Level 100 and up
Beginning Level English Listening Comprehension Exercises from About.com - English listening skills learning for beginners includes English listening comprehension exercises for basic listening skills such as the alphabet, numbers and simple dialogues at http://esl.about.com/od/listening/
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Level 100 and up
English
Listening Lounge - Go to the Guest Area. Listen,
answer questions, and check yourself. You can view a
transcript while you listen. There are ten lessons each for
beginners, intermediate, and advanced students. You can also
become a member by paying a fee and have access to more
lessons.
http://www.englishlistening.com/index.php
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Level 100 and up
Josie's
Poetry - Read and listen to these original poems on a
variety of topics. Josie says, "These poems, all my own
work, were written to bring a feeling of happiness to those
who read them. I hope that the beauty of the natural world,
and my love of Yorkshire will shine through, together with
the fun I have had writing the children's poems (many of
which I hope will also be enjoyed by the adults reading them
to their children, grandchildren, children in their classes,
or little friends etc.) I have tried to give most of my
poems a good story, a good rhythm and a rhyme because that
is the type of poem I always enjoyed (and still do).
myself.
http://www.whiteheadm.co.uk/html/josies_poetry.htm
Level 100 and up
Listen to
English (E.L. Easton) - A wide variety of very creative
listening activities. Various subjects, various levels. Some
links provide listening only, others include lessons,
exercises and activities. Topics include Business English,
Business English, Christmas, ESL Exercises, History,
Literature, American Literature, Children´s Literature,
Movies, Music ... Vocals, News, Politics, Pop Culture,
Radio, Religion and more at
http://eleaston.com/listen.html
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Level 100 and up
Randall's Cyber Listening
Lab - There are Short Listening Exercises, General
Listening Quizzes, Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes,
and Long Conversations. All are labeled easy, medium,
difficult, or very difficult. http://www.esl-lab.com/
There is also a Basic Skills Study Guide. This organizes the listening activities by subject. (It does not include all of the quizzes.) http://www.esl-lab.com/guide.htm
You can Email a question to Randall's Voice Mail Box. If he chooses your question, you can listen to the answer over the Internet! http://www.esl-lab.com/voice/voice.htm
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Level 200 and up
About.com
- Intermediate Level English Listening Comprehension
Exercises from - English listening skills learning for
intermediate level learners includes English online
listening comprehension exercises for intermediate level
classes including dialogues and quizzes at
http://esl.about.com/od/intermediatelistening/
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Level 200 and up
BBC
World Service - Listen to World News as well as audio
broadcasts on business, sports, education, science, youth,
arts & drama, features, music and religion. There is
also a special section on English
language learning which has audio clips and listening
comprehension exercises. Topics include News, Study Skills,
Science and Technology, Speaking English, Business, Society
and Culture, and English for Beginners.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml
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Level 200 and up
BrainPop - Choose from over 100 animated videos to learn about topics on health, science and technology. A few of the topics are: hearing, brain, muscles, heart, smell, taste, water cycle, waves, and rainbow. Tim (a boy) and Moby (a robot) are the main characters in the video cartoons. While you are waiting for the videos to load, you take a Quiz on the topic you will be watching. Be sure to click on "Loading Movie" to see when your movie is ready to watch. You can repeat the movie as often as you like by clicking on the play button (arrow). http://www.brainpop.com/indexgen.asp
Level 200 and up
CNN Learning
Resources - Work on your reading, vocabulary and
listening skills as you learn about important news stories.
Before you begin, click here
for instructions on using this site (you can print these out
if you want to - thanks to Karin's ESL Partyland).
NOTE: If you have a problem with lines of text being
cut off, drag the corner of the window to make it larger.
