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當年學生K英文 必聽ICRT

【聯合報╱記者陳景淵／台北報導】

2014.04.29 03:29 am

ＩＣＲＴ過去是大學生、高中生學習英語「必備」工具，包括補教界名師賴世雄，就是天天聽駐台美軍廣播電台（ＩＣＲＴ的前身）自學，練就一口「道地」美式英語。

My comments: Some of my students also benefited a lot from it. And before the online resources were available, I often recorded the news from ICRT and had students listen to it. A student with a good command of English said she listened to and learned a lot from the DJs. A

pplying "shadowing" while listening, you'll improve speaking skills in leaps and bounds.

一九七八年美國宣布終止與中華民國的官方外交關係，駐台美軍廣播電台也準備撤出台灣，但在美商協會及當年總統蔣經國力促下，由辜振甫、辜濓松等人籌組台北國際社區文化基金會接手經營。

基金會初期成員都是響叮噹的人物，ＩＣＲＴ董事長張安平說，包括前總統李登輝，前台灣省長宋楚瑜都曾是董事成員。

ＩＣＲＴ早期不只是國內西洋流行音樂的先鋒，還有許多豐功偉業。例如早期台海國共對打宣傳戰時，中共時常強波放送短波「偷襲」我方頻率，還散布中共宣傳口號，因為ＩＣＲＴ屬於大功率的全國廣播網，便助政府一臂之力，發送強波「阻擋」中共的宣傳短波。

My comments: Really?! I didn't know it.

不過，傳播學者指出，網路、手機、智慧裝置崛起後，廣播不再是學生學習英文的主流，廣播生態環境衰退，ＩＣＲＴ也難以倖免。

My comments: Still, when I was driving alone, I always tune my radio to ICRT.

一位ＩＣＲＴ前員工指出，收聽率下滑，與電台知名ＤＪ流失可能有關。十幾年前，ＤＪ大衛王紅極一時，因為他具備國語、英語雙聲帶，讓學英語的學生比較能聽得懂，當時很多高中老師都推薦學生回家多聽ＩＣＲＴ，現今已不見此榮景。

My comments: Now we have Eric Gau, good at both Chinese and English. I think the main reason is the advent and convenience of other resources. For example, high school teachers would ask students to listen to Studio Classroom or Ivy League because students can listen to the MP3 or watch the Internet program anytime during the day while ICRT news or chats are fleeting.  Once you fail to catch the 3pm news, you miss it. However, in my opinion, for Taiwan news, ICRT is still the best.


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