Listening Resources
Below you will find student Web resources for English practice in listening.
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Audio Resources/Listening Dictation Activities
- Listening and Dictation (LAD) (multiple choice listening activities)
www.seminolestate.edu/adult-ed/els/listening-and-dictation - Learn English (LEO Network, a British listening dictation site; "Quick Dictation" features an online writing application with spell check feature)
www.learnenglish.de/dictationpage.htm#quick - Short English stories for ESL learners (includes dictation exercises)
www.rong-chang.com/qa2/ - Dictations for Learning English (a list of short, medium and long dictation activities)
www.teacherjoe.us/Dicts.html - Dictation (activities at three different levels)
www.englishclub.com/listening/dictation.htm
Audio Resources/Listening Labs
- USA Learns (a free site for adults to learn English and improve their basic reading, writing, speaking and life skills)
www.usalearns.org - California Distance Learning Project (various life-skills reading topics and follow-up activities; with audio and some video)
www.cdlponline.org - Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (a variety of topics at easy, medium and difficult levels; includes practice quizzes and RealPlayer-based audio)
www.esl-lab.com - Randall's Video Snapshots: For ESL/EFL Students (topics such as education, jobs, movies and restaurants are presented in short videos with follow-up comprehension activities)
www.esl-lab.com/videoclips.htm - English Lessons with Jennifer (free online videos on various topics, including grammar and pronunciation)
www.youtube.com/user/jenniferesl - The Everyday Life Project (life skills-related interactive lessons; free with sign-up)
www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife
Audio/Listening Resources
- Phonemic Awareness Infusion (reading with an emphasis on pronunciation; audio available)
www.seminolestate.edu/adult-ed/els/web_resources/readings-with-pronunciation - Online Listening Skills Resources (sites that help ESL learners develop conversational English skills)
www.seminolestate.edu/adult-ed/els/lesson-plans/listening - Shaggy Dog Stories and Other MP3 Recordings for English Learners
www.antimoon.com/other/shaggydog.htm - EZ Slang (a site to help low-intermediate to advanced learners improve their survival skills in many different situations by teaching idiomatic expressions and slang; with audio)
www.ezslang.com/index.html - Listening Exercises (advanced level)
www.eflnet.com/listening/index.php - Speeches (with audio and video; from the History Channel)
http://www.history.com/speeches - What Do You Hear?: Listening Activities
http://www.languageguide.org/english/
Audio Resources/CASAS Practice: Listening
- Practice English Tutorials and Tests (PETT) Projects: ESOL Listening Practice Tests (multiple choice listening questions by level)
www.seminolestate.edu/adult-ed/els/pett/listening - Step Forward (Oxford University Press Inc.; each unit in each book level has an activity called "Everyday Conversation," which includes CASAS-like listening questions; audio and script available)
www.oup.com/elt/global/products/stepforward/
Audio Resources/Dictionaries
- The Free Dictionary (words pronounced)
www.thefreedictionary.com - YourDictionary.com (words pronounced)
www.yourdictionary.com
Audio Resources/Podcasts
- ESL Podcast (a long list of listening topics; for high-intermediate and advanced levels)
www.eslpod.com/website/show_all.php - NPR Podcast Directory (a list of programs by topic, title and provider)
www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (provides health promotion and disease prevention tips five days a week in audio and text formats)
https://www.hhs.gov/programs/prevention-and-wellness/healthy-lifestyle/index.html - PodOmatic (create and listen to free podcasts)
www.podomatic.com/featured
Audio Resources/Vocabulary
- Games With Words (Voice of America Special English)
www.manythings.org/ww/voan1.html - 1,500 Most Common English Words and Vocabulary (words are pronounced and their definitions are given)
https://www.englishspeak.com/en/english-words - 1,000 Most Common English Phrases (phrases are pronounced and their definitions are given)
https://www.englishspeak.com/en/english-phrases
Audio Resources/Voice of America
- Voice of America Special English (learn American English while reading and hearing about American life and staying informed about world news)
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/ - Voice of America: Words and Their Stories (a list of five-minute programs on words and terms used in everyday American English; with transcripts and audio)
learningenglish.voanews.com/archive/learningenglish-programs-radio-words-stories/latest/978/987.html - Voice of America (American short stories; with transcripts and audio)
www.manythings.org/voa/stories/ - Voice of America: Higher Education in the U.S. (with transcripts and audio)
www.manythings.org/voa/study/ - English Word Book (a glossary of words used in Voice of America stories)
www.manythings.org/voa/words.htm