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/
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Level 200 and up
Cutting
Edge CALL Demos (Jim Duber) - Here are two stories to
listen to. Click the "T" button also so you can see the text
as you listen. When you finish, you will answer questions,
do a dictation, and write a short essay that you can send to
your teacher. You can send the writing to me if you like. My
email is krauss@lclark.edu
The stories are "The
Kingdom of the Lion" and "The
Wolf and the Crane."
http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/cuttingedge.html
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Level 200 and up
English Language Listening
Lab - Quickly becoming the premier listening site on the
Web. There are interviews for *every day* from 2004 and
2005, with more being added regularly. All interviews come
with built-in support with photos, a guided quiz, a
transcript and an interactive speaking section. These
interviews are organized by date, subject, and level of
difficulty. There are also many interactive language
activities created with Flash, which makes them load quickly
even if your internet connection isn't super fast. These
activities are also freely downloadable to be used on your
local computer-great if you have slow connection speed or
have to pay a lot to be online at
http://www.elllo.org/
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Level 200 and up
English Teachers Everywhere - Kevin McCaughey. This site
is designed for teachers to use, but students could have a
lot of fun here as well. Kevin, a very talented (and funny),
top-flight EFL teacher/trainer writes: English Teachers
Everywhere is the place for ESL audio files. It's the only
web site where you can find audio that's classroom-ready:
copy the mp3s, take them into class, and you've got an
efficient activity suitable for beginners or advanced
learners of English. And most of the time you don't need any
additional materials or preparations.
http://www.etseverywhere.com/
Level 200 and up
Every
Day English in Conversation - Does it happen to you that
sometimes you feel frustrated because you find yourself
unable to express yourself clearly and yet when you hear
native speakers, you feel that it is so simple and
easy? In this section, we will focus on learning
idiomatic and everyday expressions to help us deal with
daily conversational situations at
http://www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html
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Level 200 and up
History Channel-Famous Speeches - Would you like to hear Neil Armstrong's words when he first landed on the moon? How about Malcolm X and his words about African Americans? For each day of the year, there is a famous speech which was given on that date. Click on the picture of the man with the microphone which says, "Speech Archive" to see a list of all the speeches which are available. Before you listen, read the background information that is given to help you understand the speech. Have fun reliving important events in history! http://historychannel.com/speeches/index.html
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Level 200 and up
NPR (National Public Radio)
Online - (On campus: Click on the 28.8 link)
Listen to the NPR News on the Hour or choose from a
variety of news stories of the day. This is a great way to
keep up with what's going on in the world while practicing
your listening skills! Most audio clips go along with a
related news article which you can read.
http://www.npr.org/
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Level 200 and up
PEAK English -
This site has a lot to offer. You must sign
up. You can choose the "student" membership, which
includes some free services: You might want to start by
taking the Placement
Test (40 questions) to see what your English level is.
You can practice with games,
American
culture or slang.
you can also work on your grammar with "Coaching
Exercises" or participate with Pen Pals, Chat, or
Message Boards. One interesting feature is the "Talk
Back" message board. You record your voice to post voice
messages. You can also hear the voice messages posted by
others. This can give you real listening and speaking
practice!
http://www.peakenglish.com/
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Level 200 and up
Takako's
Great Adventure (Okanagan University) - Over 90 minutes
of audio in this 10 episode (part ) story about a Japanese
girl who has some *very* exciting adventures after leaving
home. You see the text as you listen to the story. Click on
words in the text to see definitions. Before listening to an
episode, you can print out an activity worksheet. Try to
complete it and then check your answers with the answer key.
It's an exciting story. Try it!
http://www.faceweb.okanagan.bc.ca/takako/index.htm
NOTE: After you listen to an episode, click in the close
box in the upper left corner to return to the main page.
Review
by Takashi Kumada Review
by Talapker Imanbayev
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Level 200 and up
Voice of America: The News in Special English - This world news is read more slowly than usual. Try this out if the "regular" news broadcasts are too difficult for you to follow. http://www.voa.gov/stream/voa/english/spec/specengla.ram
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Do you want more?
See Listening Resources for English Language Learners (John McVicker - Ohio University). You'll find more "Collections of Listening Links, Things to Listen To and Watch, and Listening Comprehension Activities." http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/listening.html
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