school, library, neighbourhood
house or other organisation.
Websites on the Internet change
often. The text and pictures in
this workbook may be different
from those you see on
the Internet.
A circle is used to show you
which part of the picture to
look at.
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What is in this Workbook
Introduction ...................................................................... 6
ABC Radio ....................................................................... 8
SBS Radio...................................................................... 12
BBC Radio ..................................................................... 18
World radio..................................................................... 28
Change the volume........................................................ 35
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Introduction
You can listen to the radio on a
computer connected to the
Internet. This is called listening
to the radio online.
You can listen to live radio
online. This means you can
listen to a radio program that is
playing on the radio now.
You can also listen to a podcast
online. This means you can
listen to a radio program that has
been recorded.
In this workbook you will learn
how to:
Listen to the radio online
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Equipment
To listen to the radio online you
will need the following:
A computer connected to
the Internet
Speakers or headphones
(if you are in a public place)
A media player such as
Windows Media Player (it
is included in Windows 7)
Different websites use different audio icons. You may see a picture of a:
speaker radio
radio tower headphones
microphone music note
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ABC Radio
ABC Radio is a radio station that
you can listen to online.
You can find the ABC Radio
website on the Internet.
Follow these steps.
1. Move your mouse over the
address bar showing the
current website address.
2. Do 1 click.
You will see the current website
address surrounded with blue.
3. Type this web address
www.abc.net.au/radio
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4. Press the Enter key on your
keyboard.
You will see the ABC Radio
website.
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Listen to a program
1. Move your mouse over an
ABC radio program that you
would like to listen to.
2. Do 1 click.
The web page for this ABC radio
program will appear.
3. Move your mouse over the
play button next to
Listen Live.
4. Do 1 click.
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The ABC media player will open
in the middle of the screen.
The radio program will
start to play.
5. To stop the radio program
move your mouse over the
Stop button on the control
panel of the media player.
6. Do 1 click.
The radio program will stop.
7. To close the media player
move your mouse over the X
in the right hand corner.
8. Do 1 click.
The media player will close.
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SBS Radio
SBS Radio is another radio
station that you can listen to
online. You can search for
programs in many languages.
You can find the SBS Radio
website on the Internet.
Follow these steps.
1. Move your mouse over the
address bar showing the
current website address.
2. Do 1 click.
You will see the current website
address surrounded with blue.
3. Type in this web address
www.sbs.com.au/radio/
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4. Press the Enter key
on your keyboard.
You will see the
SBS radio website.
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Choose a radio program
1. Move your mouse to the
area on the right side of the
SBS Radio home page.
2. Move your mouse over the
down arrow next to
Choose a language.
3. Do 1 click.
A list of languages will appear.
4. Use the Scroll bar to move
through the list of languages.
5. Move your mouse over the
language of your choice.
6. Do 1 click.
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You will see the SBS Radio web
page in this language.
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Listen to a program
1. Move your mouse over the
audio icon.
The audio icon can
look like this:
2. Do 1 click.
The SBS media player will open.
3. Move your mouse over the
Play icon.
on the control panel.
4. Do 1 click.
5. The radio program will start
to play.
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You can pause and adjust the
volume using the control panel.
You may see other Listen to
icons like this one
1. Move your mouse over the
Listen to icon.
2. Do 1 click.
The SBS media player will open.
The radio program will start to
play.
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BBC Radio
BBC Radio is another radio
station that you can
listen to online.
You can find the BBC Radio
website on the Internet.
Follow these steps.
1. Move your mouse over the
address bar showing the
current website address.
2. Do 1 click.
You will see the current website
address surrounded with blue.
3. Type in this web address:
www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
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4. Press the Enter key
on your keyboard.
You will see the
BBC Radio website.
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English Programmes
On the BBC Radio home page
you will see
English Programmes.
At the bottom of the BBC Radio
home page you will see a list of
BBC radio stations.
1. Move your mouse over one of
the BBC radio stations.
2. Do 1 click.
You will see the menu for that
radio station.
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3. Move your mouse over the
sound icon next to
Listen Live.
4. Do 1 click.
The BBC media player will open
in the middle of the screen.
The radio program will
start to play.
5. To stop the radio program
move your mouse over the
Stop button on the
control panel.
6. Do 1 click.
The radio program will stop.
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7. To close the media player
move your mouse over the X
in the right hand corner.
8. Do 1 click.
The media player will close.
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Choose a language
On the BBC Radio home page
you will also find radio
programmes in different
Languages.
1. Move your mouse to the
area on the right side of the
BBC Radio home page.
2. Move your mouse
over Languages.
3. Do 1 click.
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A list of languages will appear.
4. Choose a language from the
list (there are More
Languages to choose from).
5. Move your mouse over
the language you want to
listen to.
6. Do 1 click.
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You will see the BBC Radio web
page in this language.
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Listen to a program
1. Find the radio program you
want to listen to (use the
scroll bar to move down the
web page).
2. To listen to the radio
program move the mouse
over the audio icon.
3. Do 1 click.
The BBC media player will open
in the middle of the screen.
The radio program will
start to play.
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4. To stop the radio program
move your mouse over the
Stop button on the
control panel.
5. Do 1 click.
The radio program will stop.
6. To close the media player
move your mouse over the X
in the right hand corner.
7. Do 1 click.
The media player will close.
You will see the BBC web page
in this language.
Use the back tool to go to the
BBC Radio home page.
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World radio
You can listen to radio from
around the world in English and
in another language.
You can search for radio stations
on the Google website.
Follow these steps.
1. Move your mouse over the
address bar showing the
current website address.
2. Do 1 click.
You will see the current website
address surrounded with blue.
3. Type in this web address
www.google.com.au
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4. Press the Enter key
on your keyboard.
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You will see the Google website.
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Search for a
radio station
1. Move your mouse over the
search box.
2. Do 1 click.
3. Type in radio and the
country/region or language
(or type the name of the
radio station if you know it).
4. Press the Enter key.
You will see a list of
search results.
These are radio stations or
websites listing radio stations.
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5. Move your mouse over the
website you want to see.
6. Do 1 click.
You will see the website.
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Choose a radio station
This website has over 4000 radio
stations across Europe.
1. Move your mouse over the
country of your choice.
2. Do 1 click.
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You will see a list of radio
stations for that country.
3. Move your mouse over the
radio station you want to
listen to.
4. Do 1 click.
You will see the website of this
radio station.
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Listen to the radio
1. Move your mouse over the
audio icon that will start the
radio program.
2. Do 1 click.
You will see the media player in
the middle of the screen.
The radio will start to play.
Remember: there are many radio stations around the world. Each one
may be set up differently. Take your time to look at each website. Work
out how they are set up and ask your trainer for help.
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Change the volume
There are two ways to change
the sound volume of the radio.
You can use the control
panel on the media player
You can use the volume
control at the bottom of the
computer screen on the
taskbar
When you are listening to radio
on the Internet in a public place,
remember to use headphones
so you do not disturb
other people.
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Change the volume
using the media player
You can make the sound louder
or softer using the slide button
on the media player.
This is the slide button on
Windows Media Player
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Change the volume
using the taskbar
The taskbar is at the bottom of
the computer screen.
1. Move your mouse over the
speaker icon on the
taskbar. This is the
volume control.
2. Do 1 click.
The speaker will appear.
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3. Do 1 click on the slide
button and hold the mouse
down.
4. Move your mouse away
from you to make the sound
louder
OR
move your mouse towards
you to make the sound
softer.
5. Let go of the mouse button.
To mute the sound, move your
mouse towards you until you see
‘0’ on the speaker.
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