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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 tower

microphone

radio

headphones

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.

2.

Move your mouse over the

address bar showing the

current website address.

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.

2.

Move your mouse over the

address bar showing the

current website address.

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.

2.

3.

Move your mouse to the

area on the right side of the

SBS Radio home page.

Move your mouse over the

down arrow next to

Choose a language.

Do 1 click.

A list of languages will appear.

4.

5.

6.

Use the Scroll bar to move

through the list of languages.

Move your mouse over the

language of your choice.

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.

2.

Move your mouse over the

audio icon.

The audio icon can

look like this:

Do 1 click.

The SBS media player will open.

3.

4.

5.

Move your mouse over the

Play icon.

on the control panel.

Do 1 click.

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.

6.

To stop the radio program

move your mouse over the

Stop button on the

control panel.

Do 1 click.

The radio program will stop.

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7.

8.

To close the media player

move your mouse over the X

in the right hand corner.

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.

2.

3.

Move your mouse to the

area on the right side of the

BBC Radio home page.

Move your mouse

over Languages.

Do 1 click.

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A list of languages will appear.

4.

5.

6.

Choose a language from the

list (there are More

Languages to choose from).

Move your mouse over

the language you want to

listen to.

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.

2.

3.

Find the radio program you

want to listen to (use the

scroll bar to move down the

web page).

To listen to the radio

program move the mouse

over the audio icon.

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.

5.

To stop the radio program

move your mouse over the

Stop button on the

control panel.

Do 1 click.

The radio program will stop.

6.

7.

To close the media player

move your mouse over the X

in the right hand corner.

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.

2.

Move your mouse over the

address bar showing the

current website address.

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.

.

You will see the Google website.

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Search for a

radio station

1.

2.

3.

4.

Move your mouse over the

search box.

Do 1 click.

Type in radio and the

country/region or language

(or type the name of the

radio station if you know it).

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.

6.

Move your mouse over the

website you want to see.

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.

2.

Move your mouse over the

country of your choice.

Do 1 click.

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You will see a list of radio

stations for that country.

3.

4.

Move your mouse over the

radio station you want to

listen to.

Do 1 click.

You will see the website of this

radio station.

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Listen to the radio

1.

2.

Move your mouse over the

audio icon that will start the

radio program.

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.

2.

Move your mouse over the

speaker icon on the

taskbar. This is the

volume control.

Do 1 click.

The speaker will appear.

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3.

4.

Do 1 click on the slide

button and hold the mouse

down.

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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