Saturday, 1 October 2011

General listening links

Some of you have asked for extra help with listening. Here it goes!

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/
Lots of English learning videos on YouTube.

http://www.1-language.com/audiocourse/index.htm
Lots of listening exercises with transcript and questions.

http://www.focusenglish.com/index.html
You need Real Player (free download). Lots of everyday dialogues, with transcript to follow.

http://www.youtube.com/voalearningenglish
Very clear American English videos with English subtitles, designed for students of English.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/btn/
Videos with transcripts – mainly news reports. Get used to watching the news in English!

http://www.elllo.org/
A wonderful site with hundreds of real recordings and exercises to practise.

http://www.lingual.net/lingualproductitems/index.php
A very nice site with (very) short movies. Watch the movie (with or without subtitles),answer the quiz, read the transcript. Some are very funny! (Flash)

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm
Choose an article and read it while you listen to it. You can download the mp3 and listen over and over again, to see if you still understand without reading.

http://a4esl.org/podcasts/
You can choose a podcast from the list and explore the site. Listen, read the text, download the mp3 to listen to it later while you come to school.

http://www.eslpod.com/website/index.php
Another podcast with lots of topics. It has a premium (paying) section, but there are free materials.

http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/index
Become a member, it’s free. Movies and music with complete lessons. Don’t miss it!

http://www.esl-lab.com/
Lots of materials, also a guide for self-study. Different levels of difficulty. Listening, script, quizzes. A classic.

http://www.carolinebrownlisteninglessons.com/index.html
Listenings with exercises, by a teacher.

http://www.mansioningles.com/listening00.htm
Easy and intermediate level listenings, with vocabulary, exercises and solutions online.

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening-intermediate.php
Listening exercises for intermediate students (also others)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
Words in the news, 6-minute English… and lots of other sections.